REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT SUPV - 60034611

Requisition No: 859751 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT SUPV - 60034611

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60034611 

Salary:  $3,196.45/Bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 09/03/2025 

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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 is a highly responsible and professional position serving as the Registered Nursing Consultant Supervisor in Risk Management. 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 serves as the Hospital Health Care Risk Manager/Safety Officer and is highly responsible professional, managerial and administrative work to reduce, control, or eliminate the possibility of incidents to resident, staff, and visitors at the institution; thereby minimizing financial loss. This is accomplished by assessing, planning, and coordinating responsibilities to prevent or minimize accidental injury, illness, property damage, or other preventable loss or negligent acts. The Risk Manager/Safety Officer is responsible for the overall coordination of the incident reporting system, investigations, and the general liability program for the largest Florida State Mental Health Institution, which consists of approximately 949 licensed beds and 1,935 employees.
• Process and analyze a magnitude of daily resident incident reports in a priority manner. Review reports for timeliness, content, accuracy, and ensuring compliance with applicable Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Codes, Department Regulations, and Hospital Operating Procedures. Develops, maintains, and monitors an automated Hospital Risk Management Incident Tracking System, covering resident incidents, including the type, frequency, causes, and outcomes. Analyze the frequency, causes, general categories and types of incidents causing injury to residents. Analyze incident reports and make recommendations to reduce the frequency and severity of resident injuries. Make recommendations for corrective measures in problem areas. Completes applicable follow-up actions, makes necessary referrals, maintains suspense system to ensure professional timely completion of actions. Advise supervisor of any adverse patterns or trends identified.
• Serves as Resident Hospital Safety Officer and Chairperson for Resident Health & Safety Committee. Holds quarterly committee meetings, types/distributes minutes and tracks resident safety action items until completion. Promotes health and safety of patients, reviews and evaluates quality of patient safety measures and assists in implementation of the hospital patient safety plan.
• Ensure the development of appropriate policy and procedures that minimize the risk of injury to residents. Ensures compliance with risk management Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Codes, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Florida Department of Health, the Safe Medical Devices Act, CARF Accreditation, Children and Family Regulations.
• Produce and provide monthly/quarterly/annual comprehensive statistical reports to Administration/Governing body which includes information about all activities of risk management. Produces monthly, quarterly and annual analytical reports for 6 residential units.
• Performs analysis of data linked to various risk management topics and prepares visual presentation for review at quarterly Governing Body meetings and monthly internal Risk Management Committee. Participates in variety of hospital workgroups that review event data, including Mortality Review, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, and Safety Committee
• Provides a variety of reports to both internal and external parties. Submits critical event data to Department of Children and Family headquarters, as required by CFOP 155-25 and 155-28. Responsible for initiation and completion of the Agency for Health Care Administration Code 15 reports plus notification to the Office of the Inspector General, as required by CFOP 180-
• Serve as a member on various administrative and resident care related committees, which includes but is not limited to: Resident Health & Safety Committee, Management Reviews, Mortality Review, Infection Control, Disaster, Workplace Risk Assessment Team and Pharmacy & Therapeutics.
• Serves as Coordinator of the Davis Productivity Awards Program through Florida Taxwatch. Coordinates, reviews and processes all nominations. Provides hands-on assistance to nominators and managers. Coordinates all awards ceremony activities and travel for award winners.
• Ensure Risk Management pre-service training is presented to all new employees within 30 days of employment pursuant to Florida Administrative Code. Provides Risk Management annual update training to all employees.
• Participate in licensure reviews and monitoring visits conducted at the facility by internal or external groups. Complete Code 15 reports and annual reports to Agency for Health Care Administration on Adverse Incidents per Florida Statutes. Complete other reports to Department of Health per Florida Statutes.
• Manage, process, and control General Liability Losses and State Automobile Accident claims. Process claims accurately, within designated timeframes and using proper methods. Advise supervisor of any adverse trends.
• 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.
• Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data.
• Ability to develop and implement various program monitoring methodologies and techniques.
• Ability to provide in-service training on medical and health care services, patient assessments, and utilization practices.
• Ability to develop program policy, procedures, manuals, administrative rules and agreements.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to prioritize work load.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to develop various reports.
• Ability to formulate and monitor nursing standards and operating policies and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively.

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, two years 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 can substitute for two years of the required general professional nursing experience.

Preference will be given to applicants who have:

• Certification in Risk Management.
• Six years of professional nursing experience.
• Experience working in Risk Management.
• Clinical experience working in Mental Health.

Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety:

• Include the supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment.
• Account for and explain gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities, as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of responding to qualifying questions and entering work history.
• If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits.
• 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.

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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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  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.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.