Health Protection Officer

Health Protection Officer

Job Title: Health Protection Officer (Food Inspections only)

Location: Northampton and the Towcester/Daventry hubs field based

Rate of Pay: Up to £50 per hourUmbrella

Working Hours: Part Time - 25 hours per week - Flexible across days/evenings

Type: Temporary Role - 10 Weeks

Our client is lookingto recruit for a Health Protection Office (Food Inspections Only) to conduct food hygiene inspections and hazard spotting health and safety issues. The food hygiene inspections of Category A & D premises.

Duties:

• To carry out statutory food safety at local businesses in accordance with current law, procedures, policy and guidance; within agreed timescales and occasionally outside of normal working hours.
• Using problem solving skills, make decisions and take action where appropriate to ensure that businesses comply with the relevant law.
• To effectively manage personal workloads and maintain accurate and comprehensive records/notes of activities carried out and ensure that they are retrievable.

Person Specification:

• Understanding of the Food Law Code of Practice Competency Framework to demonstrate the ability to carry out relevant Official Controls i.e. Inspection, Audit, Sampling for analysis, Monitoring, Surveillance and Verification
• Experience in the delivery of a range of Food Safety Official Controls detailed in the Food Law Code of Practice within the last 3-years.
• Experience in the delivery of a range of the Health & Safety National/Local Priority interventions detailed in LAC 67/2 within the last 3-years.
• Post-qualification specialism in food safety and/or health & safety enforcement.
• Working in local government.