GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 64035489

Requisition No: 850293 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 64035489

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64035489 

Salary:  $2,279.37 Biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/07/2025 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN ORANGE COUNTY

JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCMENT

INTERNAL AGENCY OPPORTUNITY –The only applicants accepted are Department of Health Employees; (includes OPS,Career Service,SES or SMS employees). Applicants outside of the department  will not be accepted.

 

Class Title: Government Operations Consultant II

Position Number: 64035489

Base Salary: $2,279.37 Biweekly

Location: 6101 Lake Ellenor Drive – Epidemiology

                   Orlando, FL 32809                    

 

**DOH – Orange is a tobacco free agency.

 

**This advertisement may be used to fill future vacancies as they become available.

 

**NOTE: Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process. **

 

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This is highly independent epidemiology position in the area of communicable disease control within the Epidemiology Section of a large county health department in central Florida.  Disease surveillance, investigation and control are integral components of duties which often require field work.

 

Provides a broad range of services in the Epidemiology Section as a full-time County Epidemiologist.  Provides technical guidance and completes epidemiological investigations for the required reporting of communicable diseases and conditions in Orange County for emerging pathogens and provides assistance as requested for neighboring counties as it relates to emerging infectious diseases.  Coordinates, investigates, analyzes, and controls outbreaks of suspected diseases in the community for emerging or novel infectious disease preparedness response.  Provides assistance to the State Epidemiology Office as necessary. Collaborates with partners for emerging infectious disease response including implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation and quarantine and ensuring and facilitating appropriate laboratory testing.  Partners may include health care practitioners and facilities; child care centers, schools and colleges; correctional facilities; county, state, and federal agencies with public health-related responsibilities; nongovernmental organizations; the general public; and others.

 

Creates reports using internal, external, state, and private data.   Analyzes data for outbreak, communicable disease surveillance report, HAI control and prevention and emerging infectious disease surveillance using advanced SAS, SPSS, Merlin and/or EpiInfo statistical software packages.  Assists health department management in the development of policy to address health improvements in target groups or other problems identified in the assessment stages.  Conducts extensive studies in the community and for the Academic Health Department.  Assists management in the coordination of planning material to be used in strategic plans and multi-year plans. Participates in the writi