Regional HCF&P Trainer (Public Service Administrator, Opt.8N)

at Department of Public Health in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented individual to develop and provide training and education to staff within the Division of Health Care Facilities & Programs across all program types including: Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities, Home Health Agencies (HHAs), Hospices, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech pathology (OPT/SP), Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs), Portable X-Ray (PXR) Services, Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs), Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and Organ Transplant Programs on aspects of the health care survey process related to determining compliance with federal Medicare/Medicaid certification and State license requirements. Ensures standardization throughout the training program by all subordinate educators. Develops and revises policies and procedures to ensure standardization, consistency, and efficiency of survey activities.

As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:

• Flexible and hybrid work schedules are available in many program areas (when available and dependent upon position)


• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.


• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System


• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan


• Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)


• 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)


• 12 paid sick days annually which carryover year to year


• 3 paid personal business days per calendar year (pro-rated dependent on start date)


• 13-14 paid holidays per year


• 12 weeks of paid parental leave


• Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources

*These are just a few of the many perks available to all State employees. For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

• Travels to develop curriculum and provide training and education for health care facility surveyors.


• Travels to conduct, appraise, and further develop training for all main survey types including but not limited to (Recertifications for Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), End Stage Renal disease (ESRD) Facilities, Home Health Agencies (HHAs), complaint investigations for Hospitals, Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), and immediate jeopardy, licensure resurveys, and Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act (SASETA).


• Provides training or Health Care Facilities & Programs survey team on Principles of Documentation, Complaint Investigations, Immediate Jeopardy, Infection Control, SASETA and EMTALA.


• Assists with development of agenda and content to present at quarterly staff meetings.


• Assists with development and provides training as needed for new state and federal regulations.


• Maintains State Operations manual (SOM) under the Medicare Program for use in survey work, documentation requirements and consultations.


• Participates in training sessions, seminars and workshops aimed at the improvement of the survey process and individual surveyor performance.


• Performs other duties as requested or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above. 

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college.