About the Department
Step into a pivotal role where your nursing expertise safeguards the well-being of citizens across the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Department of Health provides a premier professional environment for registered nurses who excel in clinical evaluation and collaborative leadership. By ensuring nursing care facilities meet rigorous standards, you will become a guardian of public safety and a catalyst for quality care. We invite you to thrive within a culture that values your specialized knowledge and rewards your commitment with significant professional growth. Embrace this opportunity to transform your career while making a lasting impact on the health of our communities—apply today!
Position Duties
As a Health Care Nurse Surveyor, you will uphold the department's mission by ensuring nursing care facilities meet federal and state regulatory standards. Your role involves conducting diverse inspections such as annual, complaint, and abuse investigations to determine eligibility for licensure and federal certification. Using laptops and tablets, you will gather evidence and apply regulatory guidelines to document findings and draft formal citations. You will be responsible for preparing survey reports and evaluating provider plans of correction to ensure compliance. Additionally, you will manage follow-up activities and revisit surveys to verify that all deficiencies are resolved, ensuring the continued safety and quality of public health care.
In this position, you may be assigned to function independently, with a partner, as a member of a team, or as the designated team coordinator during on-site surveys. Travel will be required within the counties of Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango, and Warren. Furthermore, you will be required to carry a cell phone and respond to complaints during off-hours.
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. This position requires irregular work hours.
- Frequent statewide and overnight travel as operationally necessary
- 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: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $67,736.00 (before taxes).
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Minimum Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Special Requirements:
- This position requires active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
- If you possess an active temporary practice permit, you must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
- 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
- This position requires possession of an active motor vehicle license.
- 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.
- 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.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
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.
Other Qualifications
- 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.