Infection Preventionist Jobs

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates,
Summary:
The Infection Preventionist, assists the Infection Prevention & Control Director or Manager with the implementation and daily function of the infection prevention and control program by providing education, data generation, and analysis of key quality indicators. This role also serves as the healthcare quality and patient safety subject matter expert and resource by supporting a data driven, performance improvement effort aimed to support quality, performance improvement and patient safety initiatives to achieve top decile performance for quality indicators.
Population served based on scope of services in the department.
Responsibilities:
1.Applies epidemiological principles and statistical methods relevant to Infection Prevention & Control.
2.Uses basic principles of general, clinical and environment microbiology in the prevention and control of infection among patients, healthcare workers and visitors within the healthcare facility.
3.Incorporates teaching and learning principles necessary for developing, implementing and evaluating the coordination of education in an effective Infection Prevention & Control Program.
4.Serves as a liaison and internal consultant to other departments on infection prevention and control, as well as other related issues.
5.Coordinates and conducts ongoing surveillance activities for the purpose of collecting, analyzing and evaluating data to identify hospital acquired infections, reportable diseases, clusters/outbreaks and other Infection Control issues related to patient care and occupational health.Develops and implements plan of action for clusters, outbreaks and/or infections.Ongoing infection prevention proactive risk assessment and plans recommendations for risk prevention. Reports appropriately to hospital/system leadership as well as regulatory agencies as required.
6.Gathers, reviews and analyzes data for entry into required databases including, Midas, CDC (NHSN), Quality net, local and state Department of Health.
7.Assists with the evaluation, development and implementation of policies and procedures.
8.Ensures and supports all accreditation and regulatory compliance requirements, and participates in the development, implementation and monitoring of plans of correction.
9.Facilitates the development, implementation and assessment of performance improvement strategies by utilizing methodology for improvement (PDSA) and lean and Six Sigma Methodologies.
10.Supports quality and patient safety by participating in audits, chart reviews and data collection as required.
11.Maintain and Model REACH Values (Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Compassion, Honor).
12.Demonstrates reliable attendance.
13.Performs other duties as required.
Education and Experience:
Required:

• Minimum three (3) years’ experience in an acute care setting.
• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing, lab/health science, public health or related health field.

Preferred:

• Minimum of one (1) year experience in infection control and epidemiology.
• Master of Public Health (MPH)

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements:

• MS Excel, MS Word, Power Point, Presentation skills.

License, Registration, or Certification:
Required: Certification in Infection Prevention and Control within two (2) years of hire.
Preferred: Registered Nurse (RN), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) –
CT or NY
Location: Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Work Type: Full-Time
Standard Hours: 40.00
FTE: 1.000000
Work Schedule: Day 8
Work Shift: Monday through Friday, 8-4:30
Org Unit: 1231
Department: Infection Control
Exempt: Yes
Grade: S10
Salary Range:
$31.2500 - $58.0500 Hourly
Working conditions:
Essential:

• Generally pleasant working conditions.
• Some manual skills / motor coord & finger dexterity
• Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
• Little or no potential for occupational risk

EOE, including disability/vets.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.