About the Department
Are you a health care professional committed to upholding the integrity and quality of health care in Pennsylvania? Would you enjoy a rewarding career ensuring that nursing home residents are receiving proper care? The Department of Health (DOH), Division of Nursing Care Facilities is seeking a motivated Health Care Nurse Surveyor. This is the perfect opportunity to combine your investigative and care skills to inspect nursing homes. If you want to join a team committed to nursing home residents receiving quality services, then we encourage you to apply today!
Position Duties
As a Health Care Nurse Surveyor, you will protect public health by conducting surveys of nursing care facilities. You will inspect nursing homes to evaluate the quality of care and services, investigate abuse complaints, and complete Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) surveys. You will also determine eligibility for initial licensure, re-licensure, and federal certification. This role requires effective communication to conduct interviews, report preliminary deficiencies to facility administrators, and to provide family members, residents, patients, and facilities with information about the survey process, policies and regulations. In addition, you will approve corrective action plans, conduct follow-up visits with facilities, and stay current with knowledge, guidelines, and definitions relating to complex health care regulations.
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. Flexible work hours are required.
- Irregular Schedule: You will be required to carry a cell phone and respond to complaints during off-hours.
- Travel: This position is required to travel statewide, overnight, and regularly within Berks, Bucks, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties.
- Home Headquartered: This position is home headquartered. In order to be home headquartered, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
- Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $67,736.00 (before taxes).
You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Minimum Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Special Requirements:
- You must have active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
- All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
- All positions require successful completion of the relevant provider-specific federally mandated training provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within one year of hire.
- This position requires successful completion of the Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMQT) within one year of hire.
- You must be in possession of an active motor vehicle license.
Other Requirements:
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
Other Qualifications
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.