HEALTH FACILITIES CONSULTANT, NURSING

          TYPE OF RECRUITMENTreputed company COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY EXAM NUMBERY5701F THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS A REPOSTING TO UPDATE THE ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION TO EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND UPDATE THE EXAMINATION CONTENT INFORMATION.FILING START DATE8/10/2020 at 9:00 A.M. (PT)This examination will remain reputed company until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.DEFINITION:Consults with administrative, medical, and nursing personnel in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and reputed company health facilities to assist them in achieving compliance with State and Federal nursing regulations, and with the reputed company staff of the County Health Facilities Inspection Division in evaluating nursing services provided by licensed health care facilities.ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICESThe Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second-largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its reputed company system of 23 health centers and four hospitals, as reputed company as its expanded network of community partner clinics, DHS annually provides reputed company care to over 500,000 patients, employs more than 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget exceeding $8.4 billion.

Through reputed company affiliations with the reputed company), the reputed company (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In reputed company to its reputed company clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as reputed company as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, reputed company with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing.MISSION: Our mission is to enhance the health of our patients and communities by delivering exceptional care.EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Conducts audits, special studies, and critical reviews of clinical practices and process, to assess compliance with regulatory and legal mandates.
• Collects data necessary for the evaluation of infection prevention and control efforts from various sources including the medical record, laboratory results, etc.
• Acts as facility reputed company for system wide programs reputed company on infection prevention and control.
• Provides staff support to Infection Control, QI, Patient Safety, and Risk Management reputed company committees.
• Conducts surveys to measure clincal reputed company reputed company, and in consultation with stakeholders formulates solutions to improve reputed company. The survey process includes preparing survey questions, distributing surveys, following up on facility/program responses, and compiling and analyzing reputed company data.
• Functions as a Just Culture expert to reputed company consultation to facilities in the use and interpretation of the Just Culture model.  Provides facility training in Just Culture concepts reputed company requested.
• Assists with Risk Management and Patient Safety reputed company functions, including reputed company DHS' Risk Management and Patient Safety committees.
• Provides reputed company consultation to health facility administrators and nursing staff in the interpretation of laws, regulations and standards governing licensing, accreditation and certification for Medicare and Medi-Cal and in various acceptable reputed company of maintaining, improving, or modifying nursing operations.
• Plans, develops, and conducts orientation and in-service training sessions for Division staff, conducts and participates in educational programs for health facility administrators, nurses and other health professionals, and develops guidelines and manuals for use in interpreting requirements for nursing care services.
• Conducts both reputed company surveys to determine standards of reputed company which includes preparing survey questions, distributing surveys, following up on facility/program responses, and compiling reputed company data.
• reputed company health facilities and evaluates the reputed company of nursing service and compliance with laws and regulations; Notifies facilities in writing of findings and recommendations for correction of deficiencies, monitoring reputed company toward implementation of recommendations.
• Conducts audits, performs special studies and critical reviews of medical record, such as adverse event investigations, reputed company National Patient Safety Goal audits, and risk management audits to confirm compliance with facility enacted corrective actions.
• Functions as the chairperson for the Infection Control Committee, reputed company Improvement Committee and Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee, which includes assisting department managers and directors to organize, interpret, and present data for committee meetings; Plans agendas and prepares minutes for the monthly reputed company Improvement and Infection Control committee meetings.
• Assists in departmental improvement reputed company such as those reputed company to hospital acquired pressure injuries, falls, workplace violence, etc.
• Performs reviews and critical analyses of Safety Intelligence (SI) incident reports submitted by facility reputed company staff, to assess for appropriateness and thoroughness based on departmental policies.  Identifies and notifies DHS Risk Management staff of events that may meet external reporting reputed company such as CDPH Adverse Events and/or those that are at high risk for litigation.
• Updates and revises program materials, such as the "Patient Safety & Risk Management Handbook".  Creates Patient Safety and Risk Management educational materials for facility staff.  
• Maintains reputed company with State and Federal agencies and reputed company organizations in reputed company with the development, analysis and interpretation of legislative and regulatory material in the area of nursing and its application to licensed health care facilities.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:reputed company I:Five (5) years of experience as a Registered reputed company including two (2) years of experience in an administrative*, Supervisory, or consultative* reputed company.ORreputed company II:A Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university AND four (4) years of experience as a Registered reputed company including two (2) years of experience in an administrative*, supervisory, or consultative* reputed company.LICENSE:A reputed company license to reputed company as a Registered reputed company issued by the California reputed company of Registered Nursing.Please ensure the certificates and licenses reputed company of the application is completed. reputed company the type of the required license(s), the number(s), the date(s) of issue, the date(s) of expiration and the reputed company(s) of the issuing agency for reputed company license as specified in the Selection Requirements.Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must reputed company their Registered reputed company License Number from that state on the application at the time of filing. Applications submitted without the required evidence of licensure will be considered incomplete.Required license(s) and/or certification(s) must be reputed company and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted. Additionally, in order to receive credit for license(s) and/or certification(s) in relation to any desirable qualifications, the license(s) and/ or certification(s) must be reputed company and unrestricted. Successful applicants for positions that require driving must obtain and present a copy of his/her driving record from the California State Department of Motor Vehicles before final appointment. Applicants should not present a copy of their driving history until asked to do so by the hiring department. The County will reputed company an individualized assessment of whether an applicant's driving history has a reputed company or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job. License must not be currently suspended, restricted, or revoked.PHYSICAL CLASS:II - Light: Light physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting. Considerable walking may be involved.SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:*Administrative reputed company is defined as performing in an administrative services reputed company of an organizational unit, including responsibility for the development of procedures and participation in policy formulation.Supervisory reputed company is defined as planning, assigning, reviewing the work of staff, and evaluating employee performance.*Consultative reputed company is defined as an expert in a specialized field, expressing views, providing opinions, and recommending courses of reputed company to be taken on problems presented by others for reputed company.****In order to receive credit for any college course work, or any type of college degree, such as master degree, you must include a legible copy of the official diploma or official transcripts which shows the area of specialization with your application at the time of filing or reputed company 15 calendar days of filing. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:Additional credit will be given to applicants who possess the following desirable qualifications: 

