Supplemental Information

This position is located within Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Bureau of Family Health / Orleans Parish.

Announcement Number: OPH/AS/6645
Cost Center: 3262107620
Position Number: 50550749

This vacancy is being announced as a classified position and may be filled as a Job appointment, Probationary appointment or Promotional appointment open to employees of Louisiana Department of Health..

Bureau of Family Health – RN Program Consultant

This position serves as the Nurse Consultant for the Office of Public Health (OPH) Bureau of Family Health (BFH) which includes the Maternal Child Health Programs and the Clinical Systems and Programs. Provides professional nursing consultation, clinical direction and continuous quality assurance assistance to public health staff and contractors statewide.

40% Provides professional nurse consultation, pediatric nursing expertise, clinical direction, continuous quality assurance, and technical assistance. Oversees pediatric specific contracts for Clinical Systems and Programs. In collaboration with the Clinical Systems and Programs team staff, develops, implements, and monitors programmatic Continuous Quality Improvement Plans. Serves as Quality Assurance Coordinator in which statewide qualitative assurance activities are developed, implemented, and assessed on an on-going basis to assure the highest quality pediatric health services are provided. Quality Assurance Activities must include corrective action plans and include designing, implementing and monitoring evaluation tools. Serves as Training Coordinator and Electronic Health Record developer/trainer to ensure that all statewide clinical staff are properly trained in accordance with most recent pediatric guidelines and electronic documentation. Manages data management and patient encounter data system to ensure the collection of service utilization data that facilitates accurate billing and maximum receipt of client and Medicaid payments by developing and promulgating policy. Collaborates with all Clinical Systems and Programs staff to ensure State Administrative Regulations and Rules are current.

20% Participates in policy decision-making, program development and implementation of pediatric population-based and other clinical issues that may impact the health of the statewide community-at-large. Evaluates the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based services by the collection and maintenance of data.

15% Conducts site visits (in-person or virtual) to perform programmatic reviews and training, review staff utilization practices, standards of health care, and adherence to programmatic policies and procedures for all clinical sites.

10% Researches, prepares and implements continuing education programs for public health and private contract staff in collaboration with BFH staff responsible for training. Assures a competent public health workforce by systematic evaluation of needed skills and the establishment and maintenance of policies and procedures that assure quality.

5% Collaborates with BFH program administrators to set goals and objectives for the implementation of changes and programmatic and agency policies and procedures; participates in long-range planning. 5% Represents the agency as a recognized expert in the pediatric nursing field to federal, state, and community agencies.

5% Provides professional nursing consultation and supervision in response to emergency situations in the community and statewide. Responds to emergencies and public health /bioterrorist threats on a 24-hour basis. Performs other duties as assigned. Must have unencumbered current Louisiana license issued by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

A resume upload will NOT populate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit

For further information about this vacancy contact:
Angela Selders
angela.selders@la.gov
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225 342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

Qualifications

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To provide professional nursing consultation and expertise in programmatic policy formulation, guidelines, protocols, and interpretation for statewide public health programs

LEVEL OF WORK:

Program Manager.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

General from a Registered Nurse of a higher level or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Programmatic over professional, paraprofessional, and non-professional personnel.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Statewide.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from nurses of a lower level by the presence of serving as a Statewide Nurse Consultant.

Differs from RN Regional Manager by the absence of direct supervision of staff within an assigned region.

See allocation criteria memo.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Provides professional nurse consultation and clinical, programmatic, and administrative direction to public health and private sector staff statewide in the development of systems to provide preventive health care to the citizens of Louisiana.

Provides environmental health nursing and risk assessments in collaboration with environmental health personnel and regional/state epidemiologists.

Participates in policy decision-making, program development, and implementation of population-based issues that may impact the health of the statewide community-at-large.

Provides professional nursing consultation, functional, or programmatic supervision in response to emergency situations in the community and statewide. Responds to emergencies and public health/bioterrorist threats on a 24-hour basis.

Collaborates with public health program administrators and community partners to set goals and objectives for the implementation of programmatic policies and procedures.

Participates in the strategic and long-range planning of public health programs.

Travels statewide for consultation and site visits to conduct programmatic reviews and training, review staff utilization practices, standards of health care, and adherence to programmatic policies and procedures.

In collaboration with the higher level nursing administrators and Regional Nurse Consultants, provides guidance concerning nursing management of public health programs.

In collaboration with the Medical Director/Consultant, develops, implements, and monitors programmatic Continuous Quality Improvement Plans.

Researches, prepares, and implements continuing education programs for the public health staff. Assures a competent public health workforce by systematic evaluation of needed skills and the establishment and maintenance of policies and procedures that assure quality.

Evaluates the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based services by the collection and maintenance of data.

Represents the agency as a recognized expert in a specialized public health nursing field to federal, state, local, and community agencies.

Plan, coordinates, implements, evaluates, and communicates public health information, roles, capacities, and legal authority to all emergency response partners.