LTCR Nursing Facilities Nurse Surveyor; Nurse III

Career Opportunities: LTCR Nursing Facilities Nurse Surveyor (Nurse III) (18700)

Posting 18700
- Posted
07/08/2026
- Health & Human Services Comm

- Rgn 03-Regulatory Services

- Protective Services

- Not Eligible for Telework
-d. $7000 - $8999 per month

Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full‑time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.

As part of a collaborative team of public servants, a nurse III protects residents’ health and safety by conducting on‑site inspections and investigations in Texas long‑term care settings (nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and day activities health services) to assess their compliance with state and federal laws and rules. This position offers a competitive starting salary; excellent state benefits, including health insurance and retirement;

and the opportunity to regularly travel to different facilities within a region and across the state. In this front‑line field position, a surveyor is mobile and flexible and performs minimal work at an office, though the role does require writing reports detailing any deficiencies/violations against a facility and narrative to support regulatory determinations.

Nursing Facilities Nurse Surveyor – Starting Market Rate Salary $ 89,690.71

• Under the direction of a program manager, conduct on‑site licensure inspections, complaint and incident investigations, and annual comprehensive surveys in facilities to determine compliance with federal and state health and safety regulations in areas such as admissions, transfers, discharges, resident rights, staffing and census, quality of care assessment, quality of life assessment, resident care plans, social, psychological and rehabilitative services, provision of medical services, and therapeutic activity programming.
• Communicate clearly and accurately with others (internally and externally) to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquiries, or resolve issues or complaints in Texas long‑term care facilities.
• Conduct exit conferences with facility staff regarding findings and complete inspection or survey reports detailing deficiencies.
• Revisit long‑term care facilities to verify correction of previously cited regulatory violations and perform quality assurance reviews of documents prepared by others.
• Might supervise the work of team members during inspections, provide technical assistance to facilities, and lend expertise to a survey team in the areas identified above.
• Occasionally might need to testify at hearings or in court proceedings to provide information regarding policy/procedures, history, findings, or activities.
• In the event of emergency licensure action, be available to assist with non‑skilled care, oversight of residents in a facility and there is a potential that skilled care will be necessary.
• Be available for on‑call duties for emergencies such as weather events or high‑priority situations in facilities or at providers.

• Knowledge of issues, concerns, and needs of populations at risk in various health care and/or institutional environments (elderly, mentally ill, developmentally disabled, functionally dependent, medically frail, etc.).
• Knowledge of nursing principles and acceptable professional standards of patient care.
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Skill in performing quality assurance monitoring, program review, certification, survey, or investigations.
• Skill in providing guidance, policy clarifications, and information to others.
• Skill in preparing detailed written reports.
• Skill in oral, written, and electronic communications, including computer word processing software.
• Ability to multi‑task and track multiple activities with competing priorities.
• Ability to collect and analyze data.
• Ability to integrate complex concepts, difficult procedures, or complicated processes.
• Ability to analyze and solve work problems.
• Ability to interpret regulatory policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to use the computer for…