CHIEF OF NURSING SERVICES - 60005026

Requisition No: 848141 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: CHIEF OF NURSING SERVICES - 60005026

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60005026 

Salary:  $4,038.64/Bi-Weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 03/09/2025 

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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 the Chief of Nursing Services. 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:

• Responsible for the coordination, development, and implementation of nursing procedures in compliance with professional nursing standards, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. 
• Performs periodic quality care reviews and develops, implements, and monitor recommendations actual plan’s to address the hospital’s mission, nursing deficiencies, nursing standards, and adhering to federal, state and other applicable regulatory requirements.  
• Serves as a point of contact for external surveys and audits pertaining to nursing services.  Responds to survey finds, results, and develops, tracks and provides corrective action via corrective action plans, where appropriate. 
• Establishes, monitors, and recommends improvements with key measures of performance of all organizational entities in assuring management excellence, treatment excellence, and customer/partner satisfaction in the most cost-effective manner possible.
• Oversees and participates in nurse recruitment activities. 
• Assists in the development and implementation of budgetary needs and controls; allocates resources among operational units and makes periodic adjustments to assist with marginal expenses.
• Ensures all nursing licenses and CNA certifications remain current.