EPIDEMIOLOGIST III SUPERVISOR - 64054514

Requisition No: 871081 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: EPIDEMIOLOGIST III SUPERVISOR - 64054514

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 64054514 

Salary:  $50,000 - $53,000 

Posting Closing Date: 03/16/2026 

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Open Competitive Job Opportunity

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Join Team Duval.  At DOH-Duval, we work every day to protect, promote, and improve the health of our community. Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and public service. Our programs are recognized across Florida for their impact and effectiveness, and we are looking for dedicated professionals who want to make a real difference. If you are passionate about creating healthier communities, your future starts here.

This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets. This position has direct oversight of over field investigative activities related to reported lab results for sexually transmitted diseases (STD). The incumbent acts as a liaison with hospitals, clinics, and the state Division of Disease Control and Health Protection. Under the leadership of the Disease Control Director, this position also works in conjunction with other members of the local Disease Control team to ensure the health and safety of the community.

As the STD Field Operations Supervisor, the incumbent has regional responsibilities in oversight and technical assistance of Area 4 which includes frequent contact with other local health departments, technical assistance, and provision of resources.

Public Health Competency Domain 1: Analytical/Assessment skills

Public Health Competency Domain 2: Policy development/Program planning skills

Public Health Competency Domain 3: Communication skills

Public Health Competency Domain 6: Public Health Sciences skills

This position performs Pre and Post test HIV counseling and provides Partner Counseling Referral Services (PCRS) in accordance with STD program policy to a wide variety of individuals with or at risk of an STD, HIV/AIDS, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis or other bacterial, biological and/or viral agent. Provide STD technical assistance to all Area 4 County Health Departments.

Conduct interviews, provide partner services, perform field investigations, PREP, NPEP, Test and Treat navigation and field testing for Syphilis and HIV, or other bacterial, biological, or viral agents. Requires extensive knowledge of disease intervention practices, counseling techniques and social work principles and practices.

Prepares and maintains timely and accurate reports. Completes these reports as required by the STD/HIV Program. Performs data entry activities in STARS to assist in the monitoring and tracking of clients. Utilizes HMS to record search laboratory results of patients reporting to the STD/HIV clinic and those who have been tested in the field because they are contacts with persons with positive labs. The position can review, update, and release data.

Conduct formal field audits, pouch audits, interview audits, pre and post testing audits to evaluate employee effectiveness/skill set and recommend corrective measures as needed. Provides prompt oral and written feedback detailing strengths and needs improvement to the employee, and Disease Control Director.

Assists the Disease Control team (i.e. Director and CQM) in monitoring trends in STD/HIV/TB reporting from public and private physicians, laboratories, hospitals, and health department clinics to identify potential problems and seek immediate solutions. Routinely monitors case and laboratory reports from public and private health providers to ensure compliance with established statutes, rules and/or regulations. Coordinates visitation to health care providers and laboratories who are not in compliance with established statutes, rules and/or regulations as needed or required.

Responsible for securing the designated information sets for the purposes of protecting confidentiality, data integrity, and reasonable access, for all information, both confidential and public record, which is stored in hard copy or electronic formats.

Provides support services not considered part of routine or expected duties that facilitate the STD control efforts, including but not limited to: Epidemiological assistance to other CHD’s or program areas, public health awareness and emergency response situations.

Public Health Competency Domain 8: Leadership and Systems Thinking skills

Responsible for the supervision of staff including hiring, conducting performance evaluations, planning, and directing their work, approving leave, and taking disciplinary action or effectively recommending such actions.

Provide training, coaching, and development in learning and practicing skills that are essential disease intervention and prevention of STIs including HIV to staff. Communicates in writing, in person, and through electronic means concisely and positively. Takes initiative to multi-task with accuracy.

Communicates and solves problems appropriately. Exhibits and maintains a positive attitude while working independently and in a team setting.

Participate in outreach events and presentations throughout Area 4. This will entail planning, coordinating staff and services, storing, and maintaining supplies, and traveling throughout a five-county region in northeast Florida.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of surveillance systems, research methodology and data analysis.
• Knowledge of information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries and disease.
• Ability to perform phlebotomy.
• Ability to communicate clearly.
• Ability to solve problems.
• Ability to implement practices.
• Ability to gather information for decision-making.

Leadership Competency: Emotional Presence – maintains appropriate self-confidence and controls emotional reactions when relating to others in a group or one-on-one so effective communication can occur. Communicates without ridicule, threats, or emotional outbursts. Allows time for practicing new tasks or skills. Explains reasoning behind own opinions. Remains calm in high-pressure situations. Demonstrates high standards of ethical conduct.

Leadership Competency: Impact and Influence – possesses an intention to positively and appropriately persuade, convince, influence, or impress others in support of DOH-Duval vision, mission, and strategy. Promotes professional leadership and growth.

Leadership Competency: Managing Change – motivates, trains, and develops a diverse workforce and provides an environment conducive to achievement and growth.

Leadership Competency: Staffing – assesses current and future staffing needs based on agency goals and budget realities. Ensure staff are appropriately selected, developed, utilized, appraised, and rewarded; take corrective action appropriately.

Leadership Competency: Interpersonal – establishes productive, cooperative relationships with subordinates, peers and management. Understands and responds to others’ needs and priorities. Resolves conflict in positive ways. Works in collaboration with all partners.

Leadership Competency: Judgment – weighs alternative courses of action and makes decisions that reflect factual information and are based on rational and logical assumptions that take organizational resources into consideration. Ensures adherence to protocol, policies, and procedures.

Qualifications:

Minimum:

• Complete 500/501 HIV Counseling and Testing class: F.S. 456
• A current and valid driver’s license.
• Reliable transportation required.
• Must have five or more years of experience working in a communicable disease, disease investigation, public health, healthcare, or appropriately similar setting .
• Must have a minimum of two years of experience supervising a team or serving in a lead role capacity.
• Must have experience with working in/or with surveillance or disease reporting systems.
• Completion of STD PASSPORT training class within 6 months of hire.

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values: 

Mission:

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:

Florida Department of Health in Duval County

Central Health Plaza

515 W. 6th Street

Jacksonville, FL 32206

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• 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 (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).

• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

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.

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.  

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.

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women.  The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise.  Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.    

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.