SENIOR REGISTERED NURSE SUPV-F/C - 60005991

State of Florida•Gainesville, FL

5d•$62,744 - $71,248•Onsite

About The Position

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. North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (NFETC) is a 216 bed, all male, forensic, mental health rehabilitation facility. The Center is located in northeast Gainesville, Florida on 639 picturesque acres with regular sightings of deer, turkey, and other wildlife. NFETC employs a variety of entry level to leadership positions including food service, maintenance, direct care, nurses, counselors, rehab therapists, medical doctors, security, psychiatrists, and psychologists. NORTH FLORIDA EVALUATION AND TREATMENT FACILITY 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 serving as a Senior Registered Nurse Supv-F/C within Nursing Services. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply. Specific Duties and Responsibilities include: This position requires lifting, pulling, squatting. Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management. The employee in this position spends a minimum of 75% of his/her time performing duties as outlined on official position description, which involves contact with residents in a forensic facility or institution. The incumbent of this position must be a professionally qualified Registered Nurse with appropriate experience, education, licensure, teaching, and ability to make good judgment decisions in nursing practice and administrative duties. The incumbent in this position must be employed full-time. This position has responsibilities as a manager, communicator and participator in the treatment team process, evaluator of nursing care, and ultimately overall supervision of all nursing care on the unit to assure that residents receive the optimum achievable nursing care with the resources made available. This position provides supervision on a 24-hour basis over all nursing/direct care personnel within the unit with direct supervision of the Registered Nurse Supervisor positions and night shift nursing staff. Nursing will provide guidance in the care and treatment of residents.

Requirements

Knowledge of nursing principles and techniques.
Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
Skill in the use of medical equipment and instruments used in providing nursing care.
Ability to demonstrate manual dexterity in providing nursing care.
Ability to administer medications and treatments.
Ability to work with patients.
Ability to interpret and follow medical instructions.
Ability to observe patients' symptoms and reactions to treatment.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 and three years of Registered Nursing experience or Master's of Science degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

Assume ultimate responsibility for all nursing care delivered in unit and supervise same.
Serves as immediate supervisor to the Registered Nurse Supervisors and night shift personnel.
Writes performance expectation/standards for all Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and direct care staff in assigned unit, using personal observation and monitoring data.
Counsel, confer with, discipline or ensure that appropriate disciplinary measures are taken to assure the delivery of quality nursing care, the respect of all residents' worth as individuals and compliance with DCF Employee Handbook, by all nursing/direct care employees.
Supervise and participate in completing nursing progress notes, nursing assessments, and nursing care plans in accordance with POR Standards.
Monitor the delivery of nursing care in terms of established professional standards through visits and inspections, staff and patient contacts and communications, records and residents' chart.
Monitor unit compliance with Federal, State and Children and Families guidelines as applicable to nursing.
Assist in developing corrective action plan for any program deficiencies.
Monitor the quality and implementation of nursing care plans in the unit.
Perform quarterly/annual audits on staff supervised with performance improvement plans as needed.
Create, develop, and revise monitoring tools as needed for auditing the documentation of the staff supervised.
Provide Infection Control Committee with monthly report which contain inclusive information and is in a professional format.
Monitors 1-on-1 medication administration at least yearly on all nurses directly supervised with delegation to Registered Nurse Supervisors the medication monitoring for staff supervised and maintain documentation in unit.
Serve as a consultant to the Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurses and direct care in the unit on matters related directly to the delivery of nursing care and of administrative matters indirectly affecting the delivery of nursing care.
Make ward rounds to assess the delivery of nursing care and make recommendations to the nursing staff based on this assessment.
Provide professional assistance to the nursing personnel and direct care staff regarding the delivery of nursing services.
Assist in implementing the Disaster Plan or emergency evacuation.
Maintains 90% or above compliance with nursing and direct care standard requirements.
Schedule and chair Registered Nurse meetings on a monthly, or as needed basis (a minimum of 6 per year).
Provide input to supervisor in matters relating to or affecting the profession of nursing practice in the unit.
Represent the practice of professional nursing by serving on committees as designated by supervisor.
Establish and maintain a good working relationship with other services within the unit to coordinate an effective nursing delivery.
Serve as treatment team coordinator as needed.
Participate in discharge planning and resident education to prepare for living in the community when appropriate.
Attend in-service seminars or workshops for professional development as required by departmental and hospital policy and licensure responsibilities.
Responsible for developing, reviewing, and revising unit nursing and direct care policies and procedures necessary to provide quality nursing services with continuity of care 24 hours daily, seven days a week.
Responsible for the development of unit philosophy and nursing objectives, compliance with professional nursing standards, hospital goals, hospital nursing policies, procedures and other integrated hospital services.
Posts coverage schedules in area highly visible to staff per policy/procedure/contracts.
Assumes responsibility for assuring that required equipment necessary for performing nursing procedures and activities is available, functioning efficiently and in good repair.
Participate in, or designate a registered nurse representative to participate in, quality assurance activities, including infection control.
Determine all independent nursing programming in unit to create and maintain the role of psychiatric nursing as defined by the American Nurses' Association for Psychiatric Nursing Practices.
Plan programs, along with orientation books/pamphlets to orient newly hired nurses to unit responsibilities and requirements.
Keeps required nursing files in office or unit as designated by supervisor for review of nursing services by inside or outside auditors.
Assist with the preparation and follow-up of agency surveys and actively participates in the survey process when appropriate.
Maintain a current file of all licensed nursing personnel in the unit, including a copy of current license.
Interview nursing applicants and make recommendations to supervisor as to employment potential.
Maintain professional proficiency in nursing skills to be competent in responding to both medical, psychiatric and HCS interventions.
Perform group or individual education and/or coaching as needed.
Responsible for 1-to-1 monitoring of nurses directly supervised on medication/ treatments at least yearly with documentation or more often as needed with corrective action plans for medication variances as required.
Performs administration of medication/treatments when needed to provide minimum coverage in accordance with Florida Statutes 395, 464 Nurse Practice Act and 64B9 Florida Board of Nursing Rules and Operating Policy/Procedures/Guidelines of the facility.
Complete medication administration/treatments within timeframes specified with all forms required.
Performs other related duties as required.