Infection Prevention Manager bei Src

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Monday - Friday

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensure hospital compliance with the Joint Commission and other regulatory standards for Infection Prevention and Control

• Perform infection surveillance including medical record review, data collection, aggregation, analysis, and trend identification 

• Conducts outbreak investigations and initiates control measures

• Oversees the monitoring of infection prevention practices for all departments and personnel

• Reports communicable diseases to the state as required by law

• Initiates, reviews, and revises infection prevention risk assessment, plan, policies, and procedures

• Serves as Chair for the Infection Prevention subcommittee and reports to the QAPI committee

• Provides educational offerings for new employee orientation and ongoing in-services

• Communicate regularly with the Infection Control Medical Advisor regarding individual infection cases, identified trends and other infection control matters 

• Consults with department heads and physicians as needed to improve care

• Initiates follow-up on employee/patient exposures to communicable diseases
  and employee compliance

• Serves as a resource for all departments and staff as needed

• Participates in performance improvement activities

• Provides direct leadership and support for Wound Care

• Actively participates in Regulatory Readiness activities, including partnering to ensure EOC standards are met

• Partners with development team on construction design and development to verify compliance with IC standards

• Maintains knowledge on current Evidence Based practice for areas of responsibility

• Performs other duties as directed

Required Skills/Abilities

• Required: Certification in Infection Prevention and Control

  • Minimum 3 years of infection prevention and control experience is required

• Required: Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited institution in Nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.

  • Holds current Texas RN license from the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners if applicant holds a nursing degree

• Understanding of statistical analysis preferred

• Ability to problem-solve and develop action plans that will prove helpful in achieving measurable objectives

• Ability to work with EMR, spreadsheets, databases, and application of basic software: MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.

• Strong facilitation and collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary groups

• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, good organizational and time management skills

Working Environment

• Working conditions: Inside

• Working Position: Sitting and Walking

• Physical Demands: Heavy

• Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, Repetitive Movement, & Stooping/Kneeling/Bending

• An Individual in this position will be required to list or carry weight in this group: Up to10 lbs

• Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Hearing, Seeing, Speaking, Feeling, Smelling

• An Individual in this position will be exposed to: Inside environment, Bloodborne Pathogens, Loud noise, Chemical hazards, and Respiratory hazards