OPERATIONS ANALYST I - 64000494

Requisition No: 858898 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: OPERATIONS ANALYST I - 64000494

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64000494 

Salary:  $34,760.00 

Posting Closing Date: 08/28/2025 

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Open Competitive Opportunity

Florida Department of Health

Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

Bureau of Epidemiology 

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position is detailed from Pinellas County Health Department (area 6) to the State of Florida Immunization Section (IS) headquarters. Area 6 covers Citrus. Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sumter counties. This employee is a member of an area Immunization field staff, assisting In data collection, tracking, and technical assistance under the supervision of an Immunization Operations Management Consultant II. In an assigned geographic area, the employee works with county health departments (CHDs), private health care providers, public and non-public school officials, childcare center operators, military Installations, volunteer organizations, and other groups in fulfilling federal Immunization grant requirements. The employee will perform specialized public health work in areas geographically removed from direct supervision, including conducting on-site Vaccines for Children (VFC) Section provider-specific quality assurance reviews to ensure that all providers who receive vaccines from the State of Florida comply with the state and federal VFC guidelines. This responsibility entails the performance of Assessment, Feedback, Incentive, and Exchange (AFIX) style reviews on public and private providers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all providers receive AFIX reviews to help Improve their immunization coverage and storage and handling practices. This position serves as Information Custodian Backup for specified Information sets In accordance with completed form DH 1151, Information Custodian Delegation of Authority, and maintains departmental, division, and bureau se policies, protocols, and procedures for the protection of data and release of confidential information. This position also serves as Key Custodian Backup for specified secure areas in accordance with completed form DH 1155, Key Custodian Delegation of Authority, and maintains departmental, division, and bureau security policies and procedures for the protection of data and release of confidential information. This position will assist in helping increase the immunization levels among the counties in 6 areas. The position will assist the CDC, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), and the State of Florida Immunization Section (IS), In achieving the Healthy People 2010 goal for Immunization by assuring that at least 90% of the area's two-year-old children complete their primary series of immunizations before their second birthday.

Works under the supervision of the area supervisor and the BOI regional manager to determine which private and public providers under the VFC Section will be assessed. Contacts the providers and schedule appointments to assess Immunization records for specific age cohorts. Conducts quality assurance and quality improvement activities for the providers to generate provider-specific feedback on progress toward meeting state and federal mandated goals. Educates providers and staff on compliance and addresses opportunities for improvement Provides follow-up by presenting results via written reports to IP In Tallahassee and the provider assessed.

Reviews each provider's immunization levels using NCIRD's management-designed Comprehensive Clinic Assessment Software (CoCASA). Provides analysis and Interpretation of the Standards of Pediatric Immunization Practices, determines whether each provider follows the guidelines to decrease barriers that would inhibit children from receiving the recommended childhood vaccine, and conducts AFIX reviews. Provides technical assistance, education, and training to physicians and staff.

Responsible for managing the field office data sets, Including, but not limited to: organization, storage, retrieval, updates, and archives, including both paper and electronic versions. Data sets include, but are not limited to, coverage level assessment data, AFIX and VFC Section data, survey data (both original and validation surveys), perinatal Hepatitis B data (Merlin), and Comprehensive Clinic Assessment Analysis (CoCASA).

Responsible for data collection and data entry Into appropriate software and format. Responsible for