EXECUTIVE NURSING DIRECTOR - SES - 60005953

Requisition No: 848183 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: EXECUTIVE NURSING DIRECTOR - SES - 60005953

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60005953 

Salary:  $3,329.92 Bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 03/13/2025 

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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 REQUISITION MAY BE USED TO FILL MULTIPLE VACANCIES.

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as an Executive Nursing Director. 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:

• Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management.  Must also be familiar with requirements of CARF accreditation and ensure compliance. Will provide guidance in the care and treatment of residents.
• This is professional work supervising and directing employees. The primary duty of the incumbent in this position is to spend the majority of their time communicating with, motivating, training and evaluating employees, planning and directing their work; and having the authority to effectively recommend actions such as: hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, promote, discharge, assign, and reward or discipline direct reports.  Evaluates employees against established standards and takes appropriate actions when necessary (i.e. recognition, reward, corrective action, etc.).
• Professional nursing and administrative responsibility in planning and directing all direct care and nursing activities in a residential unit for the mentally ill.  Incumbent supervises the direct care and nursing services which includes all shifts, and uses judgment in formulating or assisting in formulation of policy and procedure for service delivery, program design, and administration of the  unit budget.
• Serves as manager and role model for staff and demonstrates good leadership skills.  Meets and counsels with employees to ensure the continuity and quality of safe, therapeutic care on all three shifts.  Acts in a self-directed manner to assure continuity both up and down the chain of command as well as between ancillary services within the Facility.  Manages staff to ensure that objectives, policies, and procedures are understood and adhered to by personnel.  Monitors and evaluates employee work performance according to unit and facility procedures.  Assures staff training needs are identified and provided for, using appropriate resources and within set or negotiated time frames.
• Responsible for ensuring cost-effective, 24-hour direct care and nursing/restorative care is provided by timely management of hiring, staff assignments, maintaining minimum staffing level, developing a knowledge of job requirements, and an awareness of  limitations/abilities of each employee.  Maintains active, up-to-date communication with off-shift personnel to assure knowledge and active participation in off-shift programming, problems, and resident needs.  Investigates and prepares reports related to resident incidents within time frames and according to accepted format.
• Responsible for overall assessment, development, initiation, maintenance, review, and revision of nursing care delivery systems for each programmatic area in a manner which is supported by current philosophy of treatment programs/interventions for population.  Writes, reviews, revises nursing policy, procedures, and treatment modules which support nursing care/delivery/programs. 
• Develops nursing service goals, objectives, and standards of nursing practice.  Assure timely, cooperative coordination of nursing services with other resident services.  Identifies budget needs to support service delivery, both on a long-term and short-term basis.  Prepares reports as necessary.  Manages nursing program to support normalization, residents' rights, and least restrictive goals.
• Adheres to regulatory guidelines and accepted nursing standards/practice to ensure nursing compliance including, but not limited to: safety, infection control, nursing practice, CMS, AHCA, and HCQA.  Participates in reviews performed by internal and external review bodies, and cost-effectively utilizes all available quality assurance data in management.
• Is self-directed in using good judgment and problem-solving skills to provide adequate input, formulate decisions, and complete role/task/reports in a timely, cooperative manner following accepted protocol.
• Assures fair and consistent application of Human Resources rules/regulations/protocols throughout all supervisory levels in unit in a timely manner.  Ensures new employees are oriented according to facility and unit procedures.  Reviews and maintains current position descriptions and standards on direct reports and evaluates within established time frames.  Investigates and prepares reports on employee incidents.  Adheres to and administers disciplinary action procedures as appropriate.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Complies with mandatory unit and facility inservice training.  Trains nursing and direct care staff on all pertinent policies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Knowledge of nursing principles, practices and techniques.
• Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
• Ability to supervise people.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to prioritize work load.
• Ability to develop various reports.
• Ability to direct nursing and teaching activities.
• Ability to assess budgetary needs.
• Ability to formulate policies and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to plan, organize and direct program activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 210-8.27 and four years of professional nursing experience, one year of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in nursing can substitute for one year of the required general professional nursing experience.
• A master's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing or nursing education can substitute for two years of the required general professional nursing experience.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
  • (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Opportunities for career advancement;
• Tuition waiver for public college courses;
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

DCF EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION 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).  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

RETIREE NOTICE If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  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.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

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.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.