Location: Sioux Falls,SD, USA
Job ID: 29612
Agency: Department of Health
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Salary: $28.33-$33.20 Hourly, depending on qualifications
Pay Grade: N2
Closing Date: 12/27/2024
About us:
The South Dakota Department of Health's programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in South Dakota. We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource, and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in the Department of Health. We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a culturally diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds. Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.
The South Dakota Department of Health values flexibility in the workplace. Part of that flexibility includes the ability to work from home. Working from home is a meaningful way to meet individual needs, wants, and desires when it comes to balancing the entire team's home and work lives. That balance is something we value while allowing most positions the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days a week. Working from home is a privilege and is subject to review depending upon the position.
Please visit our website at for further information about the Department of Health.
Job Summary:
Do you want off rotating shifts? Do you want holidays off? Do you want the possibility of working a condensed workweek? This could be for you!
The South Dakota Department of Health is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse Health Facilities Surveyor to assist with protecting and promoting the health and safety of residents and patients in South Dakota's licensed health care facilities. The RN Health Facilities Surveyor is responsible for surveying patient activities, dietary, infection control, resident rights, and physical environment. The Surveyor's role is to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations for the protection of health and safety hazards. Travel and get paid per diem, as well as the use of a state vehicle while on the road. This position is open statewide with the opportunity to work remotely (while not on survey) upon successful completion of the 6-month probationary period. Come join us!
Licenses and Certifications:
The Registered Nurse candidate must be a licensed Registered Nurse eligible to practice in SD. Training for the survey process is through required online Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) courses and through precepted surveys in licensed healthcare facilities.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
The ability to learn and clearly convey information to others and check for understanding, sense and understand others' concerns and feelings, and develop self to expand own knowledge, apply it, and share with others.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge of:
* principles and practices of the disciplines providing services to patients and residents in health care facilities;
* medical terminology; and
* the causes and control of diseases produced by unsanitary conditions.
Skill to:
* exercise sound judgment and make timely, well-informed decisions;
* set goals and put forth the effort required to achieve them;
* conduct work in an honest, ethical, responsible, and committed manner;
* plan ahead, set priorities, and work in an orderly manner;
* build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with others who can provide support;
* work cooperatively with coworkers and treats them with respect;
* review and assess effectiveness or compliance of multi-disciplinary care interventions and progress towards meeting outcomes of care; revises the plan of care or identify corrective measures for compliance or to prevent the spread of disease and illnesses;
* provide technical assistance and information that contributes to the development of wider solutions or approaches to healthcare issues and situations;
* conduct or review ongoing psychosocial, physical, and/or functional nursing assessments of individuals/families/populations to determine a plan of action/intervention;
* conduct ongoing assessments of the care delivery processes of a particular healthcare population to promote change that will support desired outcomes;
* review records, practices, and/or operations to assess the quality of care and to ensure appropriate inter-disciplinary communication for the continuity of care; and
* provide orientation and mentors/preceptors to junior colleagues, interns, and/or students to develop and prepare quality
* practitioners.
Ability to:
* access all occupied areas of a health care facility to conduct inspections and complete the survey process.
This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.
NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.
The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.
The State of South Dakota offers employer paid health insurance plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.
Must apply online:
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.###.#### Email: ...@state.sd.us
An Equal Opportunity Employer