Director Infection Prevention

Responsibilities

• Provides vision, forward thinking, and strategic leadership in a proactive manner while supporting the organization’s mission, values, and long-term strategic direction.
• Collaborates daily with Microbiology, Employee Health, Facilities/Construction, Environmental Services, Sterile Processing, and Regulatory Readiness to ensure alignment and accountability.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates the organizational infection prevention program.
• Conducts an annual risk assessment and develops annual Infection Prevention plan based on population(s) served, services provided, and analysis of surveillance data.
• Develops initiatives and interventions to successfully achieve Onvida Health Board Quality and Patient Safety goals.
• Analyzes and identifies any trends in infection prevention data and reports in an appropriate timeframe.
• Develops and provides timely, actionable feedback and reports to clinical, administrative and support staff on all Infection Prevention initiatives.
• Evaluates and manages investigations of infection related outbreaks, implements appropriate control measures and monitors effectiveness of control measures.
• Assists in the development of annual Board Quality and Patient Safety goals, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement.
• Translates evidence-based guidelines into practical policy, education, and practice change.
• Utilizes PI methodology and High Reliability principles as a means of enacting change.
• Defines the scope of the project and selects appropriate PI tools to aid in efficiency, reliability, effectiveness and ensure sustainability of the initiative.
• Ensures that customer needs and expectations are considered in the development of and continuous improvement of processes, products, and services.
• Maintains regulatory compliance and survey readiness.
• Aligns antimicrobial stewardship with Pharmacy and Laboratory using the antibiogram and surveillance data to address resistance.
• Demonstrates use of appropriate methodologies to identify improvement opportunities and use of rapid cycle improvement tools (i.e. PDSA, FMEA, reliability science, bundle science, process flows).

Qualifications

• Masters Degree
• 5+ years of experience of progressive infection control, infectious disease or epidemiology experience
• 5+ years supervisory, teaching and/or administrative experience
• 3+ years of Infection Control & Prevention experience in acute care
• 1+ year of leadership experience
• Proficient in DNV, CMS, AZ Dept Public Health and other regulatory agency rule/regulations, hospital policies and standards
• RN AZ or compound License Certificate in Infection Control (CIC)