HEALTH SERVICES ANALYST E - 60032803

Requisition No: 849386 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: HEALTH SERVICES ANALYST E - 60032803

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60032803 

Salary:  $46,668.01-$70,000.00 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 03/31/2025 

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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.

North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (NFETC) is a 216 bed, all male, forensic, mental health rehabilitation facility. The Center is located in northeast Gainesville, Florida on 639 picturesque acres with regular sightings of deer, turkey, and other wildlife. NFETC employs a variety of entry level to leadership positions including food service, maintenance, direct care, nurses, counselors, rehab therapists, medical doctors, security, psychiatrists, and psychologists.

NORTH FLORIDA EVALUATION AND TREATMENT FACILITY 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 that will serve as an Health Services Analyst E at NFETC. This position will collaborate with each section within the program office 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:

• Adhere to contemporary standards of strategic planning and continuous quality improvement, with a focus of optimizing efficiency and safety, as evidenced by procedures and performance data. 
• Reviews clinical summaries and related procedures, policies, guidelines, and directives to be implemented. Evaluates impact on clinical operation, coordinates team review for clinical procedures and their implementation, and communicates procedure/process to all interested parties.Ensures summary data supports the facts presented to courts, reviews summary data for accuracy and completeness. Identifies missing legal data, researches, and provides that data to clinical personnel. .
• Independently monitors and tracks any and all operational aspects of services provided by the components of Admissions and Discharge Services to ensure progress towards or maintenance of service standards and objectives.  Recommends, develops, and implements, where appropriate, corrective actions as needed to ensure that services promote timely processes and optimal Customer Satisfaction.   Ensures that both daily and monthly reports due to the facility and to SAMH Program Office are accurate and timely. Ensures that data collection and summaries of key performance indicators wthin the major areas of screening, intake and discharge are maintained.  Develops, maintains and tracks database records on stated objectives and research projects.  Prepares reports and data on projects and objectives as needed.    In addition, assists in the development and implementation of productivity and performance management (CQI) projects designed to achieve long term and annual business objectives as well as facility and departmental process goals
• Assist in the shared Management of the electronic processing of clinical summaries, including data entry, report generation, distribution, database maintenance and filing, including e-filing as necessary.  Track all court reports (summaries) and provide reminders to Recovery Teams prior to due date.  Ensure clinical summaries are processed in a timely manner, receive appropriate review and signatures from clinical and legal, and ensure they are expeditiously faxed/e-filed/mailed/emailed (as required) to committing court.  Represent Medical Records departmet team in any workgroups associated with the revision of the summary process, track forms review, maintenance of medical charts and maintenance of orders for continued commitment.
• Electronically input resident data and processing information into resident information systems for admissions and discharges.  Generate medical record and census forms, notices and reports.  Provide updated admission/discharge information to all relevant departments by end of workday.  Distribute information electronically to appropriate staff.  Ensure data completeness and accuracy.  Follow up with staff to get required informaiton.
• Serves as a facility liaison with the various court systems in the state of Florida.  Consults with the AIS for Recovery Services, the Clinical Department Heads, key treatment professionals, and other administrative staff to assess, analyze and resolve programmatic, administrative, and operational issues to ensure that effective management practices are in place to support treatment excellence, customer Satisfaction and cost efficiency.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

•Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data.

•Ability to plan, develop and evaluate programs.

•Ability to evaluate the quality of services provided.

•Ability to evaluate service delivery systems for compliance with regulations.

•Ability to review case records, reports and transactions for completeness and compliance with existing policies, procedures and regulations.

•Ability to provide in-service training and program consultation.

•Ability to compile statistics and prepare analytical evaluations.

•Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.

•Ability to communicate effectively.

•Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of professional experience in community services, social, economic, health or rehabilitative services, human resources development and training, program planning, evaluation, research, processing court documents, program analysis, or business. Professional or nonprofessional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for college education.

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

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.

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.