REGISTERED NURSE SPECIALIST

REGISTERED NURSE SPECIALIST - 64068271

This is a professional clinical nursing position for the Medical Foster Care (MFC) program reporting to the Senior Registered Nursing Supervisor position. We are looking for a dedicated individual to support medical foster care families and ensure medically complex children receive the highest quality care in nurturing home environments. The MFC RN will participate in compensated after hours "on-call" and travel is reimbursable.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

• Impactful Work: Help foster parents succeed while improving outcomes for children and youth.
• Collaboration: Partner with caregivers, medical teams, and community stakeholders.
• Growth & Learning: Provide training, education, and ongoing support to families.
• Family-Centered Care: Advocate for safe, supportive homes tailored to each child's needs.
• Assessment: Conduct home visits, caregiver evaluations, and child/youth care assessments.
• Communication: Act as the liaison between foster parents, Medicaid plans, and community partners.
• Training: Deliver onboarding and ongoing education for caregivers and families.
• Implementation: Coordinate daily program operations, admissions, and clinical support.
• Quality Assurance: Monitor documentation, services, and caregiver performance to ensure excellence.
• Support: Provide after-hours guidance when urgent needs arise.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong nursing and assessment skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Passion for supporting foster families and children with complex medical needs.
• Commitment to quality, safety, and family-centered care.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of nursing care of the child with special health care needs.
• Knowledge of foster care system and child/family community resources.
• Skill in performing nursing assessments.
• Skill in performing clinical nursing activities.
• Skill in providing training and education to health care professionals, parents, and medical foster care parents.
• Skill in nursing documentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to access and utilize community resources.
• Ability to access information from computer data systems and websites.

Qualifications:

• Minimum: Must be licensed in the State of Florida as a Registered Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or have a Compact License from a State that participates in the Compact Program.
• Must hold a valid unrestricted Florida Driver License.
• Willing to take compensated on-call after hours and on weekends or holidays.
• Willing to make home and community visits to perform independent assessments of children, youth and their medical foster families during those visits.
• Preferred: Pediatric nursing experience preferred. 3-5 years Nursing experience preferred. 3-5 years of experience as a registered nurse with children and youth with special health care needs, preferably in critical care, NICU, PIC or high-tech pediatric home health care. Experience working with or familiarity with the child welfare system, Medicaid Managed Care or Care Coordination/Case Management. Experience with electronic health records and data entry. Preference will be given to applicants with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing or higher.

Where You Will Work:

Applicants will work from either of the identified office locations below:

• Ocala, FL 34471
• Gainesville, FL 32256

Counties Covered: Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union, Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter

Travel Time: 30%

This is not a remote position.

The 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 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 Flexible Spending Accounts Tuition waivers; And more! For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit