Title: Senior Investigator

Hiring Range: $60,708 - $78,140

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept of Health Professions

Location: Multiple locations- see districts below

Agency Website: https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Health Professions (DHP) mission is to ensure safe and competent patient care by licensing health professionals, enforcing standards of practice, and providing information to health care practitioners and the public.

This sworn position enforces the rules and regulations of the Department's 13 health regulatory boards as well as all associated Virginia statutes and federal laws. Principal duties include independently investigating a variety of complaints of alleged violations against health care practitioners licensed, certified, or registered by the Department, and by submitting reports which clearly reflect investigative results in order to safeguard the lives, health, and safety of the citizens of the Commonwealth.

The districts for this position are:

Region II, District 2
Counties of Amelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, and Prince George; and the independent cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, and Petersburg.

Region II, District 3
Counties of Caroline, Essex, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, Powhatan, and King and Queen; and the independent city of Richmond.

Minimum Qualifications

• Interpret and apply laws and regulations.
• Effectively and independently organize and manage time and assignments;
• Compose clear, comprehensive, and concise investigative reports;
• Work as member of a team;
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with impartiality, objectivity, and confidentiality; and
• Work effectively with and through others.
• Recent, progressive experience conducting investigations.
• Comprehensive knowledge, skills, and abilities related to investigative techniques, to include interviewing,
  data collection and analysis of complex records and reports.
• Considerable, effective interpersonal skills and self-direction.
• Skill in the use of a personal computer with standard office software for report writing, information exchange, online research, and database management (to include electronic filing and queries).
• Graduation from an accredited health care program or a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensure, registration or certification with current work experience as a health care practitioner and/or current, formal work experience independently conducting various types of healthcare investigations, including but not limited to fraud; risk management; quality assurance; background checks; human resource; or criminal, civil and/or regulatory investigations.
• A working knowledge of health care/medical terminology in order to interpret health care records and communicate with health care professionals, and of federal or state health care laws and regulations.
• Prior experience working with administrative law.
  

Special Instructions:

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

• Must be able to lift 30 -35 pounds and meet all other requirements in Section 25.
• Must be able to travel, including some overnight travel, to areas within the region in an efficient time frame based upon typical travel times and sensitivity of assignment; and to use a privately-owned vehicle when necessary.
• Must be willing to perform mobile work and to maintain a remote office with high speed Internet access, within assigned district(s) or within a 30-mile radius of region border(s) as a condition of employment.
  
  "As an employee of this agency you are required to review, sign, and comply with the Department's Confidentiality Statement and the Department's Code of Ethics."
  "Successful completion of all computer systems security training required by this agency and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) is a condition of employment."
  "Successful completion of a fingerprint-based criminal history check is required at the time of your employment".
  "Eligibility to operate a State-owned vehicle is a condition of employment. This requires evidence of a current, valid driver's license and a satisfactory driving record."

• Please list ALL relevant skills and previous background experience in application/resume.

Contact Information:

Name: Human Resources

Phone: 000-000-0000

Email: Recruitment@dhp.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.