Infection Preventionist - Infection Control - Full Time

Job description

Position Summary: Coordinates mandated Infection Prevention and Control Program activities to prevent, detect, and mitigate communicable diseases and infections with the acute care setting and hospital outpatient areas. This includes reviewing, developing, and implementing policies, processes, and procedures for identifying, preventing, controlling, and reporting infectious diseases, conducting outbreak investigations including analyzing infection data to monitor for trends, monitoring staff compliance with infection prevention requirements and initiating corrective actions, and advising staff on infection prevention and control best practices. Education and Experience: - Bachelor’s Degree in an applied clinical science (Nursing, Medical Technology, Microbiology, Public Health). Must have college-level reading comprehension, college-level writing skills and college-level data analytics skills. - Five years of relevant acute care Infection Prevention experience with Certification in Infection Control (CIC) for non-nurse applicants; Registered Nurses should have a broad level of experience including critical care, emergency medicine, and medical/surgical nursing and preferred minimum...