Health facilities evaluator Nurse job

[Jodarb]

Anybody had experience(or an idea) with this job? Workload and job description. I know that they go to facilities for license renewal but No idea how is the job interms of paperworks or workload.

Im currently torn between keeping my snf job and this job. I was schedule for interview this month

but I have fear what kind of job I will be getting into. If anyone had an idea, please share. I would greatly appreciate it.

TIA.

[elkpark]

Thanks for the responses. I'm approaching my 3 year mark and ready to move on to something else.

Also, for what it's worth --I don't know if you mean three years at your current position or three years in nursing, period. I don't know how things work in the regulatory agencies in CA, but, in my state, three years of clinical experience would not have been considered much of a "plus" for someone applying for a surveyor job -- most of the individuals hired into the surveyor positions had many more years experience than that. Our official job descriptions also said one or two years minimum experience required, but the reality was that just a few years of nursing experience didn't make one a particularly strong candidate.

I feel for you, though -- this is a really difficulty, painful time to be job-hunting. Best wishes!

[jbhaktidog]

Hello Colleagues,

A few tidbits not mentioned in the comments so far...if anyone is still looking for this discussion....

HFEN in California hires for local areas, so the travel is strictly for a particular region of your city.

California's HFEN only requires one year of experience; interestingly, considering the description that some gave of the exam.

And California's HFEN pays you, once hired, (after passing the two-part exam, written and interview) for didactic training, 3 months of it!

An example of a region in California. I live in North San Diego County.... there is a HFEN specifically for our North County facilities, so the greatest distances traveled would be at most 20 miles. Here in San Diego, folks travel a lot more miles than that to get to their jobs.

The job description does read as quite interesting and engaging...and also quite a thorough experience requiring detail to work duties/standards. REading from the postcard they sent to recruit me: Flexible schedules; Educational opportunities; Comprehensive Benefits; Salary ranges from $5620 - $6469 monthly; Travel is required with per diem.

Good luck to all going for it!

[yoyo1908]

Do you plan on interviewing? I live in Southern California as well and applied for the position. Anyone else have any interview or position information!

[yoyo1908]

Can you tell me about daily schedule? How much time did you spend in Sacaremento?

[pjccequals]

I just got a call for an interview in San Diego, I have 2+ years experience. Any advice for the interview? Are the benefits better then acute care hospitals in San Diego?

[apahida]

Hi. Would you mind telling me if you ever interviewed? How was it? Did you get the job?

[Ncharley63]

I applied 3 times and interviewed 3 times. I didn't get the job and Im not sure why. I think I interviewed well all three times...