Environmental Health Specialist III

State of Delaware•Dover, DE

About The Position

The Environmental Health Specialist III is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance at Long Term Care (LTC) healthcare facilities, including reviewing and approving blueprints and construction plans. The position conducts federal certification and/or state licensure surveys, evaluates environmental conditions for compliance with regulatory standards, prepares deficiency reports, assesses corrective action plans, and reviews plans for adherence to applicable codes and standards. The role may require appearing at hearings, court proceedings, or before boards and commissions. The position coordinates, plans, and reviews technical and environmental health projects or health-unit activities; evaluates program effectiveness; consults with staff, agencies, and the public about regulatory compliance; and enforces requirements through field investigations. It also provides technical assistance, trains and evaluates personnel, promotes environmental health, investigates complaints, and may conduct public meetings, testify at hearings, review facility construction plans, draft regulations and procedures, and provide quality assurance. The selected candidate must obtain the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) survey certificate and Surveyor Minimum Qualification Test (SMQT) certification within nine months of employment. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; the State of Delaware does not provide employment-based sponsorship. New hires must attend Statewide New Employee Orientation on their first day.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher.
Three years of experience conducting on-site inspections to identify, assess, and control actual or potential environmental health risks.
Three years of experience enforcing compliance with laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
Six months of experience in narrative report writing.
Knowledge of staff supervision acquired through coursework, academic training, employer-provided training, or experience as a lead worker overseeing others; or experience supervising staff, including planning, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating their work; or experience supervising professional, technical, and clerical employees through subordinate supervisors.
Valid driver's license that is not suspended, revoked, cancelled, or disqualified.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.
Obtain CMS Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) survey certificate and Surveyor Minimum Qualification Test (SMQT) certification within nine months of employment.

Responsibilities

Conduct federal certification and/or state licensure surveys of Long Term Care healthcare facilities.
Evaluate environmental conditions and determine compliance with regulatory standards.
Prepare deficiency reports and review and assess corrective action plans.
Review and approve blueprints and construction plans for compliance with applicable codes and standards.
Coordinate, plan, and review activities in technical and environmental health project areas or health units.
Analyze and evaluate program effectiveness at the unit and bureau levels.
Consult with staff, agencies, and the public regarding compliance with federal and state rules and regulations.
Enforce regulatory compliance through staff field investigations.
Provide technical assistance regarding compliance issues to agency staff, industrial, commercial, and professional personnel, and others.
Train, assign, review, and evaluate the work of professional and other personnel.
Promote environmental health to consumers, community organizations, government agencies, and industry.
Investigate consumer complaints and conduct studies in program areas.
Conduct public meetings and/or testify at public hearings on environmental health issues, as needed.
Draft new or revised regulations and procedures and provide quality assurance, as needed.
Appear at hearings, court proceedings, or before boards and commissions, as needed.