State Survey Agency Nurse Director

About the role

The State Survey Agency Nurse Director oversees the State Licensing and Federal Certification program for most healthcare facilities and providers/suppliers in Vermont, including hospitals, nursing homes, home health & hospice agencies, end‑stage renal dialysis centers, ambulatory surgical centers, portable X‑ray suppliers, assisted living residences, residential care homes, therapeutic community residences, and outpatient clinical settings. The role requires significant experience interpreting, applying, and enforcing regulatory and statutory requirements, extensive knowledge of medical and nursing standards of practice, and executive functions such as policy making, program planning, budget development, and visionary leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the State Licensing and Federal Certification program for Vermont healthcare facilities and providers.
• Interpret, apply, and enforce regulatory and statutory requirements in healthcare settings.
• Apply extensive knowledge of medical and nursing standards of practice and other health‑care disciplines.
• Perform executive functions: policy making, program planning, budget development, oversight of grant applicants, and administrative responsibility with visionary leadership.
• Provide responsibility for nursing survey services within the department for regulatory oversight of health‑care providers and suppliers.
• Integrate work to assure adherence to nursing scope and standards of practice, workforce development, and quality control, assurance, and improvement measures; evaluate quality outcomes for the state survey agency.
• Collaborate extensively with federal, professional, management, and executive personnel; advocacy groups; interested parties; and the State Legislature.
• Supervise a staff of Registered Nurses, Surveyors, Managers, and Administrative staff who evaluate federal and state regulatory compliance in Vermont’s healthcare providers.
• Ensure office‑based work complies with State policies; a private means of transportation is required for any necessary travel.
• Maintain RN licensure.

Requirements

• Possession of (or eligibility for) licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Vermont, or eligibility to practice in Vermont via a multi‑state license.
• Eight (8) or more years of professional nursing experience, including three (3) or more years of managerial or supervisory experience.
• Current SMQT (Surveyor Minimum Qualification Test) Certification.
• Must pass any applicable background investigation, including fingerprint‑supported criminal record checks, adult and child abuse registry checks, OIG exclusion database, and motor‑vehicle record checks (exceptions for current classified state employees seeking transfer/promotion/demotion or exercising re‑employment rights).

Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) – preferred.
• Must maintain Vermont RN licensure or multi‑state eligibility as a condition of employment.

Benefits

The State’s total compensation package includes benefits worth about 30% of total compensation.

• 80% State‑paid medical premium and a dental plan