Nurse Consultant

Introduction

Nurses Make a Difference! Now offering Recruitment and Referral Incentives at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)! $10,000.00 recruitment incentive for: Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, Nurse Consultants, Nursing Supervisors, Compliance Nurses. $7,500.00 recruitment incentive for Licensed Practical Nurse. $5,000.00 recruitment incentive for Certified Nurse’s Assistant. Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to referring DHSS employees.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert nursing consultation in the specialty program to which assigned.
• Independently manages and provides direct care to a group of patients with needs in a specialty area.
• Advises public health groups and members of the public health care team on matters related to nursing services and health care.
• Analyzes nursing techniques and recommends modifications based on state-of-the-art technological knowledge.
• Serves as resource nurse and point-of-contact for a specialty area developing the overall nursing plan for maintaining current nursing practice in that specialty.
• Aids public health nursing services in developing and carrying out staff education programs.
• Prepares educational materials and assists in planning and developing health and educational programs for community groups.
• Formulates standards of nursing practice in a specialty area and ensures quality assurance and compliance.
• Prepares or furnishes data for articles and lectures and participates in surveys and research studies.
• Conducts workshops, conferences, and seminars in the specialty and may be required to speak before special interest groups, community organizations, medical and health care groups, or the general public.
• Prepares a variety of records, reports, and summaries in support of program planning, organization, implementation and evaluation.
• Makes assignments, reviews, and evaluates the work of staff assigned to specialty program, coordinates and may oversee the work of health care team members providing program services.

Requirements

• Possession of a Masters degree or higher in Nursing or Nursing Education.
• Possession of a Delaware Registered Nurse license OR multi-state compact license.

Qualifications

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

Skills

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Benefits

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit our website at https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

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