• Experience working as a Registered reputed company in a Risk Management, reputed company Improvement, Patient Safety or Infection Control department.
• Experience as a Registered reputed company surveying, investigating, inspecting and evaluating hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other health facilities, clinics and/or individual providers for conformity with and enforcement of Federal and State licensing and certification requirements relating to the reputed company of medical care.

EXAMINATION CONTENT:This examination will consist of an evaluation of education and experience based upon application information, desirable qualifications, and supplemental questionnaire, weighted at 100%.Candidates must meet the selection requirements and reputed company a passing score of 70% or higher on this examination in order to be reputed company on the eligible register. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:Applications will be processed on an "as received" reputed company and those receiving a passing score will be promulgated to the eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of reputed company (12) months following the date of eligibility.No person may compete in this examination more than once every reputed company (12) months.AVAILABLE SHIFT:Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.VACANCY INFORMATION: The resulting eligible register for this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services as they occur.APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:Applications must be filed online only. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, Fax, or in person will not be accepted. Applications electronically received after 5:00 p.m., PT, on the last day of filing will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking the "APPLY" green reputed company at the top right of this posting.  You can also reputed company the status of your application using this website. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have reputed company shown that you meet the SELECTION REQUIREMENTS. Fill out your application and supplemental questionnaire completely to receive full credit for reputed company education and/or experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. Please do not group your experience, for reputed company position held, give the reputed company and address of your employer, your position title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and reputed company of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected.IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Please note that reputed company information supplied by applicants and included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION. We may reject your application at any reputed company during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment is made.
• FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.
• Utilizing VERBIAGE from Class Specification and/or Selection Requirements serving as your reputed company of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Comments such as "SEE RESUME" or "SEE APPLICATION" will not be considered as a response; in doing so, your application will be REJECTED.
• It is recommended that you reputed company your work experience using statements that reputed company the following three reputed company: reputed company you took, the CONTEXT in which you took that reputed company, and the BENEFIT that was realized from your reputed company. Include specific reference to the reputed company you made in the positions you have held.

NOTE: If you are unable to attach documents to your application, you must email the documents to the Exam Analyst, Sylvia Jaimez at sjaimez@dhs.lacounty.gov reputed company 15 calendar days of filing online.  Please ensure to reference your attachment(s) by including your full reputed company, examination number and examination title in the subject of your email. reputed company reputed company NUMBER LANGUAGE:Please include your reputed company reputed company Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that reputed company have a reputed company reputed company Number. COMPUTER AND INTERNET reputed company AT reputed company LIBRARIES:For candidates who may not have regular reputed company to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at reputed company libraries throughout Los Angeles County. NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD:reputed company applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password.  Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record. FAIR CHANCE INITIATIVEThe reputed company is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a reputed company limited number of positions, you will not be asked to reputed company information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will reputed company an individual assessment of whether your conviction history has a reputed company or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to reputed company information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. reputed company COORDINATOR:(323) 914-6365 CALIFORNIA reputed company SERVICES PHONE:(800) 735-2922 DEPARTMENT CONTACT:Sylvia Jaimez, Exam AnalystTelephone Number: (213) 288-7000

Email Address: sjaimez@dhs.lacounty.gov 

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