Compliance Nurse (Long Term Care Residents Protection)

Job Description

Nurses Make a Difference!
Now offering Recruitment and Referral Incentives at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)!
$10,000.00 recruitment incentive for:
Registered Nurses
Advanced Practice Nurses
Nurse Consultants
Nursing Supervisors
Compliance Nurses
$7,500.00 recruitment incentive for Licensed Practical Nurse
$5,000.00 recruitment incentive for Certified Nurse's Assistant

Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to referring DHSS employees.
You must be a new employee to the State of DE to be eligible for this program.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) seeks to increase the number of applicants for clinical nursing positions by offering a recruitment incentive to eligible Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nursing Supervisor, Compliance Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nursing Assistant candidates in accordance with the DHSS Recruitment and Referral Incentive Program.

The program provides incentives as follows:
Recruitment incentives will be paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire and will begin after the first quarter of employment. New employees accepting this recruitment bonus must commit to two consecutive years of employment with DHSS. You must be a new employee to the state to be eligible for this incentive.
Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to current DHSS employees who refer new hires to the state in the following classifications: Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nursing Supervisor, Compliance Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nursing Assistant. Referral bonuses of $1,000 will be paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire of the referred applicant.

NOTE: This program is administered by the Department of Health and Social Services. The program may be terminated by the State at any time.

This position is responsible for ensuring the regulatory compliance of long-term care healthcare facilities in Delaware. The incumbent will conduct Federal certification and/or State licensure surveys of long-term care healthcare facilities, assess the quality of care and relate findings to statutory/regulatory requirements, develop deficiency reports, review/assess corrective action plans, participate in updating long-term care healthcare regulations, prepare/maintain records, and may appear in courts of law or before boards/commissions.

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

Conducts survey of facilities and agencies for certification and/or licensure by the State and Medicare/Medicaid.
Consults with agencies and facilities to assist them in meeting requirements and improving overall health care delivery.
Conduct investigations of complaints against agencies/facilities to include allegations of violations against health care regulations and patient care.
Conducts in-service training programs at health care facilities or in the community in order to educate provides and other interested groups in state-of-the-art health care.
Prepares and maintains a variety of records, reports, and summaries and may be required to appear in courts of law or before boards and commissions.