HEALTH FACILITIES SURVEILLANCE NURSE

State of Illinois•Springfield, IL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated, detailed orientated individual to perform reviews of clinical care, medications, diet therapy and all other aspects of care and housing provided to residents in nursing homes. Conducts reviews of alleged complaint packages, survey documents and narrative reports to ensure that complaints have been adequately investigated addressing all complainant allegations.

Requirements

Requires (a) graduation from an approved nursing education program resulting in an associate or a diploma degree in nursing and three (3) years of professional nursing experience or, (b) a bachelor’s degree in nursing and two (2) years of professional nursing experience or, (c) a master’s degree in nursing.
Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
Requires ability to travel in performance of duties with overnight stays as appropriate.
Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.
Requires ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related polices and guidance.
Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position.As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.

Nice To Haves

One (1) year experience in long term care setting.
Three (3) years professional nursing experience.
Two (2) years’ experience participating in the survey process for completion of all survey functions including but not limited to annual recertification, licensure, follow-ups, complaints and incident investigation surveys.
Two (2) years of experience establishing, maintaining, and improving cooperative working relationships with various stakeholders.
One (1) year experience preparing complex written & oral reports.
One (1) year work experience in Microsoft Word, processing, and spreadsheet applications (i.e., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Excel PowerPoint, Smartsheet).
One (1) year experience exercising judgement, discretion and maintain confidentiality during the conduct of the survey process.

Responsibilities

Completes reviews of clinical care, medications, diet therapy and all other aspects of care and housing provided to residents in nursing homes.
Prepares State licensing findings, reviews facility comments to such findings and determines and prepares licensing violations when appropriate.
Reviews complaint packages, survey documents and narrative reports to ensure that complaints have been adequately investigated addressing all complainant allegations. This includes review of resident clinical care.
Consults with Department and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrative and legal staff concerning nursing home survey results, nursing care and enforcement actions.
Travels to conduct nursing home surveys as a nurse surveyor to determine compliance with State and Federal regulations and/or attends required training to maintain survey skills.
Answers phone inquiries from the public regarding nursing homes and regulations and inquiries from nursing home providers regarding regulations and the regulatory process.
Processes Federal statements of Deficiency and Plans of Correction for inclusion on the Federal and Department websites.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

Flexible and hybrid work schedules are available in many program areas (when available and dependent upon position)
Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.
Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
12 paid sick days annually which carryover year to year
3 paid personal business days per calendar year (pro-rated dependent on start date)
13-14 paid holidays per year
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources