RN Health Care Facility Surveyor

Greenlife Healthcare Staffing, Inc.; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Airline & hotel points rewards

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with company match

HSA (tax-free)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Extensive training

Job summary

Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is seeking an RN Health Care Facility Surveyor for a fully remote role with up to 75% travel. You will conduct surveys of Medicare-Medicaid facilities to assess compliance with federal regulations and participate in various survey types across diverse healthcare settings nationwide.

The position requires an RN with a nursing degree, CMS Long-Term Care training, SMQT, and 2+ years of survey experience, plus licensure and strong independent decision-making.

Qualifications

• Must have Associate or Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Must have successfully completed CMS’s Long-Term Care Basic Training and passed the Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMQT).
• Must have at least two (2) years of recent experience working as a surveyor accrediting or certifying facilities that serve residents of long-term care facilities.
• Must maintain current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Demonstrated history of independent decision-making to direct and manage the survey process.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time on a regular basis is required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site surveys of Medicare-Medicaid certified health care facilities to determine compliance with Federal regulations.
• Perform off-site preparation, facility tours, observations, records review, interviews, and other activities to evaluate care and services for compliance.
• Evaluate quality of care, patients' rights, and facility conditions.
• Communicate non-compliance issues to site staff and during exit conferences; discuss plans of correction.
• Conduct follow-up visits to verify corrective actions have been implemented.
• Assist with facility and bureau training and participate in work groups.

Job description

RN Health Care Facility Surveyor - South Dakota (#1178)

• CMS’s Long-Term Care Basic Training and SMQT certification are required
• Airline and hotel points accumulate for employee's personal use
• Employee discounts
• Employee retirement plan (401k) with a generous match and immediate vesting
• Company-paid tax-free Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance

Responsibilitiesof theRN Health Care Facility Surveyor:

The position is 100% remote with up to 75% travel. The Surveyor will serve as a team member or team leader on various types of surveys (i.e. re-certification, comparative, complaint investigation, and revisits) for long-term care and non-long-term care surveys, which can include; ambulatory surgical centers (ASC), Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID), end-stage renal disease (ESRD), Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF), hospital, critical access hospital, and hospice facilities. Surveyors travel to healthcare facilities nationally conducting surveys to assess compliance with requirements and regulations guiding the quality of care for residents/customers of the facilities. The responsibility of the Surveyor is to apply approved survey protocols for conducting on-site surveys. Specific activities include the following:

• Conduct on-site surveys of Medicare-Medicaid certified health care facilities to determine compliance with Federal regulations.
• Surveys require preparations such as off-site preparation, tour of the facility, observation of care, record review, interviews of staff and families, etc. Determine if care, treatment, and services are consistent with Federal requirements.
• Evaluate many aspects of the healthcare facility system from the quality of care to the consumers’ rights and physical plant.
• Communicate the non-compliance issues with key personnel throughout the site review and during the exit conference to assure an understanding of the deficiencies cited.
• Determine if a plan of correction is acceptable.
• Conduct follow-up visits and monitoring surveys to ascertain if facilities’ plans of correction to resolve the deficient practice have been implemented.
• Training: Assist with facility and bureau training. Participate in work groups as needed

• Must have an Associate or Bachelor’s degree in nursing
• Must have successfully completed CMS’s Long-Term Care Basic Training and passed the Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMQT).
• Must have At least two (2) years of recent experience working as a surveyor accrediting or certifying facilities that serve the residents of long-term care facilities.
• Must maintain current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Demonstrated a history of independent decision-making skills to direct and effectively manage the survey process.
• Ability to set priorities independently and collectively in performing survey tasks.
• Ability to openly discuss conflicts/controversy, and to seek assistance when appropriate to make decisions and resolve conflicts.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time on a regular basis is required.

• The salary for this position is $75,000 - 90,000 / yr
• This is a Full-time position (Monday - Friday)
• Flexible paid vacation days
• Paid holidays
• Company-issued and company-paid Amex card for travel
• All travel expenses paid directly by the company
• Airline and hotel points accumulate for employee's personal use
• Employee discounts
• Employee retirement plan (401k) with a generous match and immediate vesting
• Company-paid tax-free Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid disability insurance
• Extensive training opportunity
• Predictable work schedule