RN Health Care Facility Surveyor

Overview

RN Health Care Facility Surveyor - Arizona (#1140) for Impact Recruiting Solutions. The role is with a Quality Improvement Consulting Company and supports internal and external customers nationwide in a technically exciting environment.

• Paid holidays.
• Health insurance.
• CMS’s Long-Term Care Basic Training and SMQT certification are required.

• Must have an Associate or Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Must have completed CMS’s Long-Term Care Basic Training and passed the Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMQT).
• 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 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 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.
• 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.