REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT

REGISTERED NURSING CONSULTANT - 64068083

This is a professional administrative nurse consultant position within the Division of Children's Medical Services, Bureau of Pediatric Complex Care Programs. The individual provides nursing consultation and clinical expertise in pediatric nursing and performs independent and complex work under the supervision of the Program Contract Unit Director.

Your specific responsibilities include:

• Providing nursing consultation and technical assistance to CMS staff, contracted providers and other community partners related to the clinical aspects of programmatic matters and contractual requirements, and healthcare quality improvement methods, concepts and requirements.
• Performing timely clinical/programmatic quality and content reviews of provider-submitted deliverables and reports, in collaboration with unit staff, to ensure alignment with contractual requirements and clinical programmatic goals and objectives.
• Making recommendations, as needed, for corrections and/or additional information necessary to bring deliverables into compliance with clinical contractual requirements and appropriate deliverable quality.
• Collaborating with unit Contract Managers to provide clinical expertise in the development of methods and metrics for evaluating programmatic contract performance and quality of services.
• Providing clinical expertise and participating in programmatic contract monitoring activities including, but not limited to, site visits and desk reviews.
• Making recommendations for correcting identified deficiencies to improve provider performance and service delivery.
• Facilitating statewide initiatives with contracted providers, internal stakeholders and external partners, as needed, to provide clinical expertise in support of improving the access and quality of healthcare services for children and youth with special healthcare needs.
• Meeting with contracted providers regularly to monitor performance, provide clinical consultation and technical assistance related to service delivery, quality improvement initiatives and/or other programmatic goals and objectives.
• Keeping unit staff and leadership informed of identified trends and performance issues with contracted providers.
• Collaborating with community and other health care organizations on the clinical aspects of programmatic goals and objectives and health care quality improvement methods, concepts and requirements, as requested.
• Collecting, compiling and maintaining clinical programmatic data.
• Analyzing data and other information related to clinical programmatic requirements, key performance indicators, outcome measures and contractual requirements.
• Developing, preparing and/or completing reports and other documents, using clinical programmatic expertise, to demonstrate contract provider performance, data, key performance indicators and/or outcome measures, as required.
• Making recommendations to unit leadership regarding identified clinical programmatic deficiencies, suggested improvements, and/or other initiatives to support improved access and quality of services for children and youth with special health care needs, and/or other programmatic goals and objectives.
• Performing research, collecting and analyzing clinical programmatic data from various external and internal sources related to quality improvement, programmatic initiatives, goals and objectives, as required.
• Performing other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required include:

• Knowledge of theories and concepts of preventative health care.
• Knowledge of theories and concepts of pediatric health care.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality, accuracy, or customer service.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate and complete work assignments.
• Ability to identify, collect and organize data.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) with proficiency.

Qualifications:

• Minimum: Must hold and maintain a current and valid license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida, pursuant to Chapter 464, Florida Statutes. Valid Florida Driver's License.
• Preferred: Bachelor of Nursing Degree or higher. Public Health Nursing experience. Healthcare quality improvement experience. Program implementation or contractor performance monitoring experience. 3-5 years of nursing experience. Experience working in the pediatric field, including experience with children and youth with special health care needs. Proficient in Microsoft Office Programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

Where you will work: 2020 Capital Circle SE, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Travel time: 10%. This is not a remote position.