Requisition No: 807646

Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration

Working Title: 68900355 - OPS REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT

Position Number: 68900355

Salary: $26.25 Hourly

Posting Closing Date: 02/29/2024

Agency Overview:

The Agency for Health Care Administration is Florida's chief health policy and planning entity. The Agency is responsible for administering the Florida Medicaid program, the licensure and regulation of nearly 50,000 health care facilities, and empowering consumers through health care transparency initiatives.

Under the direction of Agency Secretary Jason Weida, the Agency is focused on advancing Governor DeSantis’ vision for Florida’s health care system to be the most cost-effective, transparent, and high-quality health care system in the nation. Current Agency initiatives include implementing Florida’s groundbreaking Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program, overhauling Florida’s healthcare technological ecosystem, and increasing insight in the cost of health care services.

Agency Objectives:

HIGH QUALITY

Emphasizing quality in all that we do to improve health outcomes, always putting the individual first.

TRANSPARENT

Supporting initiatives that promote transparency and empower consumers in making well informed healthcare decisions.

COST-EFFECTIVE

Leveraging Florida’s buying power in delivering high quality care at the lowest cost to taxpayers.

Position Overview:

Are you interested in a career that capitalizes on your nursing experience to teach others about health care regulation? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

This is a full-time position (40 hours per week).

This position will be hired at the rate of $26.25 Hourly and is non-negotiable.

The primary function of this Registered Nurse Consultant position is to serve as a preceptor for surveyors through planning, developing, implementing, evaluating, and monitoring ongoing training programs. The incumbent will be responsible for motivating, and coaching employees on various survey processes.

The incumbent will also be required to perform survey activities, either as an individual, a team member or a team leader.

This position is required to successfully complete the Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test within the first 12 months of employment as required by Sections 1819(g)(2)(c)(ii) of the Social Security Act, as amended, and Article IV(B) of the Agreement pursuant to Section 1864 of the Social Security Act.

This position may require extensive travel, including overnight stays.

The incumbent must be able to work before and after normal work hours, including occasional weekends and holidays.

Proficiency with Microsoft programs, smart phones and a laptop is a necessity.

Successful completion of a criminal background investigation is a condition of employment.

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 Other Personal Services (OPS) employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

•No state income tax for residents of Florida;

•State Group Insurance coverage options (must meet eligibility requirements), including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;

•Savings & Spending Accounts;

•401 (a) FICA Alternative Plan administered through VALIC (tax deferred Retirement Savings Plan);

•Participation in the Florida Deferred Compensation Plan (457b)

For a more complete list of benefits and eligibility requirements, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

What is OPS employment?

OPS employment is a temporary employer/employee relationship used for accomplishing short term or intermittent tasks. OPS employees are at-will employees and are subject to actions such as pay changes, changes to work assignment, and terminations at the discretion of the agency head or designee.

OPS employees do not serve probationary periods or become permanent in their positions because they serve at the pleasure of the agency head.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

-Knowledge of the principles and practices of health care management.

-Knowledge of health care facilities and operations.

-Skill in the use of computer equipment and software to enter, retrieve, and manipulate data required to perform work functions.

-Ability to utilize problem solving skills.

-Ability to interpret rules, regulations, laws, and guidelines relating to health care administration.

-Ability to prepare training/meeting agendas and materials.

-Ability to supervise and manage employees.

-Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.

-Ability to prepare and review reports.

Ability to travel, with or without accommodations.

-Ability to lift a laptop/ tablet computer and work manuals, with or without accommodations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 and four years of professional nursing experience.

•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.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464.

CONTACT: RACHEL SUMMERALL (239) 335-1315

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.