Sudors Abstractor

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The CDC Foundation is working with CDC and state and local authorities to provide surge staff to support surveillance, prevention, and response activities within the Overdose Data to Action in States (OD2A-S) program. Under this cooperative agreement, CDC Foundation will hire and place abstractors in OD2A-S jurisdictions who demonstrate a need for abstraction support to implement OD2A-S objectives. States funded under OD2A-S are required to submit comprehensive fatal overdose data to CDC twice a year.

The North Carolina Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) is required to abstract and enter pertinent data from unintentional and undetermined intent overdose deaths into the CDC’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), which leverages the web-based platform used for the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). IVPB’s Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Informatics (ESI) Unit is seeking a NC-SUDORS Abstractor to join the team working to abstract data from death certificates, medical examiner reports, and postmortem toxicology results into SUDORS.

The NC-SUDORS Abstractor will create and maintain working relationships with the drug overdose surveillance team to conduct data quality assurance activities, attend SUDORS workgroup meetings, and assist in the completion of closeout reports for CDC. The NC-SUDORS Abstractor will work closely with epidemiologists who identify drug overdose deaths that meet the SUDORS case definition, and—utilizing the most recent codebooks from CDC, NC-SUDORS developed SOPs, and ongoing training—abstract appropriate data from the reports into the SUDORS database.

• Position Title: SUDORS Abstractor
• Location: This position is remote
• Position End Date: 6/30/2024
• Salary: $60,000, Plus Benefits

• A Bachelor’s or nursing degree or emergency medical technician/death investigation certificate is required; Master’s degree is preferred (preferably in nursing, public health, or a health-related field)
• Emotional resilience to deal with potentially triggering data on a daily basis
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with ability to be efficient and consistently deliver high-quality work under time constraints
• Proficiency in navigating computer systems; ability to learn new data systems quickly and to comply with data integrity and security to safeguard all personal identifiable information
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams, Sharepoint, and Adobe

• Abstract data from death certificates, medical examiner reports, and postmortem toxicology findings into SUDORS. Data shall be abstracted into SUDORS in a timely manner using established protocols
• Maintain working knowledge of all coding guidance and database changes
• Conduct SUDORS data quality assurance activities, as assigned
• Assist in the completion of SUDORS closeout reports for CDC
• Attend all required monthly virtual meetings: SUDORS workgroup meetings hosted by CDC, NC-SUDORS team meetings, ESI Unit meetings, and IVP Branch meetings (other meetings are optional, and attendance should be discussed with your manager)
• Follow data security and confidentiality procedures and protocols
• Provide feedback to drug overdose surveillance teams to refine their fatal drug overdose data processing if discrepancies between data imported and source documentation are found

• This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (NC DPH) in order to best support the State of North Carolina in their public health programming.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.

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