Registered NURSE Specialist Sunland - Patient Clinc

Requisition No: 867171

Agency:
Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Registered Nurse Specialist – Career Service

Position Number:

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

This posting may close before the posted closing date.

The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.

CANDIDATE POOL:
Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

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

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click  ).

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self‑motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

* Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

$59,774.78‑$72,217.08 Annually, $2,299.03 ‑ $2,777.58 Bi‑weekly

This is work providing professional nursing services to patients under the direction of a registered nurse, licensed physician, licensed osteopathic physician, licensed podiatrist, or a licensed dentist. The incumbent is expected to perform professional nursing duties for residents who require mental health care; coordinate and facilitate psychiatry clinic services; serve as a professional liaison between the attending psychiatrist and facility staff;

provide leadership in the mental health continuing education program for staff; and participate in the delivery of general nursing care as assigned. This position requires lifting, pulling and squatting. Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Performs professional PMH nursing assessments on newly admitted residents; quarterly assessments on residents with specified psychiatric diagnoses; assessments on residents with medication changes; bi‑annual assessments on all residents receiving psychotherapeutic medications; annual assessments on residents with specified psychiatric diagnoses; and assessments on residents in crisis and/or experiencing significant behavioral change. Participates in Active Treatment meetings for residents with significant mental health issues and/or unstable psychiatric diagnoses.

Maintains psychotherapeutic medication history profile in each resident’s medical chart; presents psychotherapeutic medication variance data with analysis and recommendations at quarterly Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings; and serves on facility‑wide committees that have identified need for mental health nursing and/or psychiatry input. Prepares charts; collects data from interdisciplinary team members; conducts clinical assessments with psychiatrist; schedules medication informed consent reviews;

processes medication informed consent documentation; and obtains emergency treatment orders. Communicates with attending psychiatrist during and between scheduled clinics on status of residents and assessments from medical, nursing, behavioral services, and facility administration that may impact psychiatric interventions. Serves as the professional liaison between Psychiatry and all professional disciplines to promote quality and holistic mental health care.

Obtains vital signs, EKGs, height, weight, and visual acuity. Observe and document acute complaints or injured Residents. Notify the RN or physician as appropriate.…