Ops Government Operations Consultant

Requisition No: 882483

Agency:
Department of Health

Working Title:

OPS GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT I -

Pay Plan:
Temp

Position Number:

Salary: $19.39 - $21.32

Posting Closing Date: 09/09/2026

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Florida Department of Health

Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management

OPS Shortage Designation Specialist (Full-Time OPS)

Open Competitive Opportunity

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) is seeking a creative, organized, flexible, and motivated individual to become an essential member of the Primary Care Office (PCO).

The Department works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.

This is a highly professional position located in the Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management (PHSPM), Health Resources and Access (HRA) Section. This position works in a cooperative manner with the director of the Primary Care Office (PCO), Florida Assistance for Medical Education (FRAME) manager and staff members, and other Department staff to manage primary care, mental health, and dental health professional shortage area determinations.

This position requires the incumbent to be knowledgeable in the policies, data, and issues related to access to health care and health professional recruitment. The incumbent works with other individuals, agencies, organizations and groups in developing and promoting policies and programs that improve access to health care. This position requires excellent communication skills, computer and data skills, and the ability to work independently and effectively with County Health Departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers, local health care providers, other governmental agencies and organizations, and community representatives.

The incumbent is responsible for the following:

Create primary care, mental health, and dental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) applications in the federal designation software system for submission to the Health Resources and Services Administration. Serves as a liaison with the US Department of Health & Human Services' Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) HPSA Project Officer and other designation staff to coordinate all technical data and shortage designation system updates.

Collect, process and prepare utilization data, including Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) data, to assess community needs for primary, dental and mental health care needs related to increasing and enhancing health care access for the medically uninsured and underserved in Florida, which supports the FRAME program.

Support the development of program documents, communications, presentations and other informational materials related to the PCO, as assigned.

Assist the PCO Director with customer service inquiries including data retrieval and report production from the Health Resources and Services Administration Data Warehouse.

Other duties as assigned.

• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related document
• Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
• Reorganizing information to get a better approach to problems or tasks
• Managing one's own time and the time of others
• Talking to others to effectively convey information
• Knowing how to find and identifying essential information
• Assessing how well one is doing when learning or doing something
• Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriateli>
• Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain…