Physician- Medical Director - Infection Control

Ochsner Clinic Foundation•New Orleans, LA

12d

About The Position

We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways. At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today! Infection Control Medical Director – Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans Under the direction of the System Medical Director of Infection Control, the IC Medical Director – OMC-NO serves in a strategic leadership role with oversight of Infection Prevention and Control. The IC Medical Director will collaborate with senior leadership and the Infection Control department to decrease hospital acquired infections and improve provider engagement with infection prevention best practices.

Requirements

Board certified or eligible for certification in physician’s primary specialty
Licensed Practicing Provider MD/DO
Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice
This position involves the handling of hazardous drugs and/or hazardous drug contaminated products either through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste, including contact with patients who may receive hazardous drugs.

Responsibilities

Embracing a leadership identity: Clear understanding and commitment to success as defined by collective performance; acceptance of responsibility for the performance of others.
Professionalism: Understanding of and commitment to the highest standards of professionalism; willingness to hold others to those standards.
Recruitment, Performance assessment, compensation, and feedback: Basic capacities in interviewing and proving feedback.
Teamwork: Commitment to collaboration; understanding how to assign roles and run effective meetings.
Negotiation, conflict resolution; interdepartmental collaboration: Able to frame issues from multiple perspectives, establish and nurture communication and problem-solving linkages with other sites/sections.
A stepwise approach to dealing with problematic physicians: Basic understanding of how to set expectations, document behavior, provide feedback; must be comfortable doing so.
Communication, having the difficult conversation: Can communicate clearly verbally and in writing; able to graciously confront difficult situations.
Project Planning and execution: Able to lay out a straightforward project plan and timeline.
Strategy Development in the context of Ochsner’s system strategy and operating system: Able to set, track, and achieve local goals; fundamental understanding of the operating calendar and related activities.
Expertise in Epidemiology and disease transmission: can manage active clinical process elements bringing the best, current science regarding infection prevention to the caregivers and clinicians in all patient care settings including the clinics
System Leadership: Basic knowledge of potential synergies across the System.