Health Care Surveyor - Norristown Field Office

Full Job Description

Are you ready to become a vital advocate for public safety and ensure our community's most vulnerable residents receive the highest standard of care? The Pennsylvania Department of Health offers you the unique opportunity to turn your professional integrity into a rewarding career dedicated to excellence and accountability. By joining our team, you will play a crucial role in upholding the quality of health care and protecting the well-being of our citizens. Apply today to join our mission and make a lasting impact on the future of health care!

Requirements

As a Health Care Surveyor, you will play a vital role in upholding the department's mission to protect public health by ensuring nursing care facilities remain in full compliance with federal and state regulations. In this capacity, you will independently or collaboratively conduct a wide range of evaluations, including annual health surveys, complaints, abuse investigations, and occupancy surveys, to determine eligibility for licensure and federal certification. Your responsibilities will include meticulously planning each assessment using specialized data and checklists, then gathering objective evidence on-site through the use of modern technologies such as laptops and tablets. Additionally, you will be responsible for documenting all findings with professional precision and drafting formal statements of deficiencies when necessary. You will actively manage the regulatory cycle by reviewing provider plans of correction for accuracy, approving or disapproving these proposals, and conducting follow-up visits to ensure all issues have been rectified. By submitting complete and timely reports to your supervisor, you will ensure that health care facilities maintain the high standards of care required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and state law.

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.
• Statewide travel, overnight travel, and flexible work hours are required. This position requires regular travel throughout Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Philadelphia 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: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in audiology, communication sciences and disorders (CSD), cognitive disabilities, gerontology, health administration, nutrition, dietetics, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, psychology, public health, recreational therapies, respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology, social work, nursing home administration, or vocational rehabilitation; and one year of related professional experience; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of related professional experience.

Special Requirements:

• This position requires 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).

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.

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.

Additional Information

• 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.