LVN Employee Health/Infection Control Coordinator

Surgery Partners•Lubbock, TX

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital is seeking a Licensed Vocational Nurse to coordinate employee health and infection prevention and control activities. The role applies epidemiologic principles and statistical methods to identify risks, monitor infection trends, evaluate prevention strategies, and develop surveillance and risk-reduction plans. The coordinator supports a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors through infection investigations, environmental assessments, education, policy development, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement. The position provides consultative support for infection prevention concerns and collaborates with hospital departments, leadership, public health agencies, and outside vendors. The listed schedule is full-time, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Currently licensed as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) by the Texas Board of Nursing.
BCLS and ACLS required.
Minimum of three years of clinical experience.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships and work collaboratively toward consensus with people across diverse roles and organizations.
Strong written and verbal communication, intercultural, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to facilitate, influence, and build consensus.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Health Science, Emergency Management, Public Health, or a related field.
Infection Control or Employee Health experience.

Responsibilities

Apply epidemiologic principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification, to identify target populations, analyze trends and risk factors, and evaluate infection prevention strategies.
Conduct ongoing surveillance using CDC/HIPAC/NHSN criteria; investigate hospital-acquired infections through appropriate records, laboratory results, post-discharge surveillance, and other case-finding methods.
Maintain current infection prevention knowledge through education, professional networking, literature, meetings, and electronic and written resources.
Use appropriate communication and data systems and participate in system upgrades and redesigns supporting infection prevention activities.
Build collaborative relationships and use communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and change-management skills to advance infection prevention goals.
Apply performance improvement principles and identify and facilitate process improvements based on surveillance findings in partnership with relevant departments and Quality.
Assess environmental controls through surveillance and inspection of water systems, ventilation, construction sites, bloodborne pathogen exposures, and isolation practices.
Develop Infection Control Risk Assessments for construction projects and participate in construction meetings to plan and monitor infection prevention measures.
Conduct an annual risk assessment and develop and implement an annual infection prevention plan and surveillance activities, including surveillance related to devices, multidrug-resistant organisms, surgical-site infections, central-line-associated bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections, and other relevant conditions.
Analyze surveillance outcomes and communicate findings and recommendations to the Infection Control Committee and relevant departments.
Investigate infection outbreaks in collaboration with laboratory, physician, committee, hospital leadership, public health agencies, and, when necessary, the CDC; report significant findings and develop action plans to prevent further spread.
Provide analyses, recommendations, action plans, outcomes, and future directions to the Infection Control Committee, affected departments, and other committees as directed.
Collaborate with emergency, admitting, bed board, and nursing units on appropriate patient placement to reduce disease transmission risk.
Develop education and informational materials and serve as an infection prevention resource for patients, families, staff, and medical personnel.
Consult with Occupational Health on infection prevention issues and opportunities related to employee exposures and disease transmission.
Review and develop policies and procedures with relevant departments to support infection prevention standards and reflect new practices, technologies, and procedures.
Provide consultative service for infection prevention concerns with 24-hour, 7-day coverage.
Report in-house patients with communicable diseases to county or state health departments and maintain records.
Develop and implement mandatory standards, programs, and regulations relevant to infection control; prepare compliance plans and present them to the Hospital Infection Control Committee.
Assist with implementing OSHA-related work-practice and engineering controls; provide hospital-wide education, training, and policy review.
Collaborate with vendors and affected departments on implementation and education for equipment related to infection control.
Maintain quality-control monitors as required.
Conduct surveillance and follow-up of employee exposures to communicable diseases and trend employee illnesses and injuries to identify safety and health concerns.
Refer unresolved questions or problems to the Director of Infection Prevention & Employee Health.