Health Facilities Officer 1 - Hospitals

Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and meet all selective requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list

The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) is seeking a motivated and flexible individual to join our team as an Health Facilities Officer 1 for Hospitals with our Medicare Service Bureau.

Who We Are

DIA is a multifaceted regulatory agency charged with protecting the health, safety, and well-being of Iowans. DIA’s Health Facilities Division is responsible for inspecting and licensing health care providers and suppliers to ensure the health and safety of vulnerable Iowans.

The Health Facilities Officer 1 position is responsible for monitoring, planning and coordinating the health surveys, revisit surveys, and complaint surveys for hospitals.

At DIA our mission is to Achieve Compliance Through Education, Regulation, and Due Process for a Safe and Healthy Iowa. To accomplish our Mission, the individual selected for this position will provide regulatory oversight to hospital facilities in a professional, courteous, non-intimidating and objective manner.

What We’re Seeking

The successful candidate for the fast-paced and multi-faceted Health Facilities Officer 1 position is a self-starter. The position reports directly to the Medicare Service Bureau Chief. The position requires state-wide and overnight travel on a weekly basis and is based from your home domicile. Desired qualifications include:

• Experience working in a clinical setting for hospitals.
• Possesses a high level of organizational skills and is process-driven
• Registered Nurse required
• Displays high standards of professional and ethical conduct
• Ability to address and listen to others in respectful manner
• Ability to work independently from a home-based setting while maintaining the timelines and goals of the Department
• Commitment to providing a high-quality service
• Conducting business in a professional, courteous and approachable manner

What You’ll Do

You Will Be An Integral Member Of Our Survey Team, Providing Direct Support To The Department’s Health Facilities Operations By

• Monitoring the activities and duties of professional survey staff to assist with orientation, learning needs of surveyors; and report findings to Bureau Chief.
• Reviews complaint statements with surveyors, assures supportive documentation is available for all deficiencies. Reviews and proofread Statement of Deficiencies, Plans of corrections to assure adequate correction of cited deficiencies.
• Manages all written correspondence in a professional manner. Attends and participates in stakeholder meetings and presentations of all matters relating to surveys for licensure, complaint investigations, federal certification.
• Respond to emails and phone calls to answer questions within the appropriate time frame in a courteous and professional manner. Making recommendations regarding non-compliance with applicable State rules and/or Federal Regulations and processes.
• The Health Facilities Officer 1 for Hospitals drafts responses as appropriate, monitors the duties of survey staff to assure timely and efficient completion of assignments.
• Schedule all surveyors to survey activities and or other assignments to assure compliance and accuracy. Coordinate all administrative tasks for hospitals.

What We Offer

In Addition To Providing a Positive Work Environment, We Offer An Excellent Compensation Package For Our Full-time Employees, Including

When you join DIA, you help make Iowa safer and healthier while enjoying an outstanding benefits package.

• Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave
• Employee Discount Programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling)
• Opportunities for salary increases following your first six months and annually thereafter
• Paid holidays (9 days per year)
• Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, vision, flexible spending, and life insurance
• Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care
• Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package
• Retirement Investors Club (Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan)

NOTE: starting salary of $66,768.00 annually

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Selectives

872 Registered Nurse Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. More information regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is available at: Nurse Licensure Compact

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with a bachelor's degree in nursing, social work, psychology, counseling, rehabilitation, nutrition, public health, or business, public or health administration, or licensure as a registered pharmacist, registered nurse or registered dietician, and experience equal to three years of full-time work in administrative, consultative, or technical areas involving the investigation or evaluation of situations, conditions, or operating policies or procedures of hospitals or other health care and habilitation facilities;

OR

a combination of education and experience, substituting thirty semester hours of graduate coursework in one of the areas of qualifying education for one year of full-time qualifying experience, to a maximum substitution of two years;

OR

a combination of education and experience, substituting one year of qualifying full-time experience for each thirty semester hours of qualifying education, to a maximum substitution of four years;

OR

employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to twelve months of full-time work as a Health Facilities Surveyor.

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