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Public Health Officer
United States Air Force • Haverford, PA 19041 • Posted 3 days ago
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Public Health Officers in the United States Air Force are responsible for preventing and controlling the spread of disease to maintain the health of Airmen globally. They monitor conditions and potential health threats, follow disease trends, and identify public health issues. This role is crucial for ensuring the well-being of our Airmen by precluding illness within the community.
Responsibilities
- Prevent and control the spread of disease
- Monitor conditions and potential health threats
- Follow disease trends
- Identify public health issues
Qualifications
Required
- Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or master’s degree in public health (MPH/MSPH) plus a bachelor’s degree in a biological science
- Completion of the basic Public Health Officer (PHO) course
- Completion of the Contingency Preventive Medicine (CPM) course
- Minimum of 24 months on active duty filling a Public Health Officer position
- Completion of 5.5 week Officer Training School
- Must be between the ages of 18 and 42
About United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare force of the United States and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States Armed Forces. It offers opportunities for enlisted airmen, officers, and health care professionals. The U.S. Air Force operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, provides aerial warfare services, and maintains a significant global presence to support missions and partnerships with allied nations.
Full Job Description
Caring for the health of our Airmen also means helping preclude illness before it can affect our community. Public Health Officers apply public health, preventive medicine, and medical entomology knowledge, techniques, and skills to promote health and reduce the incidence of communicable/zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, occupational and environmental illnesses and injuries, food-borne diseases, and disease and non-battle injuries while in-garrison and deployed. Public Health Officers constantly monitor conditions and potential health threats. These specialists promote public health through epidemiological surveillance of health and disease trends in populations, as well as monitoring food safety practices, and sanitation levels in public and food service facilities.
REQUIREMENTS
You must meet several requirements before joining the Air Force. These concern your background, overall health and other standards set by the Air Force, Department of Defense and federal law.Minimum Education
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD)
- Master of Public Health degree (MPH/MSPH)
Note: all applicable degrees must be from accredited institutions and programs and applicants must have/maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale for all applicable degrees.
Qualifications
For Public Health Officers, knowledge of basic epidemiology, microbiology, food technology and hygiene, communicable diseases, occupational and environmental health, and medical entomology.
- Completion of the basic Public Health Officer (PHO) course and the Contingency Preventive Medicine (CPM) course
- Completion of Officer Training School
- Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday
For Medical Entomologists, knowledge of medical entomology, arthropod biology, vertebrate and invertebrate hazards, and Integrated Pest Management principles.
- Completion of the basic Public Health Officer (PHO) course and the Contingency Preventive Medicine (CPM) course
- Completion of the Operational Entomology Course
- Certification as a DoD Pesticide Applicator through a DoD-approved course
- Completion of Officer Training School
- Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday
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