LTCR Home Health and Hospice Nurse Surveyor

TX-HHSC-DSHS-DFPS • Denton, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

If you are looking for a place to work where you can establish a career that is filled with purpose, this is the job for you!
Home Health and Hospice Nurse Surveyor – Starting Market Rate Salary $89,690.71
As part of a collaborative team of public servants, a nurse surveyor protects residents’ health and safety by conducting on-site inspections and investigations, including investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in Texas long-term care settings (home health agencies and hospice agencies) to assess their compliance with state and federal laws and rules. This position offers a competitive starting salary; excellent state benefits, including health insurance and retirement; and the opportunity to regularly travel to different agencies within a region and across the state – Please see the Additional Information section below for more detail on travel. In this front-line field position, a nurse is mobile and flexible and performs minimal work at an office, though the role does require writing reports detailing any deficiencies/violations against a facility and narrative to support regulatory determinations. Must meet certain professional qualifications – see below for details.

Requirements

• Must be licensed as a registered nurse by the State of Texas or a state that recognizes reciprocity through the Nurse Licensure Compact.
• Applicant must successfully complete all training (federal/state) for Home and Community Support Services Agencies and Hospice Orientation.
• Experience working as an independent/autonomous health care provider, such as, in a home health or hospice setting, long term care facility, hospital, or as a field nurse or case manager.
• Knowledge of issues, concerns, and needs of populations at risk in a variety of health care and/or institutional environments (elderly, mentally ill, developmentally disabled, functionally dependent, medically frail, etc.).
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Skill in performing quality assurance monitoring, program review, certification, survey, or investigations.
• Skill in providing guidance, policy clarifications, and information to others.
• Skill in preparing detailed written reports.
• Ability to multi-task and track multiple activities with completing priorities.
• Ability to collect and analyze data. Ability to analyze and solve work problems.
• Ability to interpret regulatory policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to use the computer for writing reports.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment and reach sound decisions. Skills in oral, written and electronic communications, including computer word processing software.
• Ability to be tasks organized and punctual.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice experience preferred.
• Prefer two years of experience providing services in a health care setting as a registered nurse.
• Minimum of one year of experience in institutional care, home health care, hospice care, or other long-term care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of a program manager, a nurse surveyor conducts on-site licensure inspections, complaint and incident investigations, and annual comprehensive surveys in agencies to determine compliance with federal and state health and safety regulations. Conducts complaint/incident investigations, including for allegations for abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
• Communicates clearly and accurately with others (internally and externally) to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquiries, or resolve issues or complaints in Texas long-term care facilities.
• Conducts exit conferences with agency staff regarding findings.
• Completes inspection or survey reports detailing deficiencies and narrative to support regulatory findings.
• Revisits home health and hospice agencies to verify correction of previously cited regulatory violations.
• Performs quality assurance reviews of documents prepared by others, for example, publications, assessments, and reports.
• Might supervise the work of team members during inspections and lend expertise to a survey team in the areas identified above.
• Occasionally might need to testify at hearings or in court proceedings to provide information regarding policy/procedures, history, findings, or activities.
• In the event of emergency licensure action, be available to assist with non-skilled care, oversight to residents in a facility and there is a potential that skilled care will be necessary.
• Be available for on-call duties for emergencies such as weather events or high-priority situations in facilities or at providers.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees
• defined benefit pension plan
• generous time off benefits
• numerous opportunities for career advancement
• HHSC is a qualifying organization for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which forgives the remaining balance on college student Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments.
• excellent health benefits
• lifetime monthly retirement annuity as well as 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees