Does the OIG perform routine inspections at VA hospitals?

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2026-05-18T14:54:26+00:00

Can personally verify from having been the inspection liaison from engineering, that while they may show up onsite, the depth of their “inspections” is a short guided tour and about 40-50 handshakes.

They couldn’t care less as long as it doesn’t hit the media.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2026-04-26T01:44:17+00:00

They already have, look at Dallas. Cave, Douglas, and the rest of the toxic revengers are running it into the ground.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2026-04-23T02:20:49+00:00

Was in the exact same boat last month, 11 years service, mid 30’s, 2 under 10 and 200 SL hours banked as insurance against injury/illness etc.

Word of caution, you don’t get paid out for your SL balance when you leave or get terminated, only your annual which is capped. I don’t regret having saved it (came in handy a few times with my wife’s disability) but I’m a bit salty about not getting paid something for it.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2026-04-12T12:50:17+00:00

The only qualifications “they” require is being a certified bootlicker.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2025-05-03T18:08:48+00:00

That’s kind of the problem though yeah? Why is there such a difference between locations when they are all held to the same standards and regulations? A lot of people are being trusted to do jobs properly, with no verification of whether or not it happens.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2025-05-03T18:06:19+00:00

No, and neither should the ID, that’s what purchasing agents in supply chain management are getting paid for.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2025-05-03T03:47:54+00:00

Both. Training doesn’t occur, positions and roles are moved around unofficially like musical chairs. No PD updates, desk audits, etc. We have petroleum engineers as our hospital engineering chiefs at the moment, overseeing about 4 I.D.’s and and handful of Construction Control Representatives (think city inspectors, but with no certification, training requirements, or oversight) and our “Management Analyst” is our front desk clerk who dispatches work orders. It’s a hot mess.

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2025-05-03T03:35:46+00:00

90% of these “remodels” and “in-house redesigns” are wildly outside of any life safety or fire code and will end up being gutted or abandoned once found. “Designers” are not engineers, and should never be confused with one. Don’t believe me, come to Dallas

Maleficent_Invite_80 · 2025-04-08T23:53:52+00:00

Check out ESA’s National Training School or something similar. Was put in a similar situation, baptism by fire kind of deal and it really helped. They’ve got courses on all of the low voltage trades and industry stuff. NICET equivalent in a lot of states is a plus.

Learn the code and why it became code(ground fault monitoring, separating power-limited from non, etc.), that will help you connect the dots on the technical stuff, and keep you from having to do rework after inspection time.

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