Infection Preventionist 4

About the role

The Infection Preventionist IV plays a critical role in protecting patients, visitors, and healthcare personnel by leading healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention initiatives across UCSF Health. This senior-level position partners with multidisciplinary clinical and operational teams to identify infection prevention risks, implement evidence-based practices, and improve patient safety through surveillance, education, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and reduction strategies through risk assessment, surveillance, and evidence-based interventions.
• Conduct routine and targeted infection surveillance, analyze trends, and recommend prevention strategies that improve patient and employee safety.
• Investigate infection prevention concerns and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify risks and implement corrective actions.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate infection prevention policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Design and deliver infection prevention education and training programs for healthcare professionals across the organization.
• Review current literature and emerging evidence to support infection prevention program development, research initiatives, presentations, and publications.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders throughout UCSF to strengthen infection prevention practices, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement efforts.
• Apply advanced infection prevention, hospital epidemiology, and clinical expertise to complex projects requiring independent judgment and leadership.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in a health-related field and/or equivalent combination of experience/training. At least 5 years of experience in infection control, preferably in an academic medical center. Advanced knowledge of the clinical and operational issues in infection control, including policies, regulatory requirements, surveillance and investigation methodologies, data collection, epidemiology, microbiology, patient care, and related nursing issues. In-depth knowledge of data management, analysis, research, reporting, and documentation methods used in infection control, with the ability to contribute to studies, investigations, reports, presentations, and the development of new infection control protocols and policies. Advanced organizational and project management skills, and ability to lead a team, prioritize tasks, and see projects through from inception to completion on schedule. Advanced interpersonal skills, with the ability to participate in the development of informational materials, to provide education, training, and resources, and to develop positive working relationships with patients, families, employees, and outside personnel. Advanced skills in written and verbal communications, with the ability to collaborate productively in a team environment with all levels of internal and external personnel, to convey complex clinical information in a clear, concise manner, and to make cogent presentations of research findings, reports, and analyses related to infection control. Strong ability to collaborate effectively with management and staff across departments and to provide counsel and guidance on highly-complex issues of functionality, clinical quality, efficiency, and program development in all aspects of infection control.
• PREFERRED: Master's degree in a health-related field. Current Registered State of California Nurse license (RN) or comparable State of California license in a related health care field (such as CLS/MT(ASC), D.P.M., M.D.). Current Certification in Infection Control (CIC).