Infection Control Practitioner - ProHealth Care - 1.0 FTE

ProHealth Care•Waukesha, WI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Begin your story with ProHealth Care. Here we offer a culture that's warm, welcoming, and vibrant. Additionally, we offer a generous benefits plan and resources to help you further your education. After all, it's the way you should be treated. Enjoy our video series featuring our own employees sharing why they choose ProHealth Care and what they enjoy about working here. Culture is built every day, and we want you to be a part of this. If you're like us and are passionate about providing exceptional patient care, we'd like to meet you! This position does require on call as part of exempt status.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Education or experience in data abstraction, assessment, analysis and interventions based on the data.
Certified in Infection Control (CIC certification) must be obtained within 5 years of hire.

Nice To Haves

Registered Nurse experienced in Infection Prevention or healthcare professional with experience in clinical microbiology (MT) or equivalent background in science (MLS) related to epidemiology.

Responsibilities

Support to the Infection Prevention program/process at ProHealth Care through proactive surveillance, data analysis and dissemination, teaching, and consultation.
Lead worker when Infection Prevention Leadership is unavailable.
Performs targeted, concurrent, timely surveillance following the NHSN/CDC protocols.
Ability to analyze data, determine relevance and disseminate as appropriate using the scientific model.
Assist with the review and writing of hospital policies related to infection prevention and control.
Assist with the development of educational materials related to infection prevention for healthcare workers, patients and families.
Participates in performance improvement initiatives.
Participates in workouts related to Hospital Associated Infections.
Works cooperatively with the Employee Health Department.
Maintains knowledge of public health requirements and performs timely reporting.
Provide routine reports to the medical and hospital staff on targeted populations and infection control improvements.
Maintains knowledge base relative to legislative issues i.e. OSHA, CDC, CMS, TJC.
Participates as a member on the Infection Prevention Committee.
Participates in other committees as deemed appropriate by the Director.
Member of APIC required.