Infection Prevention Specialist
4 weeks ago
The Infection Prevention Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of infection control and prevention within our healthcare facilities. This position requires a professional with expertise in infection prevention and control, who can work independently and collaboratively with our infection prevention team to provide service line support to our clients.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement infection prevention policies and procedures in accordance with CMS and TJC standards.
• Conduct surveillance and monitoring of hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections, and develop prospective and retrospective surveillance strategies.
• Collaborate with leadership to plan, implement, and evaluate the infection prevention program, and develop forms and record-keeping systems for surveillance activities.
• Investigate potential infection hazards and deviations of hospital infection rates above the baseline, and recommend and coordinate the implementation of appropriate changes.
• Serve as a resource for infection prevention matters, and provide consultation to all hospital departments and activities for the safe delivery of healthcare services.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in nursing, with a Master's degree preferred.
• Current RN licensure in the State of CA, and Infection Control Certification preferred and must be obtained within 18 months of hire.
• Minimum of 5 years' acute care experience, with at least 6 months' experience in acute care infection prevention.
• Working knowledge of healthcare practices, data management, patient care equipment, and products.
• Excellent oral, written, communication, leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and to lead and coach teams and mentor individuals.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, and strong knowledge of infection prevention and epidemiology, TJC, Cal-OSHA, and CMS standards.
Interpersonal Skills:
The Client Way is a set of value-based behaviors that are to be consistently demonstrated and role-modeled by all employees that work at Client. The Client principles consist of Caring, Communication, Collaboration, and Competence.
Standards of Performance:
Demonstrate performance by adhering to established policies and procedures and exhibiting the defined characteristics associated with attendance and punctuality.
Physical Effort:
Attendance is an essential function of the job. The physical demands described in the Job Task Analysis are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Hours of Work:
Normally eight-hour days, but hours will vary according to work demands and project requirements, and will require on-call support. Occasional attendance at evening meetings.
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