CHIEF OF NURSING SERVICES - 60005736

State of Florida•CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL

About The Position

The Chief of Nursing Services is a highly responsible professional position within Nursing Services at Florida State Hospital. The role supervises and directs employees, including communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating staff; planning and directing their work; and effectively recommending employment actions such as hiring, transfer, suspension, layoff, promotion, discharge, assignment, rewards, and discipline. The position evaluates employees against established standards and takes appropriate action when needed. The Chief serves as Hospital Director of Nurses for Civil Services, directly supervises unit nurse managers, co-chairs the Hospital Nursing Management Team, and serves on standing and ad-hoc committees. The role implements and monitors nursing care standards, conducts periodic quality-care reviews, and makes recommendations regarding nursing deficiencies. It also contributes psychiatric nursing expertise to projects and initiatives involving legal issues, mortality reviews, high-risk resident reviews, and total quality management. The position develops, reviews, and revises nursing standards, operating procedures, and forms to support quality nursing care and practice; oversees and participates in nurse recruitment; and ensures nursing licenses are current in accordance with Florida Statutes. The Chief meets quarterly with the Hospital Administrator and Executive Leadership Team to address nursing performance and related issues, and performs other duties as assigned. Florida State Hospital is a tobacco-free facility. The position is with the Florida Department of Children and Families, whose Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program office is responsible for planning, evaluating, and implementing a statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Requirements

Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464, eligibility to practice under Florida Administrative Code 210-8.27, or a multistate license under the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Five years of professional nursing supervisor experience.
Master of Science Degree in nursing.
Knowledge of appropriate hospital standards, policies, and procedures.
Knowledge of psychiatric and medical nursing principles, practices, and techniques.
Knowledge of audit procedures and data analysis.
Knowledge of interviewing techniques and the treatment-team approach in psychiatric nursing.
Knowledge of Service Implementation Planning and state and federal nursing standards.
Knowledge of pharmacology, human anatomy, physiology, and nutrition.
Knowledge of communicable diseases, immunizations, and infection-control techniques.
Knowledge of emergency life-saving techniques and principles, and the unit-dose system of administering medication.
Interpersonal and written communication skills, including the ability to develop policies and procedures.
Skill in observing patients, assessing psychiatric and medical needs, and intervening to meet those needs.
Ability to function in a consultant and facilitator role and use problem-solving techniques.
Ability to understand and monitor compliance with applicable rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
Ability to provide nursing care to patients with a variety of psychiatric and medical problems.
Ability to participate in treatment-team planning, implementation, and evaluation for each patient and therapeutic programs.
Ability to provide crisis intervention and emergency nursing care, and to design, develop, and evaluate mental health treatment programs.

Responsibilities

Supervise and direct employees, including communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating them; planning and directing their work; and recommending employment actions.
Evaluate employees against established standards and take appropriate recognition, reward, or corrective action.
Serve as Hospital Director of Nurses for Civil Services and directly supervise unit nurse managers.
Co-chair the Hospital Nursing Management Team and serve on standing and ad-hoc committees.
Implement and monitor nursing care standards, conduct periodic quality-care reviews, and write recommendations concerning nursing deficiencies.
Participate in projects and initiatives requiring psychiatric nursing expertise, including legal issues, mortality reviews, high-risk resident reviews, and TQM projects.
Develop, review, and revise nursing standards, nursing operating procedures, and forms to assure quality nursing care and practice.
Oversee and participate in nurse recruitment activities.
Ensure nursing licenses are current as defined by Florida Statutes.
Meet quarterly with the Hospital Administrator and Executive Leadership Team to address nursing performance and issues.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor or as needed.