Infection Prevention Program Manager

Job Summary

You will help our facility’s patients, personnel, and visitors maintain a safe environment by coordinating all infection prevention and surveillance activities.

Responsibilities

• Assess, develop, and operationalize programs, policies, and procedures to address the infection prevention needs of the facility.
• Conduct regular surveillance rounds, lead root cause analyses for healthcare-associated infections, ensure compliance with federal, state, and CMS regulations.
• Provide expert consultation and education to clinical staff and hospital committees.
• Oversee daily operations of the infection Prevention Department in regards to facility compliance with Hospital Accreditation Standards, State and CMS regulations.
• Ongoing assessment and development of programs, policies and procedures, and forms to address the infection prevention needs of employees, volunteers, contract workers, independent contractors, physicians, registry workers and students in accordance with the guidelines established by the regulatory agencies.
• Develop and manage an Infection Prevention Program that incorporates essential facility strategic plan elements that align with the goals, objectives, and risk assessments of the Infection Prevention Program.
• Operationalize the Infection Prevention Program’s annual risk assessment, annual plans, and annual evaluations.
• Identify and implement updates to the Infection Prevention Program when new regulations and/or professional guidelines are published.
• Maintain current knowledge of infection prevention professional society guidelines, best practices and regulatory requirements as demonstrated by attending infection prevention conferences and workshops, reviewing current infection prevention literature, guidelines and national standards, and networking with Health System and external Infection Prevention Specialists.

Requirements

• Required Bachelor's degree in a healthcare related field and five (5) years of experience OR Associates Degree in a healthcare related field and seven (7) years of experience.
• Three (3) years of experience as an Infection Preventionist in an acute care facility.
• Certified in Infection Control (CIC) within 24 months of hire.