Director of Infection Prevention

New Solutions•Elmira, NY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Infection Prevention is a highly visible leadership role responsible for system-wide infection prevention strategy, regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, quality outcomes, patient safety, antimicrobial stewardship, and enterprise risk mitigation. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to executive and clinical leadership and partners with physicians, nursing, laboratory, pharmacy, quality, risk management, patient safety, public health agencies, and other stakeholders. The role maintains a rotational on-site presence across hospitals, ambulatory locations, and post-acute facilities.

Requirements

Master's degree in Nursing, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, or a related health science discipline.
Minimum 10 years of experience in infection prevention, epidemiology, or quality leadership.
Minimum 5 years of director-level or system-level leadership experience.
Certification in Infection Control (CIC®) required.
Demonstrated success leading infection prevention across a multi-hospital healthcare system.
Experience working with public health agencies.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a comprehensive, system-wide infection prevention strategy aligned with organizational priorities, public health needs, and community health assessments.
Maintain a rotational on-site presence across hospitals, ambulatory locations, and post-acute facilities.
Advise executive and clinical leadership on emerging infectious threats, epidemiologic trends, disease burden, and exposure risks.
Lead governance structures integrating infection prevention with quality, patient safety, and enterprise risk management.
Serve as the accountable executive for system-level infection prevention risk mitigation.
Collaborate with Population Health, public health agencies, Laboratory, Pharmacy, and clinical service lines.
Use surveillance data and antibiograms to address antimicrobial resistance and strengthen antimicrobial stewardship.
Ensure compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission standards, NHSN requirements, and applicable state and federal regulations.
Provide executive oversight for regulatory surveys, tracers, audits, and unannounced regulatory visits.
Partner with Quality, Risk, Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Data, and Patient Safety leaders to monitor and reduce Healthcare-Associated Conditions.
Develop evidence-based interventions to reduce variation in care, improve outcomes, and protect reimbursement under value-based purchasing programs.
Lead and mentor infection prevention leadership and professional staff across the system.
Establish succession planning and competency-development programs.
Foster a culture of accountability, psychological safety, professional development, and high performance.
Partner with Finance, Communications/Marketing, Quality leadership, and Chief Medical Officers to communicate infection prevention performance and its organizational and financial impact.