HEALTH-RELATED BOARDS INVESTIGATOR HRBI - 69879

Executive Service

This position is designated as hybrid.

The position comes with full state employment benefits, including health insurance, at least 11 paid holidays, 12 paid vacation days, and 12 paid sick days per year.

Background Check: This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Health Office of Investigations incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our two strategic priorities of prevention and access. Our mission is to protect, promote, and improve the health and prosperity of people in Tennessee.

How you make a difference in this role:

Work well with others, positive and upbeat attitude

Job Overview:

The Tennessee Department of Health is seeking a Health-Related Boards Investigator (HRBI) to serve as a field investigator for the health-related Boards in the Office of Investigations. The duty for this position involves investigating complaint allegations, collecting pertinent evidence, and preparing concise reports detailing the investigative findings.

Key Responsibilities:

• The field investigators will represent the Department in investigating complaint allegations of licensed healthcare providers on behalf of the 34 health-related boards for the State of Tennessee.
• Conducts in-person interviews of complainants, witnesses, and respondents to determine the veracity of the allegations filed against a licensed healthcare provider.
• Collects, evaluates, and processes evidence; prepares written reports documenting the findings of the investigation.
• Coordinates with law enforcement agencies (State and Federal) throughout the state of Tennessee regarding allegations of criminal activity by licensed healthcare providers.
• Coordinates throughout the life of the investigation with the Office of General Counsel.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice or related field with at least five years of full-time investigative experience conducting healthcare investigations, or a bachelor's degree in nursing and experience equivalent to three years of full-time, increasingly responsible professional nursing.

Substitution of Experience for Education:

• Qualifying full-time experience in nursing or healthcare investigations may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, up to a maximum of two years.

Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience:

• Additional graduate coursework in nursing or healthcare investigations may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, up to a maximum of one year.
• If applying as a registered nurse, the candidate must be licensed as a registered nurse in Tennessee and in good standing.

A valid motor vehicle license is required for employment in this position.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.