Infection Prevention Nurse LVN Full-Time

PACS•Clovis, CA

14d•$35 - $39

About The Position

Willow Creek Health Care Center is seeking a full-time Infection Prevention Nurse (LVN) to lead the facility’s infection prevention and control program. Reporting to the Director of Nursing, the nurse monitors infection trends, promotes evidence-based practices, educates staff, supports regulatory compliance, and collaborates across departments to protect residents, employees, and visitors. The position administers the infection prevention program, including surveillance, investigations, reporting, isolation and hygiene monitoring, outbreak response, employee health support, and maintenance of infection prevention records and policies. It also provides clinical and interdisciplinary support, staff education, committee participation, and assistance with surveys and quality-improvement activities. The role requires facility rounds and may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited vocational nursing program.
Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse license in good standing.
Current CPR certification.
Working knowledge of epidemiology, microbiology, infectious diseases, surveillance, isolation precautions, and aseptic technique.
Knowledge of employee health, TB management, bloodborne pathogens, and exposure-control practices.
Strong clinical assessment, documentation, communication, and analytical skills.
Ability to educate employees and communicate effectively with residents, families, physicians, and facility leadership.
Ability to organize surveillance data, identify trends, and recommend corrective action.
Must maintain all required continuing education and licensure.
Ability to move throughout the facility, perform clinical rounds, communicate effectively, respond to resident and employee health concerns, and push, pull, move, or lift at least 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of nursing experience, ideally in skilled nursing or long-term care.
Infection prevention experience in a healthcare environment.
Formal infection prevention education, training, or certification.
Experience with PointClickCare or another electronic health-record system.

Responsibilities

Plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the facility’s infection prevention and control program.
Promote compliance with applicable CDC, OSHA, public health, and facility requirements.
Conduct surveillance to identify, investigate, document, and report resident and employee infections; maintain infection logs, exposure records, line listings, and surveillance data.
Review laboratory reports, clinical documentation, and resident conditions for signs of infection.
Analyze infection patterns and prepare monthly reports, summaries, and recommendations for the Administrator and Director of Nursing.
Investigate healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections and recommend corrective action; report communicable diseases to appropriate public health agencies as required.
Monitor isolation precautions, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, and aseptic practices; make rounds to evaluate infection prevention, environmental sanitation, and isolation procedures.
Ensure contaminated materials, sharps, infectious waste, laundry, and equipment are safely handled and disposed of.
Assist with outbreak investigations, exposure management, contact tracing, and response planning.
Maintain current infection prevention policies, procedures, educational resources, and reference materials.
Collaborate with nursing leadership, physicians, laboratory providers, the interdisciplinary team, and facility departments.
Assist with care plans for residents on isolation or infection control precautions and review nursing documentation for accurate infection-related records.
Explain infection prevention precautions to residents and families; monitor medication passes and treatments for appropriate infection prevention practices.
Obtain culture samples and provide direct nursing care when necessary and within the LVN scope of practice.
Assist with admission and discharge planning for residents with infectious or communicable conditions.
Participate in quality assurance, performance improvement, safety, and survey-readiness activities.
Assist with employee health surveillance, exposure reporting, required testing, TB screening, vaccination education, and bloodborne-pathogen programs.
Provide confidential counseling and follow-up related to employee exposures.
Educate new employees and conduct ongoing infection prevention in-services and competency training, including annual OSHA, TB, hazard communication, and bloodborne-pathogen education.
Identify performance concerns and collaborate with department leaders on corrective education; maintain employee training and infection prevention records.
Participate in Infection Prevention, Quality Assurance, and other assigned committee meetings; present infection data, trends, investigations, corrective actions, and recommendations.
Recommend policy, practice, equipment, supply, and environmental improvements; assist with facility surveys, inspections, and plans of correction when applicable.
Prepare required reports, evaluations, studies, and clinical documentation while maintaining confidentiality of resident, employee, exposure, and health information.
Perform additional infection prevention and nursing duties as assigned.
Provide education and direction to employees regarding infection prevention practices.
Move throughout the facility, perform clinical rounds, communicate effectively, respond to health concerns, and be able to push, pull, move, or lift at least 25 pounds; may assist during emergency evacuations.