Compliance Nurse (Health Facilities Licensing & Certification)

Nurses Make a Difference!

Now offering Recruitment and Referral Incentives at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)!

$10000.00 recruitment incentive for:

Registered Nurses

Advanced Practice Nurses

Nurse Consultants

Nursing Supervisors

Compliance Nurses

$7500.00 recruitment incentive for Licensed Practical Nurse

$5000.00 recruitment incentive for Certified Nurses Assistant

Referral bonuses of $1000 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 ReferralIncentive 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 $1000 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 bonuses of $1000 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 theregulatory compliance of acute/outpatient healthcare agencies/facilities incumbent will conductFederal certification and/or State licensure surveys of acute/outpatienthealthcare agencies/facilities assess the quality of care and relate findingsto statutory/regulatory requirements develop deficiency reports review/assesscorrective action plans participate in updating acute/outpatient healthcare regulations and prepare/maintain records. The incumbent may appear in courts of law orbefore boards/commission.

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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Compliance Nurse
Applicants must have education training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

1. At least two years experience as a Registered Nurse OR a Bachelors degree or higher in Nursing and at least one year of experience as a Registered Nurse OR a Masters degree or higher in Nursing.
2. Possession of a Delaware Registered Nurse license OR multi-state compact license.

All new hires are required to attend an in-person statewide mandatory New Employee Orientation on their first day of employment. The session will be held at a designated location in either Kent or New Castle County.

This position is a classification organized under an exclusive bargaining representative (labor organization) that has been elected by employees as their representative for collective bargaining and other applicable terms and conditions of employment in accordance with Title 29 Chapter 59 and Title 19 Chapter 13 and 16.This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement based on its individual terms.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our Job Seeker Resources.

DHSS does not provide employment-based sponsorship.