LTCR Home Health Nurse Surveyor (Nurse III) HCSSA

TX-HHSC-DSHS-DFPS•Plano, TX

9d•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 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, or exploitation, in Texas home health agencies and hospices 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 facilities 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. However, the role does require writing reports detailing any deficiencies/violations against a facility, remedies to correct those deficiencies and a narrative to support regulatory determinations. Must meet certain professional qualifications – see below for details. The state of Texas offers many benefits to employees. 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. We also offer excellent health benefits, a lifetime monthly retirement annuity as well as 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Requirements

Knowledge of issues, concerns, and needs of populations at risk in various 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. Experience
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 competing 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. Oral, written, and electronic communication skills, including computer word processing software.
Ability to be task organized and punctual.
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 complete all training (federal/state) for Home and Community Support Services Agencies
Experience working as an independent/autonomous health care provider in a home health or hospice setting, long-term care facility, hospital, or as a field nurse or case manager.

Nice To Haves

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 facilities to determine compliance with federal and state health and safety regulations in the following areas: admissions, transfers, and discharges; resident rights; quality of care assessment; quality of life assessment; resident care plans; social, psychological, and rehabilitative services; provision of medical services.
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 facility staff regarding findings and deficiencies.
Completes inspection or survey reports detailing deficiencies, and narratives to support regulatory findings.
Revisits home health 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.
May need to testify at hearings or in court proceedings to provide information regarding policy/procedures, history, findings, or activities.