Description
The Infection Preventionist performs and coordinates basic activities to support the Infection Prevention program at their care site or surveillance team.
This role is responsible for the local implementation of enterprise strategic initiatives for Infection Prevention and has the authority to implement necessary corrective and preventive actions to protect patients, employees, and visitors from the transmission of infectious disease.
Essential Functions
- Identify and connect with stakeholders to build relationships to support Infection Prevention workflows.
- Assist in ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory guidelines and requirements including CMS, The Joint Commission, state, and local health departments.
- Advocate and support standardization of policies and procedures by evaluating compliance and educating care site.
- Use knowledge of infectious disease guidelines and regulatory requirements to support, plan, and meet expected standards.
- Educate and collaborate with Infection Prevention enterprise leaders to effectively participate in the design and implementation of the care site Infection Prevention program.
- Perform investigation of suspected infectious outbreaks and Institute appropriate corrective actions in collaboration with team.
- Support project management in multidisciplinary teams by providing Infection Prevention guidance as needed.
- Co-chair the facility Infection Prevention Committee and represent infection prevention on other facility-wide committees and to hospital and medical staff leadership.
- Facilitate/support the Infection Prevention program at their care site or surveillance team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing with current license, Public Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or other clinically relevant degree.
- Demonstrated working experience in relevant clinical field.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to be mobile and round within the care site.
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
- Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy.
The hourly range for this position is $39.16 - $60.42.