BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST IV – SES

Job title: BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST IV – SES

Company: State of Florida

Job description: Requisition No: 357261

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST IV – SES – 64035804

Position Number: 64035804

Salary: $40,000.00 – $50,000.00

Posting Closing Date: 04/30/2021

REQUIREMENTS

The incumbent, an employee of the Florida Department of Health in Clay County, works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts. The incumbent is expected to promote innovation by searching for creative solutions and managing resources wisely. They are expected to collaborate through teamwork to achieve common goals and solve problems. The incumbent is expected to be accountable and perform with integrity and respect. They are expected to be responsive by serving our customers and engaging our partners. Finally, the incumbent is expected to perform with excellence by promoting quality outcomes through learning and continuous performance improvement initiates.

This position requires that you have a Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Public Health.

Senior Epidemiologist:

This position is an independent, highly responsible senior epidemiologist position responsible for epidemiological monitoring, investigation, reporting, and syndromic surveillance processes throughout the medical and public health community in Clay County.

Disease Control, Disease Prevention/Epidemiology

Consults with, and is a liaison to, local and state government epidemiology officials and provides assistance to the State Epidemiology office as requested. Epidemiological monitoring, investigation, reporting, and the related evaluation of community health. Technical expertise for the required accurate reporting of communicable diseases and conditions. Leads investigations, analyzes and controls outbreaks of suspected diseases in Clay County.

Monitors established surveillance systems: EPICOM, MERLIN, PRISM and ESSENCE and other electronic reporting data bases. Creates required and requested reports using internal and external, local, state, and private data.

Is responsible for meeting or exceeding reporting deadlines for cases and ensuring accurate completion. Joins Biweekly Epidemiology County Health Department Conference calls and monthly Bureau of Epidemiology’s Grand Rounds. Maps data using geographic information systems (GIS) for use in analyzing disease clusters. Assists in the health assessment of Clay County and the sub-populations using epidemiological, bio statistical reporting tools and other appropriate data bases and tools. Analyzes data for outbreaks and communicable disease surveillance reports using advanced programming techniques.

Monitors and follows up on state and local epidemiological data from reporting sources including but not limited to hospitals, primary care and specialty clinics, walk-in clinics, urgent care centers, free standing emergency departments, public and private schools, colleges, laboratory results and zoonotic disease reporting. Establish working relationships with local infectious disease practitioners, especially at local hospitals. Shares attendance at local, regional, and state Disease Control meetings with other Disease Control staff. Participates in Epidemiology on-call and on-call drills.

Collaborates with school health regarding disease prevention, monitoring and control. Consults with DOH-Clay departments with direct interaction with clients regarding disease prevention practices for staff and clients. Conducts monitoring of DOH-Clay disease prevention practices. Implements new syndromic disease surveillance systems as needed. Works with team members to implement improved disease prevention, identification, and entry to treatment practices for infectious diseases, STD, TB and HIV. Cross training to other duties of the Disease Prevention department to be able to provide assistance as assigned when staffing is limited, demand for the service is unusually high or there is an emergency.

Maintains a contemporary knowledge of epidemiology evidence-based practice, rules and regulations. Manage and coordinate all activities related to the Florida Department of Health in Clay County’s COVID-19 response. This will include meeting departmental goals, staff supervision, performance planning and evaluation, timely completion of required quarterly and annual reports, facility assessments, outbreak response, case investigation and contact tracing, and coordination with community partners.

TB/STD

Manage and coordinate all activities related to the Florida Department of Health in Clay County’s STD and TB programs. This will include meeting departmental goals, staff supervision, performance planning and evaluation, timely completion of required quarterly and annual reports.

Supervise, or assure the supervision of professional staff, establishing clear applicable performance goals and other techniques to develop staff to their fullest potential. Supervision includes monitoring of attendance, approving electronic time sheets and leave requests, new staff orientation, and monitoring performance.

• Motivates employees to improve the quality and quantity of work performed.
• Plans workloads, workflows, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with employees.
• Evaluates employees through establishing evaluation criteria and responsibilities and meeting regularly with employees to ensure the established criteria are met.
• Trains employees in methods for performing an effective and efficient job.
• Communicates on a regular basis with employees both individually and in staff meetings.
• Directs the work of employees to ensure best use of time and resources.
• Advises and counsels personnel about professional growth and advanced education.

Preparedness

Participates as a member of deployment teams (DOH Group 1 strike teams) for response and recovery activities. Attends training and response activities for the statewide and/or regional EPI STRIKE TEAM for emergency and or disease investigation response. Monitors, analyses, and follows up on syndromic disease surveillance and epidemiology data for early identification of biological events that may be linked to terrorism or potential disease outbreaks.

Notifies Program Manager and Senior Management and reports significant findings to appropriate agencies (state, local and national), including sheriff departments/law enforcement and homeland security as necessary.

Assist Disease Control Team and the Public Information Officer with the production of communication/newsletters for the private health care sector regarding notifiable disease conditions and disease prevention strategies.

Outreach Education

Pursue opportunities to present to health care facilities, day care/pre-schools and lay community groups education regarding communicable disease prevention and/or control and preparedness. Meets with local health care providers to share disease prevention information, disease outbreak plans and establish a cooperative and supportive view of the DOH. Accept invitations from community events open to the sharing of disease prevention/control and preparedness information. Works with student interns and volunteers as approved by Senior Management Assists with DOH supported outreach activities as requested. Provide disease information and prevention education, referral for treatment and/or evaluation, post exposure prophylaxis.

Other Assigned Duties

Participates in all phases of emergency preparedness, including planning, response, and recovery. Maintains training in Incident Command and other preparedness expertise as required or recommended

All applications must be completed online through People First. No faxed or mailed applications will be accepted by the agency.

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

This position requires a security background check and participation in direct deposit.

Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check.

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system. E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.

Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.

BENEFITS:

Department of Health Selected Exempt Service (SES) employees enjoy the following benefits:

• State of Florida Retirement package – 3% employee contribution required
• 9 Annual paid holidays
• 176 hours upon appointment and thereafter on each anniversary date.
• 104 hours of sick leave upon appointment and thereafter on each anniversary date.
• Health insurance for individual or family coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability Insurance is provided by the state at no cost to you.
• Additional supplemental insurances available such as dental, disability, etc.
• Tax Deferred Medical and Child Care Reimbursement Accounts available
• Tuition waiver available

Your take home pay can be significantly influenced by your insurance premiums. Compare your current premium with the State of Florida employee premiums!

Monthly employee premium for the standard PPO/HMO:
Single coverage is $8.34
Family coverage is $30

Monthly employee premium for the High Deductible Health Plan PPO/HMO:
Single coverage is $8.34
Family coverage is $63.40

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Expected salary: $40000 – 50000 per year

Location: Green Cove Springs, FL

Job date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:59:21 GMT


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