Nursing Consultant, Program Review-Region II, Fresno

Department Information

Vision
We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.

Mission
To facilitate the successful reintegration of the individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment.

CDCR and CCHCS strive to collaborate with the community to enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs. Incumbents establish and maintain cooperative working relationships within the department, other governmental agencies, health care partners, and communities.

CDCR/CCHCS values all team members. We work cooperatively to provide the highest level of health care possible to a diverse correctional population, which includes medical, dental, nursing, mental health, and pharmacy. We encourage creativity and ingenuity while treating others fairly, honestly, and with respect, all of which are critical to the success of the CDCR/CCHCS mission.

This advertisement is for a Nursing Consultant, Program Review position(s) located at CCHCS-Region II, in Fresno, CA, located in Fresno County. Please indicate the position number on your application:

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Note: Main communication for this position will be through email. Please ensure to have a valid email address on your application.

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Effective July 1, 2025, in accordance with the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) was implemented. PLP 2025 requires each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, and related Excluded, Exempt and Statutory Exempt employees, will have their base salary reduced by 3 percent and will receive 5 PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027.

Salaries do not reflect the recent changes. Part-time employees are subject to the same conditions as full-time employees, on a prorated basis equivalent to their time-base. Permanent intermittent employees are subject to the same condition as full-time employees, based on the number of hours worked in the pay period.

Under the direction of the Statewide Chief Nurse Executive, the Regional Nursing Consultant, Program Review (NCPR) is responsible for implementing and monitoring the nursing programs in institutions and for providing program consultation regarding nursing practices, procedures and standards in their specified region. This position will require up to 50% travel.

Nursing Consultant, Program Review

Possession of a valid license to practice as a registered nurse in California. (Applicants who do not possess such a license will be admitted to the examination, but they must secure such a license before they will be considered eligible for appointment.)

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Experience:

Three years of progressively responsible experience in nursing/psychiatric nursing, which must have included in addition to direct care of developmentally disabled clients and/or psychiatric patients; and/or inmates or youthful offenders:

• Two years of administrative experience at a level of responsibility comparable to an assistant coordinator of nursing services in a large facility for the developmentally disabled and/or hospital for the mentally disabled or acute/subacute care correctional facility; or a Supervising Registered Nurse in a large correctional facility.

One year of experience as a nursing consultant, or as a director of nursing education/psychiatric nursing in an accredited State mental hospital/developmental center or acute care correctional facility or nurse training program with responsibility for instruction of students at several levels of nursing practice. or

• Three years of experience as a nursing consultant.

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Education:

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, possession of a…