REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT - 60067759

Requisition No: 848135 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT - 60067759

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60067759 

Salary:  $3,196.45/Bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 03/14/2025 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Florida State Hospital (FSH) is a mental health treatment facility owned and operated by the State of Florida and is part of the Department of Children and Families. The department’s mission is to “work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.”

 

FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

 

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as a Registered Nursing Consultant in Quality Improvement. This position will collaborate with each section within the state facilities and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented. 

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• This position requires lifting, pulling and squatting. This is a highly professional position in the Quality Improvement Department at Florida State Hospital. The Quality Assurance/Improvement nurse optimizes the quality of care across the facility by undertaking efforts to review clinical competency, ensure regulatory adherence, prevent adverse events and promote quality care outcomes. Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of an utilize the principles of Quality Improvement Program. This position is responsible for the monitoring, auditing and evaluation of the daily clinical operations utilizing nursing and clinical monitoring tools. The QA nurse will participate in health center committees and department management meetings as needed. Possess strong analytical skills, should be independent and self- motivated and still be able to work in a team setting. Able to easily interpret numerical outcome data and present it visually.
• Ensures adherence to the Department of Public Health and Accrediting Agencies standards across the facility by remaining up to date on relevant standards, conducting staff training in conjunction with clinical leadership, developing protocols and procedures as needed, and performing chart reviews and audits.
• Accurately retrieves data from patient records, direct observation, and other data collection methods (chart audits) for hospital and medical staff quality improvement activities according to accepted specifications and within expected time frames. Works with Quality Improvement Di