Florida NVDRS Data Abstractor – Public Health Records

Wired People Inc; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

WiredPeople is seeking a Medical Record Abstractor to support the Florida Violent Death Reporting System in Florida. This full-time role requires the candidate to be located within the state and to work up to 40 hours per week while ensuring accurate data abstraction into the NVDRS system.

The role includes onboarding within five business days, weekly narrative reports, and participation in regular CDC NVDRS workgroup calls and team meetings to ensure timely, high-quality case abstraction.

Qualifications

• Must perform data entry from violent death data sources with high accuracy.
• Experience working in a Public Health capacity is required.
• Ability to review reports, synthesize information, and write brief narratives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, plan, and organize assignments.
• Ability to organize data into logical formats for reports and publications.

Responsibilities

• Complete database registration and identity proofing within five business days.
• Abstract, edit, and enter NVDRS case information with narrative and marking circumstances, 95% accuracy.
• Report progress to the Department Program Manager.
• Submit a weekly narrative detailing hours worked and cases abstracted by Friday 3:00 PM EST.
• Maintain real-time tracking sheets to document abstracted records.
• Abstact an average of at least 35 cases per week.
• Participate in monthly NVDRS workgroup calls and take notes, summarizing them for the Program Manager.
• Attend bi-weekly program staff meetings via Teams.

Skills

Data entry accuracy

Public health

Narrative writing

Communication

Time management

Data organization

Job description

WiredPeople is seeking a Medical Record Abstractor to support the Florida Violent Death Reporting System in Florida. This full-time role requires the candidate to be located within the state and to work up to 40 hours per week while ensuring accurate data abstraction into the NVDRS system.

The role includes onboarding within five business days, weekly narrative reports, and participation in regular CDC NVDRS workgroup calls and team meetings to ensure timely, high-quality case abstraction.