SENIOR REGISTERED NURSE SUPV-F/C - 60005991

State of Florida•Alachua, FL

5d•$2,413 - $2,740•Onsite

About The Position

This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as the 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

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.
Must be employed full-time.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of health care or the behavioral sciences.
Ability to assist in carrying out treatment and rehabilitation activities centered around personal and social adjustments.
Ability to assist in group therapy sessions.
Ability to observe changes in person served's behavior patterns.
Ability to assist persons served with personal care activities.
Ability to assimilate data and recommend changes in policies, procedures and techniques.
Ability to document effectively.
Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Must be able to ambulate up and down a stairwell.
Must be able to assist with evacuation of persons served during an emergency situation.
Must have normal vision and hearing, including use of corrective devices.
Must be able to work with or around cleaning chemicals and supplies.
Must be able to do repetitive movements with arms, hands, neck and head.
Must be able to demonstrate competency, as appropriate, in all areas of training, some of which requires physical activity such as CPR and MANDT.
Must be able to bend, twist, turn, kneel, stoop, squat, push, pull, lift and walk extended distances.
Must be able to physically operate all equipment necessary to do job tasks.
Must be able to lift and carry 20 pounds.
Must be able to sit and/or stand for one hour without a break.
Must be able to work 16 hour shifts on occasion.
Must be able to remain alert while on duty.
Must be able to drive an EZ Go or vehicle if job essential.
Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 64B9-3.009 and three years of professional nursing experience, including one year of professional experience in a specialty field as determined by the employing agency.
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in nursing or a related field can substitute for one year of the required general professional nursing experience.
A master's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing, nursing education, public health, or a related field can substitute for two years of the required general professional nursing experience.
Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety.
Work History - entered with the most recent/current listed first:
Any and all State of Florida jobs
Any and all Florida University jobs
All periods of employment
Periods of unemployment
Gaps 3 months or more
Education
Volunteer Experience
Include supervisor names and phone numbers including current place of employment.
Gaps 3 months or more must be addressed – you will need to account for and explain any gaps in employment including unemployment. You can either list these in your application under Period of Employment or attach a word document listing your gaps.
Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
If claiming Right to First Interview, candidate MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions.
Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.
All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS).
Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735).
Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.
Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.
All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

Nice To Haves

Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety.
Work History - entered with the most recent/current listed first:
Any and all State of Florida jobs
Any and all Florida University jobs
All periods of employment
Periods of unemployment
Gaps 3 months or more
Education
Volunteer Experience
Include supervisor names and phone numbers including current place of employment.
Gaps 3 months or more must be addressed – you will need to account for and explain any gaps in employment including unemployment. You can either list these in your application under Period of Employment or attach a word document listing your gaps.
Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
If claiming Right to First Interview, candidate MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions.

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 following all departmental facility safety guidelines and observing and complying with all policies relating to the security of residents.
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.