Quality Monitor Nurse III

Date:
Jan 29, 2026

Location:

LUBBOCK, TX

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Functional

Title:

Quality Monitor Nurse III

Job Title: Nurse III

Agency: Health & Human Services Comm

Department: QMP Nurses and Pharm RMS FTE

Posting Number: 13154

Job Location City: LUBBOCK

5121 69TH ST BLDG B

Closing Date: 04/29/2026

Posting Audience: Internal and External

Occupational Category: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-24

Salary Range: $5,425.33 - $8,886.16

Pay Frequency: Monthly

Shift: Day

Additional Shift: Days (First)

Telework: Not Eligible for Telework

Travel: Up to 80%

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full Time/Part Time: Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

MOS Codes: 290X,46AX,46FX,46NX,46PX,46SX,46YX,66B,66C,66E,66F,66G,66H,66N,66P,66R,66S,66T,66W

The Nurse Quality Monitor III reports to the Quality Monitoring Nurse Manager. This position makes a significant contribution to MCS’s mission by conducting monitoring visits in Texas nursing facilities. The Nurse Quality Monitor III utilizes expertise in the area of nursing to assess conditions that could place facility residents’ health, safety, and welfare at risk and assists providers in improving systems.

This position must be able to apply the complex knowledge of nursing practice as well as the rules outlined in the Texas Nursing Practice Act. The Nurse III will be familiar with local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to long-term care.

The Quality Monitor Nurse (QMN) III works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Performs highly complex (senior-level) nursing work. The Quality Monitor Nurse utilizes expertise in the area of nursing to assess conditions that could place facility residents’ health, safety, and welfare at risk and assist providers in improving systems. Work may include serving as a resource on nursing practices and education programs by performing consultative and administrative work.

May serve as a mentor providing direction to others.

• Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
• Works collaboratively across MCS to identify innovative and effective solutions. Maintains cooperative and collaborative relationships with colleagues and facility staff. Performs other work as assigned by Nurse Manager III or Nurse Program Manager V.
• Coordinates and/or conducts various types of visits to nursing facilities; including quality monitoring visits, rapid response team visits, mentoring visits and in-service visits. Acts as a team coordinator on Rapid Response Team visits offering leadership and direction to team members. Monitors and evaluates facility systems through observations, interviews, and record reviews identifying facility strengths and weakness making recommendations on opportunities for improvement.
  
  Instructs, counsels, and assists nursing facilities to achieve best practice. Reviews facilities policy/procedures and performance reports to determine if the facility's systems are consistent with evidence-based best practice. (50%)
• Documents accurate and complete reports of monitoring visits. Communicates accurate information, findings, recommendations, and technical assistance to the facility administrator and staff as well as quality monitoring leadership. Disseminates and teaches from appropriate education tools and materials. (20%)
• Communicates with various audiences (internally or externally) to provide clinical information, answer inquiries, address issues, and/or resolve problems. Maintains current knowledge in assigned areas by attending…