Infection Preventionist Jobs

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THE MEDICAL HEART OF MARYLAND

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Treating over 330,000 patients every year, the University of Maryland Medical Center is at the vital core of Maryland’s health care system and community. We’re known for our prestigious expertise in innovative research and education, along with the talented staff and advanced centers that make it all possible. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the world’s first center dedicated to trauma, treats more than 7,500 critically injured patients a year with an incredible 97 percent survival rate. We also have one of the nation’s largest kidney and pancreas transplant programs at The Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Division of Transplantation, home to Maryland’s first steroid-free protocol and pancreas/kidney transplant. From our National Cancer Institute-designated UM Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center to The University of Maryland’s Children’s Hospital, one of the largest pediatric centers in the state, we are dedicated to saving and transforming lives.

Infection Preventionist
Full Time, M-F, 8-4:30pm
Baltimore, MD

Actively seeking candidates for an Infection Preventionist position to join our team with University of Maryland Medical Center, Downtown Campus.

Come elevate your skills and experience by working with a world class 800-bed, Magnet designated Academic Medical Center with a comprehensive and technologically advanced surgical suites.

At the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), a designated Magnet facility, we are a team. Nurses and doctors, specialists and therapists, work shoulder-to-shoulder to give our patients the care they deserve. We take time to celebrate each other’s contributions and treat each other with respect by valuing each other’s ideas and opinions. Ultimately, we support each other’s growth. Together, we form a world-class team dedicated to furthering the practice of patient care.

General Summary
Under general supervision, conducts nosocomial infection surveillance, analyzes data for trends, participates in outbreak investigations, provides related education to staff and maintains relevant policies.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

• Collects, processes, and analyzes surveillance data to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to decrease morbidity and mortality as well as employee exposures and injuried.
• Reports communicable diseases as required by law
• Attends monthly Infection Control Subcommittee meetings to present nosocomial infection data for specific patient care areas and/or types of infections.
• Maintains records of nosocomial infections and prepares various monthly, quarterly and annual infection reports in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Identifies, alert sand discusses significant Infection Control issues with the Director of Infection Prevention & Control and Hospital Epidemiologist, usually pertaining to those nursing units assigned for surveillance activities.
• Some On-Call is required.
• Investigates patient/employee exposures to communicable diseases and participates in outbreak investigations, making recommendations to control such outbreaks and notifies appropriat
• Completes necessary data collection in a timely manner in preparation for monthly infection prevention reports
• Leads and or participates in multidisciplinary collaborative teams to improve preventative practices, identify evidenced based research, and improve patient and institutional outcomes
• Prepares and reviews quarterly nosocomial infections reports for accuracy and completeness with Hospital Epidemiologist. Distributes report to the Executive Infection Control Committee to be presented by the Hospital Epidemiologist. May attend and present the data as required.
• Reviews culture and sensitivity reports on in-patients with possible infections to set priorities for surveillance activities in patient care areas and define nosocomial infections in accordance with CDC published definitions.
• Performs surveillance of current in-patient and discharged patient’s medical records suspected of having acquired a nosocomial infection.
• Evaluate hospitalized patients for the presence of nosocomial, infectious or reportable disease using both electronic data and site visits
• Consult with administration, medical staff, department managers, employees, and patients regarding infection control practices, policies, and procedures, transmission of communicable disease, and reduction of nosocomial infections
  • Maintains records of nosocomial infections and prepares various monthly, quarterly and annual infection reports in accordance with departmental procedures.
  • Completes necessary data collection in a timely manner in preparation for monthly infection prevention reports
  • Attends monthly Infection Control Subcommittee meetings to present nosocomial infection data for specific patient care areas and/or types of infections.
  • Prepares and reviews quarterly nosocomial infections reports for accuracy and completeness with Hospital Epidemiologist. Distributes report to the Executive Infection Control Committee to be presented by the Hospital Epidemiologist. May attend and present the data as required.
  • Leads and or participates in multidisciplinary collaborative teams to improve preventative practices, identify evidenced based research, and improve patient and institutional outcomes
  • Some On-Call is required.

Qualifications

• Two and one-half years clinical experience as an RN or microbiology experience as a Medical Technologist or certified in infection prevention with equivalent experience is required.
• Strongly prefer RN Licensed candidates
• Peds Experience is a plus
• Infection control experience is preferred.
• Certification from the Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) as an Infection Control Practitioner is required, or taken within two (2) years of hire.
• Current licensure in the State of Maryland as a Registered Nurse or certification as a Registered Medical Technologist is required unless certification in infection prevention is currently held with equivalent educational background requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited School of Nursing, Medical Technology, or a related field or equivalent is required.

Additional Information

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