Infection Control Manager - Community East

Community Health Network•Indianapolis, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Infection Control Manager is responsible for identifying, monitoring, evaluating, educating, and making recommendations for improving processes affecting the prevention or reduction of infection risks to all employees, patients, and visitors throughout the continuum of the network (inpatient and outpatient services excluding VEI). The IP Team provides consulting services only as needed for VEI but does not have authority over them. The Infection Control Manager functions as an expert resource across the continuum of care for infection prevention research, practice, and implementation of evidence-based interventions. The Infection Control Manager is accountable at their assigned site for implementing an Infection Prevention program that meets the regulatory standards of accrediting and licensure agencies. Responsible for trend analysis of epidemiologically significant organisms and healthcare acquired infections. Consults with site leadership to establish goals and action plans.

Requirements

4 year / Bachelor’s Degree (required).
Minimum of 2 years hospital nursing, hospital laboratory or public health infection control/epidemiology experience (required).
Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC) (required).
Ability to collect and compile surveillance data, identify infectious disease processes, perform surveillance and epidemiologic investigation, interpret surveillance data, and conduct outbreak investigation if need arises.
Ability to identify and implement sound infection prevention and control strategies to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents by development of sound IP policies that reflect current research and best practice models.
Ability to work collaboratively with Employee Occupational Health to develop and manage an effective employee health program that minimizes risk of infectious diseases to employees and patients.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Public Health or related field (preferred).
At least 1-year dedicated Infection Prevention or 5+ years of RN, public health/epidemiology, or lab tech or related experience (preferred)
Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid license to practice in the state of Indiana as listed in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) (highly preferred).
Certification as a professional Medical Laboratory Tech (MT-ASCP or MT-AAB, or MT-AMT or equivalent in area of specialty (preferred).

Responsibilities

Identifying, monitoring, evaluating, educating, and making recommendations for improving processes affecting the prevention or reduction of infection risks.
Functioning as an expert resource for infection prevention research, practice, and implementation of evidence-based interventions.
Implementing an Infection Prevention program that meets regulatory standards.
Performing trend analysis of epidemiologically significant organisms and healthcare acquired infections.
Consulting with site leadership to establish goals and action plans.
Collecting and compiling surveillance data, identifying infectious disease processes, performing surveillance and epidemiologic investigation, interpreting surveillance data, and conducting outbreak investigation.
Identifying and implementing sound infection prevention and control strategies.
Developing sound IP policies that reflect current research and best practice models.
Working collaboratively with Employee Occupational Health to develop and manage an effective employee health program.
Collaborating with site and network leaders to set infection prevention strategies and objectives.
Accountable for strategic planning in the IP department and network standardization of evidence-based practice.
Ensuring ongoing readiness with all applicable accreditation standards.
Communicating performance with healthcare acquired infections and related process measures.
Spreading best practice at the assigned site to accelerate performance and reduce financial risks associated with HAI and value-based purchasing.
Facilitating the development and implementation of an effective Infection Prevention Plan/Surveillance Plan based on annual risk assessment and prioritization.
Facilitating, planning, updating, and maintaining Risk Assessment and Demographics for the assigned site.
Developing and maintaining a communication system which assures an effective flow of information at the assigned site.
Ensuring communication and collaboration with network and site Quality and Safety Committees, and Risk Management.
Supporting infection prevention system-wide in prioritizing, promoting, and facilitating performance assessment and improvement.
Supporting development and dissemination of infection prevention best practice.
Serving as a consultant at site and in-network regarding infection prevention measurement, performance improvement, and strategies to improve HAI performance.
Managing performance improvement for infection prevention in both a lead and execution role.
Promoting a just culture of employee/patient safety.
Establishing direction, policy, and planning that results in the prediction, anticipation, and prevention of HAI or transmission of sentinel organisms.