Director, Infection Prevention (KFHP/H)

Kaiser Permanente • Baldwin Park, CA

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About The Position

Drives and guides implementation of annual infection prevention and control programs. Integrates finding and develops action plans to address infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics. Identifies and defines strategies for infection prevention and control program improvement. Develops and presents infection prevention and control educational programs on new initiatives and regulatory affairs. Evaluates initiatives to protect and prevent injuries from occupational exposure to infectious disease(s).

Requirements

• Minimum two (2) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in infection prevention, clinical quality management, or a directly related field.
• Masters degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, or related field AND eight (8) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum five (5) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Bachelors degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, or related field AND minimum ten (10) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum seven (7) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Minimum thirteen (13) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, or a directly related field.
• Infection Control Certificate

Responsibilities

• Prepares individuals for growth opportunities and advancement; builds internal collaborative networks for self and others.
• Solicits and acts on performance feedback; drives collaboration to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to foster performance improvement.
• Demonstrates continuous learning; oversees the recruitment, selection, and development of talent; ensures performance management guidelines and expectations to achieve business needs.
• Stays up to date with organizational best practices, processes, benchmarks, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams.
• Motivates and empowers teams; maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning resource plans with business objectives.
• Provides guidance when difficult decisions need to be made; creates opportunities for expanded scope of decision making and impact.
• Oversees the operation of multiple units within a department by identifying member and operational needs; ensures the management of work assignment completion.
• Translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; ensures products and/or services meet member requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies.
• Gains cross-functional support for business plans and priorities; assumes responsibility for decision making; sets standards, measures progress, and fosters resolution of escalated issues.
• Communicates goals and objectives; analyzes resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporates them into business plans; prioritizes and distributes resources.
• Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; ensures teams accomplish business objectives.
• Educates others on infection prevention and control by developing and presenting educational sessions on new initiatives and regulatory affairs.
• Ensures all client and organizational needs are being consistently met and proactively monitoring alignment with KP and national standards.
• Provides leadership in the development and dissemination of best practices in infection prevention and control.
• Provides expertise in epidemiology by participating in preparations and responses to emerging infection disease threats and/or exposures.
• Evaluates initiatives to protect and prevent injuries from occupational exposure to infectious disease(s).
• Utilizes epidemiological principles to conduct surveillance by integrating findings from investigations and interviews.
• Develops action plans to address infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics.
• Facilitates deployment of surveillance programs to monitor infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics.
• Advises key agencies on resolution progress targeting infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics.
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives by providing clinical consultation to identify and define strategies for infection prevention and control program improvement.
• Coordinates and manages projects and ensures work groups are composed of individuals with appropriate skills and expertise.
• Leads needs assessments to determine customer needs and ensuring needs are met.
• Collaborates with leaders to address issues or blockers to performance improvement initiatives and managing implementation of recommendations.
• Provides consultative expertise and oversight for internal performance improvement committees and teams and external agencies.
• Engages in ongoing surveillance by driving and guiding implementation of annual infection prevention and control program plan.
• Identifies and defines infection prevention and control program goals and objectives with emphasis on proactive programming.
• Defines and develops infection prevention and control policies and protocols and guiding adherence to KP and national standards.
• Provides recommendations to alleviate problems in clinical space and practices related to infection prevention/control.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory and accreditation standards and mandatory reporting requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Master's degree