Health Facilities Surveyor (Job Id 17738)
The South Dakota Department of Health’s programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in the state of South Dakota.
We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in DOH. We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds. Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.
Please visit our website at http://doh.sd.gov/ for further information about the Department of Health.
The Health Facilities Surveyor inspects healthcare facilities and related services in areas such as nursing, patient activities, dietary, and life safety codes to ensure compliance with state and federal licensure and certification regulations for the protection of the public from health and safety hazards.
Significant in-state travel with overnight stays every week is required.
Licenses and Certifications:
- must be licensed as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or Registered Dietitian in South Dakota. Previous health care experience in Long Term Care is recommended. The candidate must pass the CMS SMQT within approximately 6-months of employment as appropriate for surveying.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
- the ability to learn and clearly convey information to others and checks for understanding, sense and understand others' concerns and feelings and the ability to develop self to expand own knowledge, apply it, and share with others.
Knowledge of:
- principles and practices of the disciplines providing services to patients and residents in health care facilities;
- medical terminology;
- federal and state laws and regulations related to licensure and certification of health facilities and operational programs;
- inspection procedures;
- food safety and sanitation programs;
- the causes and control of diseases produced by unsanitary conditions;
- computer applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Skill to:
- exercise sound judgment and make timely, well-informed decisions;
- set goals and put forth the effort required to achieve them;
- conduct work in an honest, ethical, responsible, and committed manner;
- plan ahead, set priorities, and work in an orderly manner;
- build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with others who can provide support;
- work cooperatively with coworkers and treat them with respect;
- review and assess effectiveness or compliance of multi-disciplinary care interventions and progress towards meeting outcomes of care;
- revises the plan of care or identifies corrective measures for compliance or to prevent the spread of disease and illnesses;
- provide technical assistance and information that contributes to the development of wider solutions or approaches to healthcare issues and situations;
- conduct or review ongoing psychosocial, physical, and/or functional nursing assessments of individuals/families/populations to determine a plan of action/intervention;
- conduct ongoing assessments of care delivery processes of a particular healthcare population to promote change that will support desired outcomes;
- review records, practices, and/or operations to assess the quality of care and to ensure appropriate inter-disciplinary communication for the continuity of care;
- provide orientation and mentors/preceptors junior colleagues, interns, and/or students to develop and prepare quality practitioners.
Ability to:
- access all occupied areas of a health care facility to conduct inspections and complete the survey process.