Registered Nurse, Coordinator of Infectious Disease (CID) and Quality Assurance (QA)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse, Coordinator of Infectious Disease and Quality Assurance performs a variety of professional duties involved in the prevention and control of infectious disease. This role plans, develops, implements, and evaluates infection control activities throughout the facility, coordinating programs to meet contract and accreditation requirements. The position also performs quality improvement activities in the daily operations of Health Services and carries out departmental duties in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards and regulations. GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for government partners worldwide across diversified correctional and community reentry services, focusing on rehabilitation and post-release reintegration.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
- Must have a current, unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state the facility is located.
- Maintains a current copy of license on file at the facility at all times.
- Two (2) years of direct work experience preferred.
- Must possess competence in the performance of the following services: crisis intervention, medical emergencies, physical assessment, medical nursing care, and psychiatric nursing care.
- Must have the ability to work without direct, immediate supervision in performing nursing diagnosis, and be able provide appropriate follow through treatment.
Responsibilities
- Applies appropriate nursing skills in the care and treatment of inmates with infectious diseases.
- Monitors patients with infectious diseases.
- Executes physician orders.
- Assists the Physician in exams and treatment.
- Documents and reports infectious diseases in monthly and quarterly reporting to the Health Administrator.
- Develops reporting to the Public Health Department.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary Healthcare team members.
- Documents all detainee or inmate contacts.
- Maintains confidentiality of medical records.
- Assists with inquiries by outside agencies during audits or reviews.
- Assists in the development of processes and procedures to ensure quality patient services and compliance of professional standards.
- Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
- Analyzes and monitors performance data to determine trends to reduce costs and improve patient services.
- Identifies opportunities for improvement, understands work processes, identifies the root causes of variation, develops feasible change options, implements the changes, measures the impact or result of improvements, and makes recommendations to maintain or make further enhancements.
- Identifies and assists in resolving areas of non-compliance and facilitates improvement and integration of standards into work processes and systems.
- Measures the impact of improvement initiatives.
- Ensures the improvement activities are documented and reported within the organization and externally as appropriate.
- Applies and appropriately uses performance enhancing tools in support of the improvement process (cause-effect diagrams, flow charts, brainstorming), problem analysis and measurement.
- Plans and organizes quality control programs and activities.
- Provides recommendations and reports to management, as necessary/required, concerning quality control programs and processes.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Matching
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Discount
- Reduced Tuition Rates
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k)
- Pet Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Paid Training
- Flexible Spending Account
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
