Infection Control Epidemiologist III

Johns Hopkins Medicine•Columbia, MD

54d•$42 - $69

About The Position

The Infection Control Epidemiologist III (ICE III) takes a lead in key roles for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the Infection Prevention program within The Johns Hopkins Hospital and its affiliated areas to meet the institutions goals. The ICE III has the major task of implementing the infection prevention program in their respective areas of responsibility while supporting other ICEs to ensure the team goals are met. The ICE III has expert level technical skills and knowledge, and as such, acts as a resource for other team members including training, mentoring, guiding, and supporting other team members. This employee takes a lead role in ensuring all policies, procedures, and practices relating to infection prevention and control within the institution are continuously evaluated to ensure all evidenced- based infection prevention practices are implemented to assure optimum protection for all patients, visitors, and staff. This includes conducting surveillance, providing education, leading performance improvement initiatives, managing outbreaks and exposures, emergency preparedness, exerting influence to effect change, promoting antimicrobial stewardship and supporting, training, guiding and mentoring other staff in these activities to ensure department targets and goals are met. He/she must utilize advanced knowledge of epidemiology, infectious diseases, modes of disease transmission, principles of infection control and prevention, performance improvement, and adult learning methods and assist other ICEs to do so. Duties requiring enhanced knowledge of specific aspects of HEIC will be expected of this position including responsibility for infection prevention in high-risk areas of the facility and taking subject matter leads for the department. He/she takes direction from Hospital Epidemiologists, and is accountable to HEIC departmental leadership for meeting these responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
Certification in Infection Control (CIC) required.
Requires a minimum of three years of experience as an infection preventionist in a healthcare setting.
Demonstrates thorough knowledge of infection prevention and control, epidemiology, microbiology, clinical practice related to infection prevention, evidenced- based infection prevention measures, healthcare- associated infections, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization, adult education, regulatory requirements and implementation science.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Public Health or a related discipline preferred.
Additional years of infection prevention or related work experience preferred.
Related experience includes Nursing, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Emergency Preparedness, Health Education or Public Health with evidence of experience in healthcare-associated infection surveillance, training and education, leading performance improvement initiatives, project management, team and consensus-building, exerting influence to effect change, emergency preparedness, managing outbreaks and exposures, mentoring, coaching and/or leading teams to achieve specific outcomes.

Responsibilities

Planning, implementation and evaluation of the Infection Prevention program
Implementing the infection prevention program in their respective areas of responsibility while supporting other ICEs to ensure the team goals are met
Acts as a resource for other team members including training, mentoring, guiding, and supporting other team members
Ensuring all policies, procedures, and practices relating to infection prevention and control within the institution are continuously evaluated
Conducting surveillance
Providing education
Leading performance improvement initiatives
Managing outbreaks and exposures
Emergency preparedness
Exerting influence to effect change
Promoting antimicrobial stewardship
Supporting, training, guiding and mentoring other staff
Taking subject matter leads for the department