Nurse Program Administrator

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7/7/2024 (8:00 PM EDT)

24-03734

Nurse Program Administrator

Pay Grade 17

Salary

$75,051.60 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | INELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

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Hiring Agency

Cabinet for Health & Family Services | Dept for Behav Health, Dev & Int Disab

Location

2400 Russellville Road

Hopkinsville, KY 42240 USA

Description

Do you have experience as a Registered Nurse and want to make a difference?

Western State Hospital (WSH) may be just the place for you.

With a 168 year history in the Hopkinsville community, WSH is a state acute care adult psychiatric facility that is on the National Register of Historic Places. WSH provides inpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment for adults from 34 counties of Western Kentucky who have severe mental illness. The average length of stay for a patient is five days. Western State is accredited by The Joint Commission. We are seeking a Nurse Program Administrator to join our team to provide supervision and education for various levels of nursing staff.

A COVID19 vaccination is recommended for this position.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides supervision and education on all levels of nursing staff, both licensed and non-licensed during nursing classroom orientation.

• Documents employee performance, training and personnel related matters during classroom orientation.

• Acts as a liaison for the hospital to persons and agencies that may contact the facility, including Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse affiliates, contract agency management, or nursing department orientees.

• Supervises Training Development staff.

• Develops nursing skills fair competencies and skills competency checklist. Provides skills fair for all levels of staff. Maintains data base for skills fair and follows up with supervisors to ensure completion of all employees annually. Maintains Fit Testing data base for the nursing department. Assists Employee Health Nurse as needed with fit testing.

• Other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate would have:

• Skills in organization, communication, and analytical thinking

• Leadership skills

• Ability to work under pressure

• Teamwork

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in U.S. CHFS will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that CHFS has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: See Special Requirements.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Must have three years of experience as a Registered Nurse.

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: A bachelor's degree in nursing will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: NONE

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): Must be licensed in Kentucky as a registered nurse or possess a valid work permit issued by the Kentucky Board of Nursing. https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52116 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53751 http://www.kbn.ky.gov/ Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this job classification. Employing agency is responsible for ensuring employee possesses and maintains required licensure(s), certification(s) or other credentials.

Working Conditions

Incumbents work with patients, clients, or employees who may have been exposed to infectious diseases which requires the following of safety procedures.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Jill Harrison at jilla.harrison@ky.gov or 270-889-2750.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D