REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT - 64027889

State of Florida • Jacksonville, FL

2d • $76,000 - $80,000

About The Position

Join Team Duval. At DOH-Duval, we work every day to protect, promote, and improve the health of our community. Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and public service. Our programs are recognized across Florida for their impact and effectiveness, and we are looking for dedicated professionals who want to make a real difference. If you are passionate about creating healthier communities, your future starts here.
This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.
This includes oversite of clinical staff and clinical functions. This supervisory position provides professional nursing services in the care and treatment of patients within the Florida Department of Health in Duval County. The position reports directly to the Assistant Community Health Nursing Director.
Public Health Competency Domain 1: Analytical/Assessment skills
Public Health Competency Domain 2: Policy development/Program planning skills
Public Health Competency Domain 3: Communication skills
Public Health Competency Domain 4: Cultural Competency skills
Public Health Competency Domain 6: Public Health Sciences skills
Accurately applies nursing principles and techniques in the direct care and treatment of HIV positive adults, as well as patients seeking care for sexually transmitted diseases.
Correctly makes assessments of and document’s patient health status.
Assesses, treats, evaluates, and provides health education and follow up with appropriate cultural competence. Positively assists provider in clinic session.
Interprets and implements provider’s orders and recommendations to patients appropriately. Completes and follows up on referrals as appropriate and accurately documents all clinically relevant information. Provides exemplary customer service during telephone and walk-in triage as necessary in consultation with the provider. Properly obtains vital signs and medical history; and performs simple laboratory procedures (finger stick, heel stick). Willingly and proactively maintains inventory of medical supplies and medications; and prepares examination/treatment rooms and equipment. Occasional provision of vaccines, FLSHOTS data entry, and inventory maintenance.
Public Health Competency Domain 5: Community Dimensions of Practice skills
Promotes cooperation within the agency and externally by maintaining positive relationships with Management Team, Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Health Support Technicians, Human Service Counselors, Senior Clerks and other staff. Develops and maintains an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care and case management. Works in collaboration with all partners. Participates in quality improvement activities, including the peer review process.
Public Health Competency Domain 8: Leadership and Systems Thinking skills
Public Health Competency Domain 7: Management skills Provides
oversight of all clinical functions and serves as a resource/expert for nursing functions in assigned clinic. Provides the team with leadership to ensure integrated operations with all clinical staff and operating units. Acts as a liaison between administration and the health center staff for the dissemination of nursing policy and practice information. Ensures adherence to nursing protocol policies. Works in collaboration with other administrators to assist in hiring and retaining competent clinical staff. Ensures that the clinical staff is trained and the orientation checklist is completed within 90 days of hire. Participates in staff development programs for persons assisting with client care. Oversee the work activities of ancillary personnel. Provides assessments and evaluation of clinical staff performance to the Medical Director. Promotes professional leadership and growth. Ensures timely completion of all mandatory training. Ensures accurate and timely submission of Employee Leave and Attendance Records, as well as Employee Activity Records (EARs).
Provides services as required during disasters and performs other related duties as required. Travel is performed in relation to above duties. Access to a personal vehicle and a current Florida Driver’s License and Nursing License are essential to the performance of the duties described for this position.
Incumbent will have access to records containing social security numbers in the performance of job duties.
Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 210-8.27
• Within the last five years, at least two years of supervisory experience in a clinical or hospital setting
• Two years of budget management or budget expenditure experience
• Knowledge of nursing principles, practices and techniques.
• Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
• Ability to administer prescribed medications.
• Ability to provide direct patient care and treatment.
• Ability to work with patients having a variety of physical problems.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Skills in the use of medical equipment and instruments used in providing nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work.
• Develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.
• Oversite of clinical staff and clinical functions.
• Provide professional nursing services in the care and treatment of patients.
• Accurately applies nursing principles and techniques in the direct care and treatment of HIV positive adults, as well as patients seeking care for sexually transmitted diseases.
• Correctly makes assessments of and document’s patient health status.
• Assesses, treats, evaluates, and provides health education and follow up with appropriate cultural competence.
• Interprets and implements provider’s orders and recommendations to patients appropriately.
• Promotes cooperation within the agency and externally by maintaining positive relationships with Management Team, Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Health Support Technicians, Human Service Counselors, Senior Clerks and other staff.
• Provides oversight of all clinical functions and serves as a resource/expert for nursing functions in assigned clinic.
• Acts as a liaison between administration and the health center staff for the dissemination of nursing policy and practice information.
• Ensures that the clinical staff is trained and the orientation checklist is completed within 90 days of hire.
• Provides assessments and evaluation of clinical staff performance to the Medical Director.
• Ensures timely completion of all mandatory training.
• Ensures accurate and timely submission of Employee Leave and Attendance Records, as well as Employee Activity Records (EARs).
• Provides services as required during disasters and performs other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed