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Grow your career with the State of Indiana! With more than 50 executive branch agencies, the State of Indiana is a diverse workforce offering employees stimulating and challenging projects across a broad scope of career opportunities. As a State of Indiana employee, you impact the well-being of Indiana’s communities every day.
At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion – Our goal is to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace, with a workforce that is representative of the State of Indiana population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to interview and to perform the essential functions of a role.
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Agency Statement:
About the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH):
The Indiana Department of Health’s mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and safety of all Hoosiers so that they can reach their optimal health regardless of where they live, learn, work, or play.
Salary Statement:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $67,314, but may be commensurate with education or work experience.
Role Overview:
This professional position serves as a nurse surveyor for hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, birthing centers, and other assigned health care entities licensed and/or certified by the Indiana Dept of Health to determine compliance with state and/or federal rules and/or regulations.
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This professional position serves as a nurse surveyor for hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, birthing centers, and other assigned health care entities licensed and/or certified by the Indiana Deptartment of Health to determine compliance with state and/or federal rules and/or regulations.
This is a field position. Qualified Registered Nurses from Eastern, East Central and Central Indiana are encouraged to apply.
About the Job:
As the Public Health Nurse Surveyor, you will be responsible for conducting on-site surveys in various healthcare settings to determine compliance with federal certification and state licensure requirements where applicable and reviewing/evaluating the quality of care, quality of life, environment and services provided to all individuals in those settings.
A Day in the Life:
The essential functions of this role are as follows:
- Conducts annual surveys of assigned entities to determine compliance with state and/or federal rules and/or regulations.
- Conducts surveys following protocols as defined by SOM, policies and procedures of the Agency and Division.
- Demonstrates professionalism at all times during the survey process.
- Assists in training of division staff and new surveyors
- Investigates complaints following federal and/or state protocol, policies and procedures.
- Serves as team leaders for surveys when assigned which includes assigning survey tasks, conducting entrance and exit conferences and merging and submitting reports timely.
- Conducts assigned areas of survey when acting under another team leader and submitting reports in accordance with Principles of Documentation and QA policy.
- Reviews complaints on assigned facilities, establishes priority, assigns to surveyor for investigation, reviews investigation after POC is approved and closes complaint.
- Assists field surveyor in assuring complaints are investigated timely in accordance with division/CMS policy.
The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
What You'll Need for Success:
You must meet the following requirements to be considered for employment:
- Employee is committed to the public health mission of the agency and Commission of protecting the health, safety, rights, privacy of patients, clients and residents of entities being surveyed.
- Employee is required to have specialized knowledge of nursing principles and techniques as applied to population being served by entities being surveyed.
- Employee is required to have specialized knowledge of operation and administration of type of facility being surveyed.
- Employee must have a working knowledge of survey and investigative procedures and the ability to conduct surveys, inspections, interviews, and investigations and to prepare reports documenting findings.
- Employee must have practical knowledge of appropriate state and federal laws, rules and regulations for licensing/certification of type of entity being surveyed.
- Employee must have practical knowledge of and the ability to review and analyze entity records and documents for compliance with rules/regulations.
- Employee must have ability to observe and recognize potential adverse health and safety conditions or rule/regulation violations.
- Employee must have ability to communicate verbally and in writing with individuals and in group situations.
- Employee must have working knowledge of computers, especially word processing and electronic mail.
- Employee must have ability to manage time and complete tasks without constant supervision.
- Employee must have ability to be flexible and maintain composure under stressful situations.
- Employee must have understanding of and ability to work as a member of a team.
- Employee must have working knowledge of the CMS/division complaint process and the ACTS/QAMIS data systems.
You must satisfy the following requirements to continue employment:
- Ability to successfully complete all federally mandated training and testing within the first 12 months of employment.
Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:
- Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
- Wellness program (offers premium discount for the medical plan and gift cards)
- Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
- Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities
- Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match
- Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
- A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
- 150 hours of paid new parent leave
- Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
- Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
- 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Group life insurance
- Referral Bonus program
- Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
- Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Free Parking for most positions
- Free LinkedIn Learning access
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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