SENIOR REGISTERED NURSE SUPV - 60009630

Requisition No: 877275 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SENIOR REGISTERED NURSE SUPV - 60009630

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60009630 

Salary: $2,413.22 - $2,740.31 Bi-Weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 10/28/2026 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)  is   the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH) is a 706-bed, licensed mental health treatment facility that provides person-centered services to adults suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. The hospital, located in Macclenny, was established in 1959 and is the largest state operated civil treatment facility.

NORTHEAST FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES AND SHIFTS AVAILABLE

This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as the Senior Registered Nurse Supervisor within the Nursing Services Division. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED

• Acts as hospital-wide nursing house supervisor on assigned shift to make administrative decisions on policies, procedures, and standards affecting nursing care to ensure that civil or forensic residents receive prescribed treatment. Provides for minimum coverage within the hospital. Monitors nursing care for injured residents and employees. If necessary, obtains medications from Pharmacy after hours with assistance of the on-call physician.
• Reviews and develops policies and procedures related to outpatient care, treatment, and medication administration. Evaluates and conducts training of staff as necessary. Holds meetings, communicates expectations, etc. Develops work schedules and monitors leave and attendance to reduce controllable expenses. Ensures standards for nursing care meet guidelines established in 65E5FAC.
• Supervises nursing personnel. Holds regular meetings with subordinates to communicate expectations, job performance, and policy and procedure changes. Evaluates performance of subordinates on an on-going basis, including time and attendance, and provides individual feedback quarterly or as needed. Holds corrective counseling conferences as needed. Develops work schedules for nursing staff and monitors leave and attendance to help reduce controllable expenses associated with overtime. Schedules in-service training for subordinates. Administers non-appealable disciplinary action and recommends appealable disciplinary action. Interviews and recommends nursing applicants for hire. Responsible for orientation of new nursing personnel.
• Responsible for various audits such as medication, Quality of Life, chart reviews, and medication error investigations to ensure a safe and secure environment.
• Monitors and evaluates nursing service to ensure compliance with established standards, procedures, policies and memorandums. Makes and distributes laboratory, radiology, EEG, and EKG reports for unit. Monitors drug administration on assigned wards. Monitors assigned wards for medical equipment, supplies and safety hazards. Conducts informal training within assigned wards to stress program goals and objectives. Consults with the Registered Nurse Consultant regarding new programs, activities, problems, and standards of performance. Provides consultation to other departments to improve treatment planning and psychiatric function for residents.
• Responsible for attendance and participation of various meetings such as treatment team, morning meeting, SRNS meetings twice monthly, and daily shift report on wards. Serves on committees as assigned. Provides input to policies and procedures as necessary to enhance information and improve continuity of care. Ensures optimum customer satisfaction by identifying and investigating problems affecting nursing care. Reports such problems to Registered Nurse Consultant or designee. Assists in planning new approaches to rehabilitative care of residents and implements new approaches to reduce length of stay.
• Performs related duties as required to include being placed in coverage as necessary to enhance cost efficiency.
• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS of this position are the ability to correctly pass medications, good nursing assessment skills, good documentation skills, good communication skills, recognition of medications and their effectiveness, ability to work well with others, ability to effectively supervise and direct the work of others without prejudice, ability to assess and analyze situations, ability to formulate solutions to problems, ability to adequately prepare reports, ability to ambulate the campus, maintenance of licensure and all required CEUs. This also includes any and all nursing functions which may or may not be listed above that naturally fall under the purview of a registered nurse and are a requirement for licensure.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Knowledge of nursing principles, practices and techniques.
• Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
• Ability to work with patients having a variety of physical problems.
• Ability to supervise people.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assign work and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 210-8.27 and three years of professional nursing, psychiatric nursing or nursing instruction experience.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing or nursing education can substitute for one year of the required experience.
• A master's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing, psychiatric nursing or nursing education can substitute for two years of the required experience.
• Registered Nurse nursing experience requires a RN license for the specified years. 

Candidate Profile (application) Requirements:

Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety.

• Work History - entered with the most recent/current listed first:
• Any and all State of Florida jobs
• Any and all Florida University jobs
• All periods of employment
• Periods of unemployment
• Gaps 3 months or more*
• Education
• Volunteer Experience
• Include supervisor names and phone numbers including current place of employment.
• * Gaps 3 months or more must be addressed – you will need to account for and explain any gaps in employment including unemployment. You can either list these in your application under Period of Employment or attach a word document listing your gaps.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
• If claiming Right to First Interview , candidate  MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions.

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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 employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits.
• For a more complete list of benefits, visit .

DCF EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT   Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION  All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire . For more information, please visit the SSS website: .

RETIREE NOTICE  If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

BACKGROUND SCREENING  It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

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 View phone number on us.fitly.work). 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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.