Infection Control Manager - Community East

Job Summary

The Infection Control Manager is responsible for identifying, monitoring, evaluating, educating and making recommendations for improving processes affecting the prevention or reduction of infection risks to all employees and patients and visitors throughout the continuum of the network (inpatient and outpatient services excluding VEI).

Exceptional Skills and Qualifications

• 4 year / Bachelor’s Degree (required).
• Master’s degree in Public Health or related field (preferred).
• Minimum of 2 years hospital nursing, hospital laboratory or public health infection control/epidemiology experience (required).
• At least 1-year dedicated Infection Prevention or 5+ years of RN, public health/epidemiology, or lab tech or related experience (preferred)
• 3 years from hire Certifications/Licensures: Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC) (required).
• Certifications/Licensures: Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid license to practice in the state of Indiana as listed in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) (highly preferred), Certification as a professional Medical Laboratory Tech (MT-ASCP or MT-AAB, or MT-AMT or equivalent in area of specialty (preferred)).
• Ability to collect and compile surveillance data, identify infectious disease processes, perform surveillance and epidemiologic investigation, interpret surveillance data, and conduct outbreak investigation if need arises.
• Ability to identify and implement sound infection prevention and control strategies to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents by development of sound IP policies that reflect current research and best practice models.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Employee Occupational Health to develop and manage an effective employee health program that minimizes risk of infectious diseases to employees and patients.
• Collaborates with site and network leaders to set infection prevention strategies and objectives. Accountable for strategic planning in the IP department and network standardization of evidence-based practice.
• Ensures ongoing readiness with all applicable accreditation standards (e.g. CMS, Joint Commission, NQF, ISDH, etc.). Demonstrates knowledge and expertise of infection prevention based regulatory requirements that apply to assigned site.
• Communicates performance with healthcare acquired infections and related process measures. Spreads best practice at the assigned site to accelerate performance and reduce the financial risks associated with HAI and value-based purchasing.
• Facilitates the development and implementation of an effective Infection Prevention Plan/Surveillance Plan based on annual risk assessment and prioritization.
• Facilitates, plans, updates and maintains Risk Assessment and Demographics for assigned site. Develops and maintains a communication system which assures an effective flow of information at the assigned site.
• Ensures communication and collaboration with network and site Quality and Safety Committees, and Risk Management as appropriate.
• Supports infection prevention system wide in prioritizing, promoting, and facilitating performance assessment and improvement.
• Serves as a consultant at site and in-network regarding infection prevention measurement, performance improvement, and strategies to improve HAI performance.
• Manage performance improvement for infection prevention in both a lead and execution role.
• Promotes a just culture of employee/patient safety. Establishes direction, policy, and planning that results in the prediction, anticipation, and prevention of HAI or transmission of sentinel organisms

Why Community?

At Community Health Network, we build teams that deliver exceptional care through empathy, communication and collaboration. We consider ALL an integral part of the exceptional patient experience. We PRIIDE ourselves on not having employees but Caregivers. Join our Community as we make a difference in your community.