OPERATIONS ANALYST I - 64001634

State of Florida • Belle Isle, FL

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is detailed from Orange County Health Department (Area 5) to the headquarters of the State of Florida Immunization Section (IS). Area 5 covers Brevard, Lake, Orange, and Seminole counties. The incumbent is a member of an area immunization filed staff, assisting in data collection, tracking, and technical assistance under the supervision of an Immunization Section Operations & Management Consultant I. In an assigned geographic area, the incumbent works with County Health Departments (CHDs), private health care providers, public and private school officials, childcare center operators, military installations, volunteer organizations, and other groups in fulfilling federal immunization grant requirements. The incumbent will perform specialized public health work in areas geographically removed from direct supervision to include conducting on-site Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program 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 CSV style reviews on public and private providers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all providers receive CSV reviews to help improve their immunization coverage, storage, and handling practices. This position serves as the 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 security policies, protocols, and procedures for 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 protection of data and release of confidential information. This position will assist in helping the immunization levels amount the counties in Area 6. The position will assist the CDC, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), and IS, in achieving the Health People 2020 goal for Immunization by assuring that at least 90% of the area’s two-year-old children successfully complete their primary series of immunizations before their second birthday.

Requirements

• A Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Ability to operate the Health Management System Immunization Module.
• Ability to collect and enter data for immunization assessments using the Provider Education Assessment Reporting (PEAR).
• Ability to maintain the Perinatal Hepatitis B Registry.
• Ability to conduct vaccine inventories reviews.
• Ability to operation Florida SHOTS to export assessment data.
• Ability to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.

Nice To Haves

• Able to travel frequently to conduct quality assurance and quality improvement activities in the public and private sector to generate provider-specific feedback on progress toward the implementation of the Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practice, meeting state and national immunization coverage objectives, and compliance with requirements of the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.

Responsibilities

• Works under the supervision of the area’s supervisor and the IS regional field staff manager to determine which private and public providers under the VFC Program will be assessed.
• Contacts the providers and schedules appointments to assess immunization records for specific age cohort.
• 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 as well as addresses opportunities for improvement.
• Providers follow up by presenting results via written reports to the IS in Tallahassee and the provider assessed.
• Performs a review of each provider’s immunization levels using NCIRD’s management-designed PEAR.
• Providers analysis and interpretation of the Standards of Pediatric Immunization Practices determines whether each provider is following the guidelines to decrease barriers that would inhibit children from receiving the recommended childhood vaccines.
• 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 not limited to, coverage level assessment data, VFC Program data, survey data (both original and validation surveys), Perinatal Hepatitis B data (Merlin), and PEAR.
• Responsible for data collection and data entry into appropriate software and format.
• Responsible for compiling data and preparing reports from the data sets available.
• Responsible for providing to community partners in areas which may include, but not limited to, the Health Management System (HMS), Merlin, Florida SHOTS, reminder and recall activities, vaccine storage and handling, and recommended immunization schedules for infants and adolescents and adults.
• Responsible for providing general field office support for communication (phone, fax, email, correspondence), equipment, and supplies.
• Develops and uses expertise in Merlin, Florida SHOTS, HMS, and PEAR to generate appropriate monthly reports for supervisor, CHD partners, and private providers.
• Develops and uses expertise in Florida SHOTS and HMS to provide training and technical assistance for proper client registration, use, and report generation reports.
• Primarily responsible for conducting assigned field office VFC Program-only visits to private providers.
• Primarily responsible for conducting assigned field office orientation visits to new VFC Program providers.
• Primarily responsible for collecting childcare, Head Start, Kindergarten, and 7th grade survey data annual and conducting validation assessments.
• Serves as the coordinator for the field office with CHD’s school health programs, childcare, and Head Start Facilities.
• Coordinate field office program activities with private schools in region and use data from school survey activities to develop and provide-provider training designed to improve immunization outcomes for immunization compliance and documentation requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed