Infection Prevention Specialist

4 days ago


New York, New York, United States Northwell Health Full time
Job Title: Infection Prevention Specialist

Northwell Health is seeking a highly skilled Infection Prevention Specialist to join our team.

Job Summary

The Infection Prevention Specialist will be responsible for performing infection prevention and control related activities within our hospital. This includes supporting management in implementing patient safety initiatives, performing hospital infection surveillance and risk assessment activities, and participating in infection prevention orientation and regular in-services to hospital staff.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform hospital infection surveillance and risk assessment activities in accordance with internal and external guidelines.
  • Analyze and interpret data to determine infection risks to patients, staff, and community.
  • Investigate epidemiologically important infections, clusters, and exposures to identify sources.
  • Report findings to management and perform interventions, as directed.
  • Participate in infection prevention orientation and regular in-services to hospital staff.
  • Partner with multidiscipline team members within hospital to optimize patient care and maintain/increase compliance with infection prevention and control practices.
  • Proactively identify and eliminate infectious risks throughout hospital.
  • Facilitate activities that support hospital compliance with government and agency regulations.
  • Assist management in preparation for external regulatory reviews to maintain related accreditation(s).
  • Document infection prevention related activities and create conventional and computer-aided records and information.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology, Medical Technology, Public Health, Nursing or related field, required.
  • Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, preferred.
  • Current certification by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC), preferred.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.



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