LTCR ICF/IID QIDP Surveyor

State of Texas Open Data Portal•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. 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. In this front-line field position, a QIDP surveyor 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. As part of a collaborative team of public servants, a Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP) surveyor protects residents’ health and safety by conducting on-site inspections and investigations, including investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, in Texas intermediate care facilities to assess their compliance with state and federal laws and rules.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a human service field, including but not limited to sociology, special education, social work, psychology, rehabilitation, counseling, humanities, allied health, behavioral science, early childhood intervention, and medical administration.
Direct experience with individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Must successfully complete state and federal training and become qualified to conduct surveys independently in the intermediate care facility program within the first year of hire.
Must have reliable transportation.
All applicants must pass a fingerprint criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

Prefer one year of Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (casework) experience in an intermediate care facility or social work experience in a long-term care setting working with persons with intellectual disabilities.
Experience assessing and implementing active treatment, and health care services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities is preferred.
Preferred experience explaining and interpreting or overseeing compliance with state and federal licensure regulations and standards.

Responsibilities

Conducts on-site licensure inspections, complaint and incident investigations, and annual comprehensive surveys to include the investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in facilities to determine compliance with federal and state health and safety regulations.
Communicates clearly and accurately with others (internally and externally) to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquiries, or resolve issues or complaints regarding services provided in intermediate care facilities, which serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and must receive services that meet their specialized needs.
Conducts exit conferences with facility staff regarding findings.
Completes inspection or survey reports detailing deficiencies and narratives to support regulatory findings.
Visits long-term care facilities to verify correction of previously cited regulatory violations.
Performs quality assurance reviews of documents prepared by others, for example, publications, assessments, and reports.
In the event of emergency licensure action, be available to assist with non-skilled care and oversight to residents in a facility. If the employee is a current registered or licensed nurse, there is a potential for skilled care.
Be available for on-call duties for emergencies such as weather events or high-priority situations in facilities or at providers.
Occasionally might need to testify at hearings or in court proceedings to provide information regarding policy/procedures, history, findings, or activities.