Infection Control Practitioner, Day Shift, Infection Prevention
About The Position
Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Infection Control Practitioner I for our Infection Prevention unit who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. As an Infection Control Practitioner I, you will: • Work with supervision to implement the hospital wide infection prevention program, to include policy/procedure development • Provides integral input into the design and implementation of educational presentations regarding infection prevention and isolation/precautions in relation to specific communicable diseases • Manage critical data and ensure infection prevention databases are maintained in a timely fashion • Epidemiological analysis and reporting of infection data • Ensure infection prevention databases are maintained in a timely fashion • Educate team members • Monitor for environmental and practice compliance • Facilitate to the Infection Prevention Committee and management of infection prevention team members as designated • Assist with the implementation of educational presentations regarding infection prevention and isolation/precautions in relation to specific communicable diseases • Collaborate with Occupational Health, investigates significant infection problems and other infections amongst patients and team members •Report communicable diseases to respective units/departments as indicated
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, Microbiology, or Medical Technology
- Certification in Infection prevention (CIC) within AHC timeline(s)
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree preferred
- 3-5 years of acute care experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Work with supervision to implement the hospital wide infection prevention program, to include policy/procedure development
- Provides integral input into the design and implementation of educational presentations regarding infection prevention and isolation/precautions in relation to specific communicable diseases
- Manage critical data and ensure infection prevention databases are maintained in a timely fashion
- Epidemiological analysis and reporting of infection data
- Ensure infection prevention databases are maintained in a timely fashion
- Educate team members
- Monitor for environmental and practice compliance
- Facilitate to the Infection Prevention Committee and management of infection prevention team members as designated
- Assist with the implementation of educational presentations regarding infection prevention and isolation/precautions in relation to specific communicable diseases
- Collaborate with Occupational Health, investigates significant infection problems and other infections amongst patients and team members
- Report communicable diseases to respective units/departments as indicated
Benefits
- Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
- Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
- Free Employee parking
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
- Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
- Paid Time Off
- Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
- Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
- Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
