Public health medicine specialist, Mātanga hauora tūmatanui
Also known as
- Public health physician, medical officer of health, epidemiologist
Public health medicine specialists aim to prevent or reduce risks of disease, injury, disability or death at a population level.
Your pay could be
$185K
Lower
$206K to $247K
Most common
$268K
Upper
How does this pay compare?
Pay is before tax
Your training could be
13 years
Public health medicine specialists
- usually work regular business hours but may work evenings and weekends
- usually work in offices, hospitals and health centres and may travel locally and nationally
- need to identify and solve problems, work well under pressure and communicate well
Tasks
- direct health care delivery programmes
- develop health policies and strategy
- manage health care operations
- assess health and health care needs
- communicate health information to communities
- design health programmes
- conduct research into medical issues
- develop health assessment programmes
- research disease control and prevention
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Practical
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You need
- to complete the Health Sciences First Year programme at the University of Otago OR the first year of the Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Biomedical Science or Bachelor of Science with a health major at the University of Auckland
- a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery or other recognised primary medical degree
- a minimum of 2 years of postgraduate clinical experience
- a Master of Public Health, completed as part of New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) training or before entering Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM) training
- to complete 45 months’ training to become a Fellow of the NZCPHM OR 3 years’ training to become a Fellow of the AFPHM
- an Annual Practising Certificate
- to pass a police check
You may need
- to pass a medical assessment and drug test
- a driver licence
Registration
You need to be registered to do this job. This means you meet your industry's professional standards.
Medical Council of New Zealand
Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa
Phone Number,0800 286 801
enquiry@mcnz.org.nz
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You need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
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