The Senior/Public Health Officer supports the Assistant/Deputy/Director in conducting investigations into disease outbreaks and in formulating and implementing disease prevention and control strategies to protect the health of Singaporeans. The role requires rapid response and outbreak management, surveillance programmes, policymaking, and prevention programmes for healthcare institutions and facilities in the long‑term care sector, and will involve frequent on‑site work at hospitals, nursing homes, and social care homes.

Key day‑to‑day functions within the Healthcare Epidemiology unit of NICHE include:

• Conducting disease epidemiological investigations and proposing control measures to break the chain of transmission in long‑term care facilities.
• Implementing and evaluating control measures.
• Engaging and collaborating with relevant government agencies and stakeholders on policies to control the spread of i...