Infection Prevention Manager Ambulatory, Quality Management, Full Time

Virtua Health

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Infection Prevention Program Manager – Corporate functions in a leadership role in collaboration with the Director of Infection Prevention to ensure the effective implementation of the Virtua Infection Prevention Program at a system level. This includes overseeing the orientation of new Infection Prevention Managers, facilitating the implementation of system infection prevention policies across divisions, educating key partners including ANCs on infection prevention policies, and serving as a resource for Infection Prevention Managers at the divisional level. In addition, the Infection Prevention Manager – Corporate will collaborate with system leaders to advance other systemwide initiatives which may include hand hygiene and bloodborne pathogen exposure prevention programs.

Requirements

• At least 5 years experience in Infection Prevention
• Strong leadership and program management skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Medical Technology, Biology, with education in Infection Prevention or Master’s in Public Health (MPH)
• CIC strongly preferred at hire and required within 3 years

Nice To Haves

• Current membership in APIC (Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention) preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective policy implementation
• Collaborate with divisional Infection Prevention Managers to implement Virtua infection prevention policies to ensure standardization across the system
• Assist in troubleshooting implementation challenges
• Round to ensure policies are effectively implemented
• Evaluate policy implementation to identify opportunities for improvement
• Assist with the review of current policies and the development of new policies
• Provide education
• Oversee the onboarding of Infection Prevention Managers new to Virtua to ensure they are fully prepared for their role
• Educate key partners including ANCs on infection prevention policies
• Collaborate with Nursing to ensure infection prevention information is incorporated into Nursing education, competencies, and newsletters/websites
• Prepare educational material in support of policy implementation including tip sheets, Powerpoints, flyers, and full educational campaigns
• Facilitate Infection Prevention’s participation in educational opportunities like Virtua Nurses Day
• Present infection prevention information to key stakeholders as needed
• Serve as an Infection Prevention resource
• Partner with divisional Infection Prevention Managers as needed to address challenges at the divisional level
• Role model best practices for Infection Prevention Manager
• Respond to requests for information, guidance, and assistance from divisional leadership and Infection Prevention Managers
• Lead special projects which may include but not limited to bloodborne pathogen exposure prevention and hand hygiene
• Provide leadership for system-level BBPE and hand hygiene interventions
• Present BBPE data at the divisional level
• Partner with divisional leadership including Infection Prevention Managers to develop and implement action plans to address BBPE opportunities

Benefits

• medical/prescription insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• health flexible spending accounts
• dependent care flexible spending accounts
• 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement)
• paid time off
• paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
• short-term disability
• optional long-term disability
• colleague life insurance
• dependent life insurance
• supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• tuition assistance
• employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees