Health Care Facilities Field Surveyor - Entry (Multiple Vacancies)

About Us

The Bureau of Survey and Certification (BOSC) is responsible for conducting survey inspections to ensure health care providers and clinical laboratories are compliant with state and federal requirements. As a surveyor, your impact reaches beyond each resident into the connected lives of caregivers, friends, and families.

What You'll Do

• Receive instruction and on-the-job training on survey tasks and protocols applicable to long-term care (LTC) and acute and continuing care (ACC), ODH procedures, and rules/regulations pertinent to the surveyor role, through extensive reading, program briefings, and supervised participation in field activities.
• Attend mandated state and federal surveyor training.
• Travel to health care facilities to participate in (and/or conduct under supervision) onsite inspections of providers to determine compliance.
• Participate, under supervision, in discussions with facility officials regarding survey findings.
• Attend (as part of survey team) exit interview meetings with facility staff.
• Learn to review plans of correction for deficiencies.
• Complete survey reports and deficiency statements in accordance with the Principles of Documentation.
• Provide consultation to newer surveyors.
• Receive training in gathering evidence for cases which may require legal action.
• Participate (as member of survey team) in hearing preparations and hearings.
• Testify before judicial bodies as assigned.
• Analyze data collected during survey process and prepare specialized reports as assigned.
• Assist in drafting responses to problems/questions regarding survey process.
• Assist supervisor in preparing speeches to community groups, providers, or other agencies; draft and deliver speeches as assigned.
• Carry laptop, portable scanner, reference materials, and forms (weighing up to 25 lbs.) to/from worksite.
• Learn to use computer-assisted process in conducting and documenting surveys.
• Learn to use applicable data sets (e.g., MDS, OASIS) and quality indicator reports to monitor and evaluate quality indicators.
• Learn to develop other reports/materials required by Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
• Maintain administrative records and/or library of current reference literature, as needed.
• Complete and submit all travel documents (e.g., travel logs, travel authorizations), records, expense reports, and all computerized survey forms.
• Notify supervisor of problems that jeopardize meeting timeframes.

Important Facts To Consider

• Travel: Surveyors travel constantly, whether down the road or across the state. Expect overnight stays and evening/weekend work when a situation calls for it.
• Emergencies: Routine annual surveys can be planned; complaint responses cannot. We go where we are needed, when we are needed.
• Documentation: Effective technical writing is essential (grammar usage and basic composition).
• Work Life Balance: Vacations are approved based upon a seniority office canvass.
• Unusual Working Conditions:
  • Requires travel twelve (12) months per year, including some overnight travel, regardless of weather conditions.
  • Possible exposure to infectious waste during observation of care.
  • Must climb, bend, and reach in order to inspect facilities’ service areas, attics, basements, and other locations.

Requirements

• Certification, licensure, or registration commensurate with assigned discipline (i.e., registered nurse, licensed dietician, licensed social worker, registered environmental health specialist, licensed nursing home administrator, licensed pharmacist, or licensed physical/occupational/speech therapist).
• 24 months of experience in a health care setting (i.e., long-term care, acute care, non-long-term care facility, ICF/IID, hospice care, home health setting, dialysis center, ambulatory surgical center, or in community health protection).
• 12 months of training or experience in utilizing a personal computer and software to access and record data.
• Valid driver’s license.

Additional Qualifications

Applications of those who meet the minimum qualifications will be further evaluated against the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in assigned discipline.
• Experience conducting surveys/inspections of long-term care and non-long-term care facilities (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, ICF/IID, home health, ESRD, ambulatory surgical centers, rehabilitation agencies, hospice).
• Has passed SMQT Surveyor Minimum Qualification Test.
• Experience working in a nursing home or ICF/IID as a licensed health care professional.
• Experience and/or education in technical or report writing.
• Experience in preparing and presenting technical presentations.
• Experience working with computer software (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience working in critical care, hospital, urgent care, or emergency department as a licensed health care professional.
• Experience in providing training and orientation to new employees or cross-training to established employees.

All eligible applications shall be reviewed considering qualifications, experience, education, and active work record.

Educational Transcript Requirements

Official educational transcripts are required for all post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework, or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript prior to receiving a formal offer of employment. Failure to provide transcripts within five (5) working days of being requested will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration. A transcript is considered "official" only if it is an original copy from the educational institution and includes an institutional watermark, ink stamp, or embossed stamp. Transcripts printed from the institution's website will not be accepted.

Skills

• Technical Skills: Inspection Principles, Interviewing, Regulatory Compliance, Investigation, Medical Records.
• Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Building Trust, Confidentiality, Written Communication, Listening.

Pay

$32.69 per hour.

Schedule

• Full-time.
• 10-hour days, 4 days per week (Monday–Thursday).
• Next surveyor class starts Monday, November 16th, 2026 (non-negotiable).