Infection Prevention Manager, Voorhees

Virtua Health•Franklin Township, NJ

11d•$93,152 - $149,438•Onsite

About The Position

The Infection Preventionist functions as an individual contributor role with no direct reports in an administrative and leadership role, implementing the Virtua Infection Prevention Plan and contributing to an effective hospital wide infection control program. The Infection Prevention leader serves as a consultant to physicians, staff, patients, families and the community and supervises the collection of data for submission to the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services, the Center for Disease Control, County Health Departments, works with the Joint Commission, CMS, and with NYSN reporting, and HAI surveillance. This is not a traditional surveillance only infection prevention role. You'll provide leadership for regulatory readiness, healthcare epidemiology, construction and renovation (ICRA), environmental safety, emergency preparedness, water management, multidisciplinary collaboration, and performance improvement across the health system. Join Virtua as our Infection Prevention Manager. Whether your current title is Infection Preventionist, Infection Prevention Specialist, Infection Control Practitioner, Infection Prevention Coordinator, or Infection Prevention Program Manager, we encourage experienced acute care infection prevention professionals to apply!

Requirements

At least 2 years experience in Infection Prevention.
Strong leadership skills, demonstrated ability in infection prevention concepts and practices.
Current NJ RN license or Medical Technologist educated in Infection Prevention.

Nice To Haves

Current membership in APIC (Association of Professionals in IC) preferred.
CIC preferred.

Responsibilities

Develops and manages the local Infection Control Program in cooperation with the System Infection Control Committee.
Works closely with the Virtua Infection Control Officer to conduct annual risk assessment and gap analyses to serve as the foundation to prioritize and implement infection control initiatives locally and across the system.
Collaborates with local management and leadership team to ensure systematic implementation of policies, procedures and improvement initiatives. This includes educational programs to inform, instruct hospital leaders, physicians and staff in safe patient care practices, Oversees and consults with ambulatory areas associated with hospital license or affiliation.
Serves as local content expert. Interprets and maintains current knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations and makes recommendations regarding prevention and control of communicable diseases within health care facilities.
Acts as liaison between the local Virtua campus and County Departments of Health. Regulatory agencies includes TJC, CDC, OSHA, U.S. Department of Health & Senior Services.
Participates in system meetings of the Infection Control Committee.
Is a member of the local emergency management team. May serve as an incident command center leader in cases of infection outbreaks internally or within the local community.
Represents Virtua and participates in local and regional emergency planning activities.
Supports local and system Quality Improvement initiatives and communicates hospital concerns with the Director of Quality Management.
Implements performance improvement activities which are selected based on data analyses, annual risk assessment and regulatory requirements.
Serves as team member or consultant to Six Sigma, Kaizen and other performance improvement teams.
Provides education for all levels of staff as well as to members of the community.
Responsible for the monitoring of Standard and Isolation Precautions, hospital-acquired infection surveillance, specific environmental monitoring, outbreak management, regulatory compliance, and educational programs.
Uses Excel graphs & spreadsheets, other appropriate software and web based programs to collect data and generate reports for analysis.
Supervises and conducts collection of data for submission to the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services and all other regulatory reporting agencies and databases.
Works in coordination with the Occupational Health Department in exposure determination and with special programs and projects.
Works in coordination with Environmental Services, Engineering, Construction and Facilities staff and contractors to assure construction safety, participates in and advises in the completion of hospital ICRA.