Elements and Performance Criteria
- Issue tasking for environmental health teams
- Environmental health support plan is reviewed, interpreted and where necessary, clarified with relevant personnel to fully ascertain the support required to be delivered.
- Recommendations regarding the scope and type of support considering the current environment and availability of environmental health assets are made to relevant personnel.
- Tasking schedule is determined considering the best use of environmental health assets, time and the availability of dependent organisations.
- Key performance indicators are determined through consultation with relevant personnel and team leaders to provide a measure of performance achievement.
- Resources are allocated within tasking schedule to ensure teams are equipped to achieve objectives.
- Workplace safety is considered within tasking schedule to ensure tasks may be completed free from preventable injury or illness.
- Tasking is issued to team leaders in accordance with organisational policy and procedure.
- Supervise environmental health team operations
- Liaison with dependent organisations is performed to set expectations about the service being provided and to establish a common understanding of the team performance and interaction.
- Factors affecting the deliveryof environmental health support are identified through consultation with team leaders and organisations receiving support.
- Measures to improve the delivery of environmental health support are identified and implemented across all teams to improve workflow across the formation.
- Technical guidance is provided to team leaders to ensure correct performance of environmental health measures.
- Under or over utilisation of environmental health assets is identified to allow adjustment to tasking schedule to ensure efficient use of all resources.
- Work records are maintained to allow reference and tracking of workflow to dependent organisations.
- Reports and returns are compiled and submitted in accordance with organisational policy and procedure.
- Technical advice relating to environmental health is communicated to relevant personnel.
- Monitor effectiveness of environmental health support
- Ongoing liaison is performed with team leaders and dependent organisations to gauge the acceptance, reception and benefits of environmental health support.
- Information sources on environmental health performance are reviewed to monitor the effectiveness of environmental health support being delivered to the formation.
- Changes in the environment are monitored to continually adapt tasking schedule to the current situation.
- Adjustment to team composition, tasking schedule and asset allocation are made as required based on the assessment of environmental health support effectiveness.