Infection Preventionist - FT - Days - MHW

Memorial Healthcare • Pembroke Pines, FL

12d

About The Position

At Memorial, we are dedicated to improving the health, well-being and, most of all, quality of life for the people entrusted to our care. An unwavering commitment to our service vision is what makes the difference. It is the foundation of The Memorial Experience. Summary: Provides surveillance for infection control purposes. Identifies, investigates, and records data concerning nosocomial infections and infectious diseases. Initiates infection control measures as directed by infection control committee. Develops infection control policies and prevention programs.

Requirements

• Accredited Program (Required)
• Registered Nurse Compact License (RN LICENSE COMPACT) - Compact RN Multistate, Registered Nurse License (RN LICENSE) - State of Florida (FL)
• Complexity of Work: Requires critical thinking skills, effective communications skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel PowerPoint and EHR systems.
• One (1) year of relevant healthcare experience required.
• Registered/Professional Nursing, Epidemiology, or Microbiology program, or a Master's Degree in Public Health (MPH).
• Florida State licensure required for Registered Nurse or Clinical Lab Technologist. Licensure not required for Master of Public Health.

Responsibilities

• Effectively hosts and or participates in live or virtual meetings utilizing virtual meeting platforms on-site or from a remote location as needed and as assigned.
• Works with the Chief Medical Officer and Medical Staff Department Chairpersons on Peer Review activities and prepares QI reports for Medical Department Meetings.
• Facilitates Medical Staff Peer Review and all activities related to Departmental and Multidisciplinary Peer Review as assigned.
• Investigates incident reports, patient complaints, patient care issues; acts as a resource on quality issues and contributes to problem solving of identified quality/risk issues as assigned.
• Serves as a resource person to the Medical Staff, Nursing and Ancillary Departments and performs validation audits/rounds and education as needed to assess regulatory/standard compliance as assigned.
• Utilizes and interprets information obtained from MHS Quality Improvement Technology Platforms as well as external quality data platforms to obtain quality data for benchmarking as assigned.
• Performs comprehensive, concurrent, and retrospective clinical reviews and abstractions as assigned.
• Assists in the collection, coordination, formation, implementation, benchmarking and reporting of key performance indicators. Also assists with and any other meetings, registries or databases as necessary and as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees