OPS DATA ABSTRACTOR/OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST III - 64906968

Requisition No: 878418 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: OPS DATA ABSTRACTOR/OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST III - 64906968

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 64906968 

Salary:  $28.16 Hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 07/13/2026 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BROWARD COUNTY

OPS DATA ABSTRACTOR- OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST III - 64906968

COMMUNITY HEALTH-OPIOID PREVENTION

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

This is a full-time, in-office position.   

This position requires you to work on site at one of our facilities located throughout Broward County

 

This is an OPS (Other Personal Services) positions and as such no paid time off is offered. Health benefits will be offered for full-time employment.  OPS employees are eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan.

We request that all applications be completed with People First - no faxed or mailed applications to the agency. Experience, education, and/or training used to meet the minimum qualifications and in response to the qualifying questions must be verifiable through information contained in your application.

When completing the online application, all gaps of employment or education greater than 90 days starting from high school must be explained (approximate date, month, and year) identifying company name or if unemployed. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

 

 DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Biological Scientist III is an OPS position working in the Overdose Data to Action: Limiting Overdose through Collaborative Actions in Localities (OD2A-L) program at the Florida Department of Health in Broward County (DOH-Broward). This program is funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC). This position works under the direct supervision of the OD2A Program Manager, within the Division of Community Health.

The position requires utilization of complex epidemiologic analytic techniques and involves collection of information regarding individual case reports as well as participation in outbreak investigations. Through this position, DOH-Broward will enhance the timelines of morbidity and mortality data by conducting drug overdose surveillance, using Florida’s syndromic surveillance system (SyS), Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) data investigation.

ESSENCE is a bio surveillance system that collects emergency department chief complaint data from participating hospitals and urgent care centers in Florida enabling detection and continuous monitoring of community health incidents such as the opioid epidemic. Additionally, this position will serve as a custodian for the communicable disease database, paper reports, playing a key role in maintaining the integrity of epidemiological data. The incumbent will also be responsible for the organization and upkeep of the epidemiology work area and individual workspaces.

 

Knowledge, skills, and abilities: 

• Support investigations of opioid related chief complaints and spikes identified through ESSENCE.
•  Ability to assist in initiating case investigations, under the direction of surveillance supervisors. ·
• Ability to contribute to the development and dissemination of local level opioid-related reports to public health partners. ·
• Ability to assist in preparing and delivering engaging oral and written presentations to health department employees and the community, contributing to public health education. ·
• Ability to assist with ESSENCE surveillance activities and provide technical support to acute care and freestanding emergency departments.
•  Ability to assist in the development of GIS mapping based on surveillance data, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of the epidemiological landscape. 
• Support the development and maintenance of GIS mapping products to reflect surveillance data sections and community partners. 
• Participate in teleconferences, EpiCom, and various meetings to share regional and state information.
• Manage health information across multiple hospitals in accordance with HIPAA requirements. ·
• Collaborate with healthcare providers to ensure compliance with communicable disease reporting rules. ·
• Request hospital medical records unavailable electronically and obtain them via fax or mail.
• Abstract hospital medical record data and enter it into REDCap.