Registered Nurse Specialist Ops - 60955422 - Med Surg

Company: Florida Department of Transportation
Location: Macclenny
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Registered Nurse Specialist Ops - 60955422Requisition No: 772103

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: REGISTERED NURSE SPECIALIST OPS - 60955422

Position Number: 60955422

Salary: $45.00 per hour

Posting Closing Date: 06/30/2023

SHIFTS: Evening or Night

Max hours worked per week: 24

Max hours worked per pay period: 48

Salary: $45.00 per hour

This position requires lifting, pulling, and squatting. Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management. Nursing will provide guidance in the care and treatment of residents. This is a high level position within the nursing field and possesses a high degree of nursing knowledge and ability with responsibility for nursing care within the unit and serves as a nursing resource to the treatment team. Specific duties and responsibilities are as follows:

Provides learning opportunities for all levels of nursing services. Identifies learning needs of employees by using, but not limited to: position descriptions; personal observations and those of others; interviews, questionnaires, surveys, and reports; meeting minutes; policies, procedures, directives; current literature; incident/accident reports; Quality Improvement reports; employee identification of own learning needs; conferences; suggestions of supervising nurses, DON, or ADON. Plans offerings/programs that correlate to identified learning needs by establishing priorities in learning; allotting sufficient planning time; setting reasonable and attainable objectives; developing course outline and teaching strategies; identifying appropriate media, teaching methods and resources.

Conducts in-service classes for non-licensed direct care staff as well as certification and re-certification classes in nursing functions for non-licensed personnel. Provides class for same in SD&T orientation of new employees.

Communicates the plan for the program to foster participation by discussing the program with appropriate SRNSs and utilizing posters, flyers, calendars, and other materials to publish educational offerings. Implements the established plan to meet learning needs by establishing effective teaching/learning climate and exercising flexibility in use of time, space, equipment, and instructional plans. Evaluates result of total program as well as specific offerings to ensure optimum customer satisfaction.

Develops and maintains a record system to serve as guide for future planning by determining types of records to be maintained, then utilizing records for evaluation of goals and objectives. Maintains approved provider status through state Board of Nursing by adhering to Board guidelines for continuing education as well as obtaining renewal status per Board directives.

Utilizes identified short and long term goals for educational programming. Evaluates cost effectiveness and cost containment in achievement of program goals in absence of specific department budget to reduce the cost of controllable expenditures. Maintains professional growth and development by seeking new concepts in professional and other relevant literature and in sharing such knowledge/information. Participates in professional organizations; attends workshops, seminars to further knowledge; attends and maintains own training classes as required by facility. Chairs Nurse Practice Committee.

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position: Ability to effectively convey

information. Knowledge of instructional methods. Ability to write and revise lesson plans. Ability to research information for effective,

up-to-date instruction. Ability to plan and manage schedules. Service orientation; social perceptiveness; judgment and decision

making; reading comprehension; ability to write well; coordination; critical thinking; active listening; problem identification; writing;

mathematics; customer and personal service; therapy and counseling; ability to correctly pass medications; ability to work well with

others; at least minimal skills in computer soft ware.

Licensure/registration/certification requirements (If applicable, list the appropriate Florida Statute or federal regulation cite): This position

requires licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Chapter 464, Florida Statutes, or eligible to practice nursing

in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 21O-8.27 and a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major

in nursing or a related field and two years of nursing experience. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing,

nursing education, public health, or a related field may substitute for one year of the nursing experience. Professional nursing

experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.

Other job-related requirements for this position: MANDT, CPR, Infection Control Training. Pushing, pulling, bending, stooping may

be required. Ability to lift 25 pounds. Intervention with combative residents may be required. Ability to walk extended distances across

campus. Knowledge of nursing principles, practices, and techniques. Ability to effectively communicate new ideas and concepts as

well as review established information (teach). Must obtain and renew provider status on regular basis.

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.

Nearest Major Market: Jacksonville

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