A Scientific Officer (Medical) (Public Health) is mainly deployed on –

• (a)setting up, operating, maintaining and evaluating health information and surveillance systems on public health subjects;
• (b)coordinating and handling the collection, compilation, collation, analysis and statistical computation of health data;
• (c)planning, designing and carrying out research projects related to public health subjects, including the preparation of research projects and evaluating the local and overseas legislative regimes relating to public health policies;
• (d)providing professional input in health risk assessment on environmental hazards, searching, aggregating and distilling scientific evidence;
• (e)providing professional statistical and/or other research support to epidemiology/ public health/ environmental health studies/ public health education projects and production of related promotional materials or related matters;
• (f)appraising research proposals critically, providing professional inputs in reviewing the latest scientific evidence, the feasibility and applicability of various proposals, and the recommendations on planning, implementation, progress monitoring, and evaluation of public health policies;
• (g)supporting public health investigation, control and prevention;
• (h)vetting applications, planning and conducting inspections, and assisting in preparing regulatory documents;
  • (i)participating in enforcement operations and related follow-up tasks;
• (j)assisting in handling enquiries and liaison work related to communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, health information or research and related matters; and
• (k)performing any other duties as assigned.

Candidates should –

• (a)
  • (i)have a Master Degree in Public Health or Epidemiology and Biostatistics or Environmental Health or a related discipline from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent; or
  • (ii)have a postgraduate diploma in Public Health or Epidemiology and Biostatistics or Environmental Health or a related discipline from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent, with 2 years’ relevant post-qualification experience (Note (1));
• (b)meet the language proficiency requirements of “Level 1” results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese (UC) and Use of English (UE)) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent (Note (2)); and
• (c)a pass result in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (BLNST) (Note (3)).