ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Job description

Title: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST State Role Title: Environmental Specialist I Hiring Range: 45114.00 - 50107.00: Pay Band: 4: Agency: Virginia Department of Health: Location: EASTERN SHORE-ACCOMACK-CEN: Agency Website: VDH.Virginia.gov: Recruitment Type: General Public - G Job Duties: The mission of the Eastern Shore Health Department is to prevent illness and disease, protect the environment, and promote optimal health and emergency preparedness for everyone on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We are people of the community, for the community. Our vision is to drive Virginia's Eastern Shore to the peak of personal, environmental, and community health, setting an example for others to follow. The incumbent of this position would perform environmental health duties at the entry level as a trainee. Employees are typically new hires in formal and on-the-job training in one or more areas such as food sanitation, on-site soils evaluation, private well inspection, rabies abatement, communicable disease investigation, and migrant labor camp inspection, classification of shellfish growing areas and investigation of general environmental complaints. Employees receive close supervision a...