LTCR Nursing Facilities Nutritionist Surveyor
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! Nursing Facilities Nutritionist Surveyor – Starting Market Rate Salary $75,981.78 As part of a collaborative team of public servants, a nutritionist surveyor protects residents’ health and safety by conducting on-site inspections and investigations in Texas long-term care facilities (nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and day activities and health services sites) 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 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, remedies to correct those deficiencies, and narrative to support regulatory determinations. See below for details.
Requirements
- Knowledge of nutrition standards of practice, dietary sanitation practices, clinical skills, and professional standards of care.
- Skilled in performing nutritional assessments in a clinical setting.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with team members and others.
- Ability to use the computer for writing reports.
- Ability to operate personal computers and software.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
- Ability to interpret policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to exercise professional judgment and reach sound decisions.
- Ability to integrate complex concepts, difficult procedures, or complicated processes.
- Must be registered as a Registered Dietitian (RD) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration or must be licensed as a dietitian by the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation.
- Must successfully obtain Surveyor Minimum Qualification within the first year of employment.
- Experience in assessment and documentation of nutritional health status.
- Experience performing dietary or nutritional work in an acute or long-term health care setting, with experience in a long-term care setting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Under the direction of a program manager, a 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.
- Completes inspection or survey reports detailing deficiencies.
- Communicates clearly and accurately with others (internally and externally) to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquiries, address issues, or resolve issues or complaints regarding food and liquids served in Texas long-term care facilities, including to ensure meals meet any resident’s specialized nutritional needs.
- Conducts exit conferences with facility staff regarding 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, reports.
- 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 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.
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
- 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas
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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
