Safety Code Surveyor Remote

Life Safety Code Surveyor – Remote

Essential Health Care Solutions (“EHS”) is seeking experienced Life Safety Code Surveyors to support nationwide healthcare facility compliance and safety survey operations. This position is ideal for professionals with strong experience in healthcare life safety systems, fire protection standards, physical environment inspections, and regulatory compliance who are committed to helping ensure safe environments for residents, patients, staff, and visitors in healthcare facilities across the United States.

Life Safety Code Surveyors play a critical role in evaluating healthcare facilities for compliance with federal regulations, NFPA standards, CMS requirements, and applicable life safety and fire protection codes governing healthcare occupancies and long-term care facilities.

EHS offers a collaborative and professional work environment with opportunities for continued growth, nationwide field experience, and participation in high-impact federal healthcare quality and safety initiatives.

Benefits & Perks

EHS provides a competitive compensation and benefits package that may include:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Company-issued AMEX corporate card for approved travel expenses
• Company-paid travel accommodations and transportation
• Eligibility to retain airline and hotel loyalty rewards
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Health Savings Account (HSA) options
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Predictable scheduling and travel rotations
• Collaborative team environment

Responsibilities

This position is fully remote with travel requirements up to 75% nationwide.

The Life Safety Code Surveyor will serve as a member of multidisciplinary survey teams conducting a variety of healthcare facility surveys and compliance reviews involving both long-term care and non-long-term care healthcare settings. Survey activities may include recertification surveys, complaint investigations, comparative reviews, follow-up visits, monitoring surveys, and life safety inspections.

Facilities surveyed may include:

• Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
• State Veterans Homes (SVH)
• Community Living Centers (CLC)
• Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC)
• Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID)
• End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities
• Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)
• Hospitals
• Critical Access Hospitals
• Hospice Facilities

Life Safety Code Surveyors travel nationwide to perform onsite evaluations of healthcare facilities to determine compliance with federal life safety regulations, fire protection requirements, and healthcare occupancy standards.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting onsite life safety and physical environment surveys of Medicare and Medicaid certified healthcare facilities
• Evaluating compliance with:
• NFPA Life Safety Code requirements
• Federal healthcare regulations
• Fire protection standards
• Healthcare occupancy requirements
• Preparing for surveys through offsite review activities including review of facility documentation, inspection records, and prior survey findings
• Performing:
• Facility tours
• Physical plant inspections
• Fire protection system reviews
• Record reviews
• Interviews with facility and engineering personnel
• Assessing multiple areas of facility safety and physical environment operations, including:
• Fire alarm systems
• Sprinkler systems
• Means of egress
• Smoke barriers and compartments
• Emergency preparedness systems
• Fire drills and testing documentation
• Inspection, testing, and maintenance records
• Identifying deficient practices and documenting noncompliance findings accurately and thoroughly
• Discussing survey findings and…