NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST - RM - 50556026

About the role

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is seeking a motivated, dynamic individual to administer the resident heroes' activities program at Alwyn C. Cashe State Veterans’ Nursing Home. This skilled nursing facility boasts a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements the facility’s risk management program that fulfills the mission and goals of the agency while complying with state and federal laws related to safety and risk management.
• Collects, investigates, and analyzes root causes, patterns or trends that could result in compensatory or sentinel events.
• Implement corrective action where appropriate and maintains data concerning patient injuries, resident grievances, claims, workers’ compensation, and other risk-related data.
• Completes and promptly reports incidents as appropriate to pertinent regulatory bodies per protocol.
• Facilitates and implement systems, policies and procedures for the identification, collection, and analysis of risk related information.
• Performs risk assessments of all departments within the facility, analyzes and trends risk data.
• Identifies facility’s risk potential, identifies, and develops alternatives and Risk Management Plan of Action.
• Acts as consultant to department heads and section supervisors regarding risk issues.
• Assists in completion of incidents or event reports.
• Performs investigations and event reporting process.
• Educates and trains the leadership, staff, and business associates as to the risk management program, and their respective responsibilities in carrying out the risk management program.
• Led, facilitates, and advises departments in designing risk management programs within their own departments.
• Collects, evaluates, reports, and maintains data concerning patient injuries, resident grievances, claims, workers’ compensation, and other risk-related data.
• Helps to identify and implement corrective action where appropriate.
• Actively participates in or facilitates committees related to risk management, safety and quality improvement and quality assurance meetings monthly.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Valid Florida Licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Three (3) years' experience as a Risk Manager, Director of Nursing (DON), Assistant DON, or Unit Manager in a Skilled Nursing Facility.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Successful completion of the employment screening process to include, but not limited to, a national background investigation and drug test.

Prior Experience

• Florida licensure or certification as a Risk Manager.
• Knowledge of Florida's Workers' Compensation system, law, and procedures.
• Knowledgeable in use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook.

Benefits

• Excellent retirement package and optional deferred compensation plan.
• Health, vision, dental, disability, and other supplemental insurance are available at reasonable premium rates.
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Nine (9) paid holidays and a personal day.
• Tuition waiver available for State Universities and Community Colleges (up to 6 credits per semester).
• The FDVA Nursing State Veterans’ Nursing Homes and Domiciliary are designated employment sites for the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program.