Sanitarian (Health Facilities Surveyor 3) - Champaign, United States - Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Description
Date:
May 20, 2024Location:
Champaign, IL, US, 61820
Job Requisition ID: 37749
Agency:
Department of Public Health
Title:
Health Facilities Surveyor 3, Opt 1
Office:
Health Care Regulation
Division:
Long Term Care Field Operations
Posting ID:
/ 37749
Posted:5/20/2024-6/4/2024
Salary:
Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/24) $6,137 a month; Full Range $6,137 - $9,178 a month
Job Type:
Salaried
County:
Champaign
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU:
RC062
Posting Identification Number / 37749
Agency Marketing Statement
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is tasked with the oversight of communities within Illinois to achieve and maintain optimal health and safety.
Position Overview
The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated individual to independently or as a member of a professional team travel to conduct surveys, investigations and monitoring visits of long-term care facilities and hospitals to determine compliance with State Licensure requirements and/or Federal Medicare/Medicaid certification regulations.
Job Responsibilities
- Travels as part of the survey team to conduct difficult and complex on-site institutional health and safety surveys of hospitals and nursing homes to assure compliance with the Nursing Home Care Act, Title XIX (Medicaid) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and Hospital Licensing Act.
- Collaborates with team members to prepare reports and documents evidence for use in adverse actions against noncompliance locations.
- Appears and testifies at Department and nonDepartment legal proceedings and administrative hearings to defend portions of the team decision related to his/her findings.
- Serves as preceptor to new hires and existing institutional health and safety survey staff regarding training and orientation.
- Assists the Regional Supervisor in the assessment and development of new survey staff by identifying training needs and recommending training programs.
- Assists with the arrangement for field training.
- As a member of the survey team, travels to perform difficult and complex institutional health and safety surveys to assure compliance with applicable rules and regulations at long term care facilities and hospitals.
- Provides technical support on issues related to compliance with regulations associated with environmental health sanitation.
- Documents findings.
- Prepares reports of field surveys and discusses noncompliance relating to institutional health and safety aspects of these facilities with Supervisors and team members.
- Reviews and evaluates survey and investigation reports of lower-level surveyors and lower level sanitarians for technical accuracy and compliance with applicable directives, policies and guidelines.
- Explains and interprets State and federal laws, Department rules, regulations, policies and procedures, related to institutional health and safety to providers and interested parties.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
- Requires completion of four years of college with a minimum of 30 semester hours in the physical and/or biological sciences, supplemented by three years of professional experience in environmental health sanitation or in a health care facility.
- Requires successful completion of both state and federal Basic Surveyor Orientation courses and certification of having successfully completed federal Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Training.
- Requires three years of experience as a health facilities surveyor.
- Requires a valid driver's license.
- Requires the ability to travel.
Work Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 7:00AM-5:00/4:30PM (1/2 hr lunch)
Work Location: 2125 S 1st St Champaign, IL
Posting Group:
Legal, Audit & Compliance; Health Services
This position DOES NOT contain "Specialized Skills" (as that term is used in CBAs).
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Pay:
$6, $9,178.00 per month
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
Work setting:
- Inperson
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