Job Responsibilities
1.
Oversees long term care facility survey activities.
2.
Serves as working supervisor.
3.
Conducts state licensure, federal certification and complaint surveys of long-term carefacilities.
4.
Develops long-term care facility survey schedules, reviews and processes survey packagesand makes recommendations to Central Office.
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Participates in the development and implementation of policy. As a Registered Nurseparticipates in the development and implementation of surveyor training programs.
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Represents the Division through participation in meetings with LTC industry representatives,advocacy groups, and other interested parties as requested, gives speeches or conductstraining programs to these groups.
7.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of theduties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications
Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four yearscollege, preferably with courses in nursing.
Requires prior experience equivalent to three years of progressively responsibleadministrative experience in nursing.
Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
Preferred Qualifications
Extensive knowledge of federal and state rules and regulations concerning licensure andcertification of long-term care facilities.
Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMQT) certification.
Three years experience with nursing principles and practices.
Three years experience surveying in long term care facilities.
Three years experience analyzing and interpreting reports of survey findings.
One year experience exercising independent judgment as a working supervisor.
One year experience coordinating assignments and schedules and prioritizing surveyactivities.
One year experience developing and maintaining harmonious and productive workingrelationships with various administrative and medical personnel, local governmental agencypersonnel and recipients of health care programs.
Conditions of Employment
Requires ability to travel.
Requires a valid and current driver’s license.
Requires ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related polices and guidance.
Work Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Work Location:
525 W Jefferson St Springfield, IL 62702-5056
Agency Contact:
DPH.HRApplications@illinois.gov or 217-785-2031

About Illinois Department of Public Health

Department Overview In Illinois, if you have eaten at a restaurant, required hospital or nursing home care, vacationed at a campground or swam at a public beach or pool, drank a glass of milk, got married or divorced ,had a baby, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has touched your life in some important way. Assuring the quality of our food, setting the standards for hospital and nursing home care, checking the safety of recreation areas, overseeing the inspection of milk producing farms and processing plants, maintaining the state's vital records and screening newborns for genetic diseases are just some of the duties of IDPH. In fact, IDPH has 200 different programs that benefit each state resident and visitor, although its daily activities of maintaining the public's health are rarely noticed unless a breakdown in the system occurs. With the assistance of local public health agencies, these essential programs and services make up Illinois' public health system, a system that forms a frontline defense against disease through preventive measures and education. Public health has provided the foundation for remarkable gains in saving lives and reducing suffering. ...Today, life expectancy is 80 years for women and 74 years for men compared with fewer than 50 years at the at the beginning of the 20th century. In the past, IDPH directed state efforts to control smallpox, cholera and typhoid, virtually eliminated polio, reduced dental decay through fluoridation of community water supplies, and corrected sanitary conditions that threatened water and food supplies. Today, IDPH has programs to deal with persistent problems that require continued vigilance – infectious diseases, such as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and meningococcal disease; foodborne and communicable diseases, such as E. coli 0157: H7, monkeypox, salmonella and West Nile virus; vaccine preventable diseases; lead poisoning; lack of health care in rural areas; health disparities among racial groups, breast, cervical and prostate cancer; Alzheimer's disease; and other health threats -- sexually transmitted diseases, tobacco use, violence, and other conditions associated with high-risk behaviors. In addition, IDPH has been charged with handling the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of bioterrorism. IDPH, which is one of the state's oldest agencies, was first organized in 1877 with a staff of three and a two-year budget of $5,000. IDPH, now has an annual budget of $2.9 billion in state and federal funds, headquarters in Springfield and Chicago, seven regional offices located around the state, three laboratories, and 1,200 employees. IDPH is organized into 12 offices, each of which addresses a distinct area of public health. Each office operates and supports numerous ongoing programs and is prepared to respond to extraordinary situations as they arise.

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