Infection Prevention Specialist

3 weeks ago

Nashville, Tennessee, United States Vanderbilt University Medical Center Full time
Job Summary

As an Infection Preventionist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, you will play a critical role in identifying, investigating, and monitoring healthcare-associated infections. You will collaborate with teams and individuals to create infection prevention strategies, provide feedback, and sustain infection prevention strategies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement infection prevention surveillance and epidemiologic investigation activities through a collaborative role with department leadership.
  • Identify infectious diseases and develop a liaison role in public health disease reporting and emergency preparedness/emerging disease notification.
  • Prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents through evidence-based infection prevention policies and procedures.
  • Develop management and communication strategies to facilitate planning, communication, and feedback, and quality/performance improvement and safety activities.
  • Design and deliver training and educational offerings relative to infection prevention for staff/faculty, students, volunteers, patients, and families.
  • Collaborate regarding counseling, follow-up, and work restriction recommendations related to communicable diseases/exposures in patients, employees, and communities.
  • Recognize and monitor elements important for a safe care environment, including heating, ventilation, humidity, water standards, and construction issues that impact patient care settings.
  • Identify and evaluate appropriate cleaning, sterilization, and disinfection practices and quality control measures.
Technical Capabilities
  • Infection Prevention Research: Incorporate research constructs into the IP program to synthesize, apply, and evaluate research while applying evidence-based IP principles in challenging and complex situations.
  • Professional Stewardship: Demonstrate accountability through communication, education, relationship building, and behavior change.
  • Infection Prevention: Demonstrate infection prevention skills in practical applications, train, and educate by setting the example and giving technical instruction.
  • Infection Prevention Informatics: Have a working knowledge of surveillance technology and leverage data inputs to help identify healthcare-associated infections and other reportable infections, as well as manage automated reporting.
  • Continuous Process Improvement: Identify, analyze, and improve upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality, coach senior and executive leadership in defining metrics and goals.
  • Leadership: Formulate a vision, motivate and guide employees, promote engagement, and ensure the commitment of individuals to goals.
Core Accountabilities
  • Organizational Impact: Execute job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
  • Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Analyze moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
  • Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.
  • Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
Position Qualifications

Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

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