Manager, Infection Prevention

Piedmont Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Overview Experience the advantages of real career change Join Piedmont to move your career in the right direction. Stay for the diverse teams you’ll love, a shared purpose, and schedule flexibility that frees you to live for what matters both in and outside of work. You’ll feel valued, motivated to be your best, and recognized for your contributions to exceptional patient outcomes. Piedmont leaders are in your corner, invested in your success. Our wellness programs and comprehensive total benefits and rewards meet your needs today and help you plan for the future. This position is supporting Piedmont Atlanta Responsibilities Responsible for day-to-day operations of the infection prevention function at local entities and applicable practices. Responsible for leading and driving safety and quality performance improvement initiatives to address trends and deficiencies in Infection Prevention as identified by the Surveillance and Analysis team and set by PHC QSS. Promotes a culture of continuous improvement in the reduction of infections through use of Lean methodology, coaching, tools, data analysis, reliability, sustainability and spread. Manages and supports a portfolio of strategic projects using the performance improvement model. Ensures all performance improvement activities are compliant with regulatory and accreditation bodies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with a current license in the State of Georgia as a Registered Nurse or NLC/eNLC Multistate License OR Master’s in Microbiology, Public Heath, Biology, Epidemiology, Medical Technology or other related health/science field Required
5 years of previous work experience in a hospital setting, clinical quality, epidemiology or performance improvement, preferably in infection prevention Required
Current Certification in Infection Control (CIC) from the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) Required

Responsibilities

Responsible for day-to-day operations of the infection prevention function at local entities and applicable practices.
Responsible for leading and driving safety and quality performance improvement initiatives to address trends and deficiencies in Infection Prevention as identified by the Surveillance and Analysis team and set by PHC QSS.
Promotes a culture of continuous improvement in the reduction of infections through use of Lean methodology, coaching, tools, data analysis, reliability, sustainability and spread.
Manages and supports a portfolio of strategic projects using the performance improvement model.
Ensures all performance improvement activities are compliant with regulatory and accreditation bodies.