LTCR Nursing Facilities Senior Investigator

Date:
Aug 4, 2026

Location:

HOUSTON, TX

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. 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.

Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage.

Functional

Title:

LTCR Nursing Facilities Senior Investigator
Job Title: Investigator VI
Agency: Health & Human Services Comm
Department: Rgn 06-Regulatory Services
Posting Number: 19647
Closing Date: 11/02/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Protective Services
Salary Range: $6,947.66 - $8,886.16
Pay Frequency: Monthly

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-24
Shift: Day

Additional Shift

Telework:
Not Eligible for Telework
Travel: Up to 80%
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt

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Location:

Job Location City:
HOUSTON

Job Location Address:
5425 POLK ST

Other Locations:

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If you are looking for a place to work where you can establish a career that is filled with purpose, this is the job for you!

Nursing Facilities Senior Investigator – Starting Market Rate Salary $83,371.89

As part of a collaborative team of public servants, an investigator protects residents’ health and safety by conducting on-site inspections and investigations, including abuse, neglect, and exploitation investigations, in Texas long-term care facilities (nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and day activities and health services sites) 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 – Please see the Additional Information section below for more detail on travel. 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, remedies to correct those deficiencies, and narrative to support regulatory determinations.

See below for details.

The state of Texas offers many benefits to employees. HHSC is a qualifying organization for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which forgives the remaining balance on college student Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments. We also offer excellent health benefits, a lifetime monthly retirement annuity as well as 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs)

Under the direction of a program manager, an investigator VI conducts 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. Completes inspection or survey reports detailing deficiencies.

Communicates clearly and accurately with others (internally and externally) to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquiries, address issues, or resolve issues or complaints in Texas long-term care facilities.

Conducts exit conferences with facility staff regarding findings.

Visits long-term care facilities to verify correction of previously cited regulatory violations. Performs preliminary reviews of documents prepared by others; for example, violations, deficiencies, reports.

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…