Overdose Surveillance Epidemiologist - Public Health Data

Florida; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Deferred compensation

Job summary

Florida Department of Health is seeking an OPS Biological Scientist IV to lead overdose surveillance across Broward County. You will manage REDCap workflows, monitor ESSENCE-FL and Biospatial, and produce dashboards and reports for internal and CDC partners.

The role requires experience in data collection instruments, data quality, and public health reporting, with on-site work at multiple Broward facilities.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in biostatistics, statistics, data science/analytics, public health with quantitative coursework.
• Experience performing data analysis using R, Python, SAS, SQL, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Experience managing datasets, including data cleaning and data validation.
• Experience presenting data findings to internal or external audiences.
• Experience creating or revising data collection instruments.
• Knowledge of HIPAA and privacy/security of medical records.

Responsibilities

• Lead overdose morbidity and mortality surveillance activities and dashboards.
• Maintain REDCap abstraction workflows and data quality checks.
• Monitor ESSENCE-FL and Biospatial daily; respond to spikes and report findings.
• Develop presentations for CDC meetings and partner communications.
• Create and revise REDCap instruments for hospital and EMS abstraction.
• Produce weekly and monthly abstraction performance metrics.

Skills

Epidemiology surveillance

REDCap data collection

Tableau dashboards

GIS mapping

HIPAA privacy

Data quality assurance

Public health reporting

Education

Master's degree in Biostatistics / Public Health

Tools

REDCap

ESSENCE-FL

Biospatial

Tableau

ArcGIS

Power BI

Job description

Florida Department of Health is seeking an OPS Biological Scientist IV to lead overdose surveillance across Broward County. You will manage REDCap workflows, monitor ESSENCE-FL and Biospatial, and produce dashboards and reports for internal and CDC partners.

The role requires experience in data collection instruments, data quality, and public health reporting, with on-site work at multiple Broward facilities.