Infection Prevention Specialist

1 week ago

Pensacola, Florida, United States Baptist Health Care Full time
Job Title: Infection Preventionist

About the Role:

The Infection Preventionist plays a vital role in ensuring the highest standards of infection prevention and control within our healthcare system. This position is responsible for conducting rounds, discussing and monitoring infection prevention practices with staff members, collecting infection data from departments, conducting outbreak investigations, training staff members on infection prevention, investigating incidents of infections, and reporting such incidents to the appropriate person/department. The Infection Preventionist also ensures the availability of supplies required for infection prevention activities and coordinates the annual infection control risk assessment in conjunction with the Infection Prevention Committee.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Surveillance and Epidemiology: Utilize a systematic approach to monitor the effectiveness of prevention and control strategies.
  • Education and Training: Act as an educator and resource for healthcare providers, ancillary staff, patients, and visitors regarding infection prevention and control and infectious disease processes.
  • Collaboration and Consultation: Provide expert knowledge, guidance, and routine risk assessments in collaboration and consultation with multidisciplinary teams, as appropriate.
  • Program Management: Ensure the execution of the Infection Prevention program goals.
  • Performance Improvement: Develop improvement initiatives focused on reducing HAIs, enhancing patient safety, and minimizing waste.
  • Leadership and Mentorship: Serve as a leader, mentor, and role model for team members throughout the organization.
  • Implementation Science: Utilize scientific studies to promote and integrate evidence-based practices into routine practices to improve the quality, reliability, and safety of healthcare.
  • Research and Development: Conduct, participate in, evaluate, and/or apply research findings to the practice of infection prevention, control, and epidemiology.
  • Technology and Data Analysis: Expand the use of technology for monitoring, analysis, and reporting of data.
  • Occupational Health: Collaborate with occupational health professionals in the development of strategies to address the risk of disease transmission to healthcare providers and ancillary staff.
  • Health Data Analysis: Collect, analyze, and interpret health data to plan, implement, evaluate, and disseminate appropriate public health practices.
  • Education and Training: Conduct educational and training activities for healthcare workers through instruction and dissemination of information on healthcare practices.
Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Required
  • Certifications: Certification in Infection Control (CBIC) within 3 Years Required
  • Skills and Knowledge: Knowledge of CDC and NHSN reporting requirements, understanding of stats/data as they relate to infection rates, use of data for improvement, knowledge of regulatory standards regarding infection prevention/environment of care, successful use of hand hygiene tools/programs, and ability to lead teams to address infection prevention opportunities.
About Us:

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit healthcare system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

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