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At NYC Health + Hospitals, we are committed to delivering high-quality care services without exception. As an Infection Control Preventionist-Level III, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety and well-being of our patients, staff, and visitors.
Job Summary:Under varying levels of supervision, you will conduct, facilitate, develop, and monitor activities and functions related to surveillance, investigation, analysis, interpretation, reporting, prevention, and control of infections and communicable diseases. You will participate in assessing, implementing, and maintaining a culture of safety across the continuum of care, by performing a wide range of prevention and control functions.
Key Responsibilities:- Serves as a strategic thought partner to guide, direct, and implement appropriate infection prevention and control measures directly related to the program and assists in the overall strategy of the program, representing the department.
- Acts as a subject matter expert on various committees as well as providing consultative services to internal and external customers.
- Participates in creating educational goals, objectives, and strategies for ongoing targeted infection prevention and control educational programs and initiatives by assessing and addressing learning needs of those served, evaluating the effectiveness of educational programs and learner outcomes, by using learning principles and available educational tools and technology and following evidence-based guidelines and regulatory requirements.
- Effectively collaborates with Information Technology and data analysts to ensure validity of data and assists in development/revision of electronic medical records and data warehouses related to infection prevention.
- Provides feedback to regulatory, advisory, and accrediting agencies regarding opportunities for improvement in standards and guidelines. Consults on the development of policy, procedures, protocols, and standard work.
- Supports patients, families, administration, committees, healthcare providers, and ancillary staff in infection prevention, control, and epidemiology issues, as needed.
- Assists in conducting the annual Infection Prevention Program Risk Assessment and preparing the annual Infection Prevention Program Plan. Selects quality indicators and designs surveillance based on risk assessment and utilizes governance channels for program approval.
- Contributes to knowledge of leading practice through research, publication, and presentation at conferences. Critically evaluates research and evidence-based practices and incorporates appropriate findings into routine practice, policies, protocols, and educational strategies; disseminates best practices to appropriate departments and leadership.
- Performs related duties, as assigned, which may include periodic responsibility for responding to urgent infection prevention questions after hours or on weekends.
- Holds and maintains CIC issued by CBIC.
- Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Nursing, or a related discipline and four (4) years of satisfactory clinical experience or experience working in infection prevention and control, healthcare epidemiology, or a related field in a hospital or a healthcare setting; or
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in disciplines, as listed in #2 above; and five (5) years of satisfactory experience, as described in #2 above.
NYC Health + Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, retirement savings and pension plans, loan forgiveness programs, paid holidays and vacation, college tuition discounts, professional development opportunities, and multiple employee discounts programs.
