Infection Preventionist

Memorial Health•Marysville, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Infection Preventionist to join our collaborative team at Memorial Health! This role involves developing and training staff in infection prevention and control, ensuring hospital compliance with accrediting body and CMS standards, and supporting survey initiatives. The position also supports the Director in improving overall care and satisfaction. The Infection Preventionist is responsible for infection control and epidemiology functions for the hospital, acting as a resource for associated facilities. Key duties include writing and reviewing policies, providing surveillance and reporting, offering counseling and education, directing the Infection Control Committee, reviewing sterilization and disinfection techniques, overseeing environmental monitoring, managing outbreaks and isolation, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving initiatives for accrediting body compliance. The role also supports quality initiatives like Hand Hygiene compliance, surgical site surveillance, and NHSN reporting, participates in rounding and construction planning, and assists the Manager with budget analysis and planning for capital needs. Backup for laboratory needs is also part of the role. Flexible hours are required to adequately staff the department. Employees are expected to exhibit behaviors reflecting Memorial’s core values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Service, demonstrate regular and predictable attendance, attend all mandatory education, and complete mandatory health requirements. The employee must perform within the prescribed limits of the hospital’s and department’s Ethics and Compliance program and is responsible to detect, observe and report compliance variances.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) and current Ohio RN license or Bachelors of Science degree (BS) and Medical Technologist (MT) certification.
Demonstrated leadership skills are required.
Experience in infection control or microbiology is preferred.
Licensed as an RN in the state of Ohio or certified as MT with American Society for Clinical Pathology.
CIC (Certification in Infection Control) and/or a-IPC (Associate-Infection Prevention and Control) preferred or able to obtain within the 1st year of employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in infection control or microbiology is preferred.
CIC (Certification in Infection Control) and/or a-IPC (Associate-Infection Prevention and Control) preferred or able to obtain within the 1st year of employment.

Responsibilities

Develops and trains qualified and competent staff in infection prevention and control.
Assures hospital compliance with accrediting body and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) standards and actively supports survey initiatives.
Supports Director in developing processes to improve overall care and satisfaction.
Responsible for Infection Control and epidemiology functions for the hospital.
Acts as an Infection Control resource for associated nursing center and off-site facilities.
Writes, reviews and distributes both general Infection Control policies for the hospital as well as department specific Infection Control policies.
Provides Infection Control surveillance and reports findings and results as needed.
Provides counseling and education relating to Infection Control as needed.
Directs the hospital Infection Control Committee.
Reviews sterilization and disinfection technique and recommends changes as needed.
Oversees environmental monitoring and issues as related to Infection Control.
Oversees outbreak and isolation management.
Ensures compliance with required Infection Control regulatory issues and guidelines.
Drives initiatives in support of accrediting body compliance.
Supports quality initiatives such as Hand Hygiene compliance, surgical site surveillance, and Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) National Health Safety Network (NHSN) reporting.
Participates in rounding activities and on-site construction planning.
Supports Manager in analysis and planning of budget for capital needs.
Provides backup for laboratory needs.
Works flexible hours to adequately staff department.
Exhibits behaviors reflective of Memorial’s core values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Service.
Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
Attends all mandatory education and in-services (i.e., team training, safety, infection control, etc.).
Completes mandatory health requirements.
Performs within the prescribed limits of the hospital’s and department’s Ethics and Compliance program and is responsible to detect, observe and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, or upward through the chain of command, the Compliance Officer, or the hospital hotline.