Director of Infection Prevention

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and oversight for the activities of the local Infection Prevention staff
• Lead and facilitate setting of local community goals and objectives
• Conduct performance evaluations for all direct reports, provide mentoring and feedback for personal/professional development, resolve human resource issues and implement corrective action plans, if needed.
• Participate in System Infection Prevention meetings as scheduled
• Establish and maintain staffing requirements
• Develop and implement an Infection Prevention Program
• Collaborate with Employee Health to provide preventive health and wellness related services to employees
• Facilitate the establishment and bi-annual review of departmental written Infection Prevention policies and procedures and annual review of the Infection Prevention Manual
• Cookordination and implement surveillance methods to monitor nosocomial infection rates in conjunction with the Infection Prevention Committee
• Collaborate with Nursing Education, Department Directors, and Human Resources and act as a consultant to all clinical areas for Infection Prevention issues
• Enhance personal and professional growth and development through participation in professional meetings, educational programs, in-services, workshops, review of current literature, and membership in the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
• Serve as administrative chair of the Infection Prevention Committee and facilitate related sub-committees
• Assure representation on other hospital committees including but not limited to Patient Safety, Environment of Care, Product Evaluation, and Critical Care
• Interpret and implement the Infection Control standards of care recommended by governmental and accrediting agencies including assisting the Kentucky Department of Health in communicable disease surveillance
• Use effective interpersonal skills in all interactions and perform duties and exhibit behaviors consistent with care philosophy of ARH
• Provide oversight and ensure collection and reporting of hospital acquired infection data as required by law and other regulations
• Maintain and validate all data for accuracy and database reliability
• Meet all internal and external reporting requirement timeframes
• Facilitate collaborative teams, develop and implement action plans to improve and sustain a decrease in hospital acquired infections

Qualifications

• Education: Degree in Nursing, Clinical Laboratory Science, or other health related field required. Master’s Degree preferred
• Current Certification in Infection Prevention preferred
• Minimum Work Experience: 2 years’ experience in hospital infection control and/or epidemiology preferred
• Required Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities: Effective written and oral communication to all levels of employees Ability to analyze, interpret and present complex epidemiologic and statistical data