What are the responsibilities and job description for the OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST II - 64950016 position at State of Florida?
Requisition No: 846276
Agency: Department of Health
Working Title: OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST II - 64950016
Pay Plan: Temp
Position Number: 64950016
Salary: $20.00 per hour
Posting Closing Date: 02/13/2025
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Open Competitive Opportunity
OPS Biological Scientist II
Specific Responsibilities
Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:
To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Vision
To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Values
I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.
C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.
A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.
R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.
E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.
Where You Will Work
851 Avenue P, Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Benefits
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. As an OPS employee, the benefits below are available:
Please Be Advised
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/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.
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.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). 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.
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.
Agency: Department of Health
Working Title: OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST II - 64950016
Pay Plan: Temp
Position Number: 64950016
Salary: $20.00 per hour
Posting Closing Date: 02/13/2025
Total Compensation Estimator Tool
Open Competitive Opportunity
OPS Biological Scientist II
Specific Responsibilities
- Responsible for Surveillance activities within Palm Beach County Health Department – TB Program. This position works in close coordination and serves as a backup for the TB Control Program Records Technician.
- Generates reports upon request, and provides oversight for data integrity regarding information being entered into HMS and TB medical records, and updates the TB database on an ongoing basis.
- Responsible for Classes B1, B2 notifications, referrals and EDN records. Responsible for linking patients to services. Produce follow up reports and updates to the TB Control Section and CDC. Makes phone calls, send certifies letter and conduct field visits to locate patients as needed. Receives and processes reports from Electronic Disease Notification (EDN) clients. Reviews reports, prints records and keeps individual folders on CDC EDN A, B1, B2, B3 reports. Ensures registration of EDN clients in HMS.
- Schedules appointments for clients and enters progress notes in HMS. Calls clients to inform of the date/time of the appointments, mails certified letters with appointments slip and documents. Follow up with the client’s appointments if necessary. Sends client’s EDN records to the Medical Records office of the Health Department Health Centers for medical evaluation. Continue monitoring all EDN patients until submitted and completed in EDN system and EDN TB Data spreadsheet.
- Documents updates and outcomes on HMS progress notes, TB Data spreadsheet and EDN TB-Follow up worksheet. Responsible for the Unaccompanied Children (UAC) notifications and referrals and linking them to services. Produce follow up reports and updates.
- Responsible for notification and tracking of interjurisdictional referrals of LTBI patients. Receive, track, and report on the status of all LTBI referrals for PBC and will be responsible for assuring all forms from Palm Beach County are complete and reports documented before they are returned to the Bureau of TB and Refugee Health and other counties in Florida. Serves as the backup registering inter-jurisdictional TB suspects and cases clients in HMS. Initiates care coordination, assigns initial classification, enters X-Rays, HIV and TB Screening test results and updates.
- Follows up on pending and unreported data and update data if available at the time of receiving inter-jurisdictional reports. Provides the information to the Lead Nurse Case Manager (NCM) for prioritization and follow up. Serves as a backup for Records Technician duties regarding TB cases and suspect’s reports, registration in HMS, classification and processing of all demographic and clinical data. Assign reports of cases and suspects to nurse case managers when covering for Records Technician.
- Requests information from the network of private hospitals and doctor’s office and follow up with pending information to completion. Assists in the processing EPI information data during large contact investigations and registration in HMS.
- Evaluate and track activities related to linking LTBI patients from the Migrant Clinicians Network and Department of Correction (DOC) to clinic services, and make referrals as needed.
- Keeps records and ensure all notification letters are sent to patients released from a correctional institution. Ensure released inmates are located and linked to LTBI services.
- Provide a response to notifications according to current timeframes.
- Assist keeping IGRA database at the health center level. Responsible for all related data entry of medical information obtained from private physicians is entered in the HMS system and kept on medical records.
- Schedule medical appointments and follow up by phone calls. Notifies by letters or home visits as necessary. Other duties as assigned including but not limited to disaster related shelter duties.
- Incumbent may be required to work before, during and/or beyond normal work hour or days in the event of an emergency. Emergency duty required of the incumbent includes working in special needs shelters, or performing other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:
To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Vision
To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Values
I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.
C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.
A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.
R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.
E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.
Where You Will Work
851 Avenue P, Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Benefits
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. As an OPS employee, the benefits below are available:
- State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
- Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements. Consult with People First and/or the serving HR office)
- Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
- Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
- Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
- Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)
- And more!
Please Be Advised
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/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.
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.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). 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.
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.
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