Registered Nurse 1-3 (Tri-Region- Orleans, Covington, Thibodaux)

Registered Nurse 1-3

This position will have the option of working in a Thibodaux, Covington, or New Orleans Regional Office to provide flexibility due to this position serving these regions. This is a professional-level position within the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Office of Child Welfare, serving as a Child Welfare Nurse to provide clinical consultation and support to child welfare staff. The position ensures that children involved with DCFSparticularly those in custody or identified as medically fragilereceive timely access to appropriate medical and behavioral health services. The Child Welfare Nurse collaborates with healthcare providers, hospitals, and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to support care coordination, assess medical safety concerns, and inform case planning and placement decisions. If you're driven, collaborative, and ready to make an impactthis could be the opportunity for you!

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Provides real-time clinical consultation to child welfare staff at intake, investigation, and case management stages.
• Conducts nursing assessments, reviews medical records, interprets clinical data, and identifies safety concerns related to medical conditions.
• Serves as an operational liaison between child welfare staff and healthcare systems in coordination with supervisory and state office medical leadership.
• Participates in structured triage of complex cases, including medical neglect, life-threatening injuries, fatalities, and medically fragile children. Provides input into case planning and escalates cases requiring advanced clinical oversight to supervisory staff.
• Participates in quality assurance and data tracking activities to support program evaluation and continuous quality improvement in alignment with established standards.
• Conducts field visits as needed, including home, hospital, or placement settings, to assess child health status and support implementation of care plans.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a job appointment. Job appointments may last up to 48 months.

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Registered Nurse 1-3 depending on experience.

Work Schedule: Typically, work hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday Friday. Flexible work schedules are available after meeting certain criteria and is dependent upon the position you are applying for. Some positions require working shifts.

The referenced positions have a Special Entrance Rate (SER) see below:

Registered Nurse 1 - (Pay Level-MS-515)-SER Biweekly $2,387.20 Registered Nurse 2- (Pay Level- MS-516) -SER Biweekly $2,554.40 Registered Nurse 3- (Pay Level -MS-517) -SER Biweekly $2,733.60

Work Location: The domicile of this vacancy will be based upon the applicant selected within the Tri-Region of Covington, Orleans, or Thibodaux.

Louisiana HB 420 requires all prospective DCFS employees to complete and clear multiple background clearances prior to employment with this agency.

Active Louisiana RN license (or compact/multi-state license recognized by Louisiana) is required and must be maintained. Valid driver's license and reliable transportation are required due to travel across multiple regions.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in this application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Eulanda Batiste

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DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer", and Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Benefits

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

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Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at

State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others