Infection Preventionist

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN•Corpus Christi, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Infection Preventionist (IP) is responsible for identifying, investigating, monitoring, and reporting healthcare-associated infections. The IP collaborates with teams and individuals to create infection prevention strategies, provide feedback, and sustain infection prevention strategies. This position may require travel to clinical locations and requires reliable transportation. Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a 191-bed tertiary care center offering 32 medical and 13 surgical specialties, serving 31 South Texas counties. Combined with its non-profit, community-based Health Plan, Driscoll Health System is an exceptional workplace. The core values at Driscoll Heath System are: Compassion, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. These values are exemplified through every position.

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree in nursing, public health, epidemiology, clinical laboratory science, medical technology, or related field.
Attempt CIC (Certification in Infection Control) after 2 years of employment and until able to obtain.
Must have a clear, unrestricted driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Identify, investigate, monitor, and report healthcare-associated infections.
Collaborate with teams and individuals to create infection prevention strategies, provide feedback, and sustain infection prevention strategies.
Maintain the utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
Adhere to hospital policies and procedures.
Demonstrate business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
Utilize epidemiologic principles to conduct surveillance and investigations.
Evaluate and modify the surveillance plan as necessary.
Develop, interpret, and assist with the implementation of infection prevention and control policies and protocols.
Communicate infection prevention and control information and data to various committees and healthcare workers across the organization as assigned.
Assess and address the learning needs of those served.
Create educational goals, objectives, and strategies using learning principles and available educational tools and technology.
Evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs and learner outcomes.
Comply with regulatory and mandatory reporting requirements at the local, state, and federal levels.
Facilitate compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
Stay current on infection prevention and control regulatory and accreditation standards.
Utilize Performance Improvement (PI) methodology as a means of enacting change.
Define the scope of the project and select appropriate PI tools to aid in efficiency, reliability, effectiveness, and ensure sustainability of the initiative.
Ensure that customer needs and expectations are considered in the development of and continuous improvement of processes, products, and services.
Monitor and analyze process and outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability.
Participate in PI committees, teams, and initiatives as indicated.