Infection Preventionist

Explore and excel at Banner Health, where health care is a team effort. We’re proud to have earned Great Place To Work® Certification™ for the third consecutive year, fostering a workplace culture where team members trust their colleagues, take pride in their work, and enjoy collaboration. Join our dedicated team of professionals at Banner Desert Medical Center, an 800-bed hospital with state-of-the-art technology and the busiest Emergency Department in Arizona. This dynamic environment offers opportunities for continuous learning, professional growth, and collaboration across numerous specialty service lines.

About the role

The successful candidate will spend most of their day on patient units and in patient rooms observing care, auditing prevention practices, performing daily device rounds, and auditing hand hygiene and transmission-based precautions. This is a full-time position working 8am–4pm, Monday through Friday, at Banner Desert Medical Center. The role includes an on-call rotation of one week every 3–4 months.

Responsibilities

• Conducts focused surveillance for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), detects and records HAIs systematically, analyzes data, and prepares reports for the Infection Control Committee.
• Reports communicable diseases as required by regulation and makes recommendations when problems are identified.
• Interprets department policies and procedures in conjunction with the supervisor and interacts with physicians, nurses, managers, and other staff as a consultant.
• Enters data into computer systems, prepares reports, conducts analytical studies, and summarizes surveillance data.
• Initiates epidemiological investigations of significant clusters of infections and single cases of unusual infection.
• Assists with continuing infection control education and inservice programs, including orientation for new employees.
• Reviews and assists with evaluation of hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines as they relate to infection control.
• Assists in writing and revising infection control policies and procedures.
• Makes recommendations regarding construction, renovation, environmental rounds, and ensures compliance with national and professional standards.
• Involved in system-wide infection control activities, with primary responsibility for department-specific tasks.

Requirements

• Current RN license with BSN preferred, or Masters in Public Health (MPH), or certified medical technologist, or a bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field.
• After completing 2 years as a full-time FTE or 4 years as a part-time FTE or 4 years as a BSS in the position with Infection Prevention work experience, the Staff Infection Preventionist will have 6 months to achieve the Certification of Infection Control (CIC).
• Minimum of two years clinical experience in a hospital setting or disease surveillance experience in a public health setting.
• Infection Prevention Team members working primarily in an acute or ambulatory job location must maintain an active Basic Life Skills certification.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain it for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) training course or equivalent.
• Computer skills, research, and basic statistical knowledge.

Schedule

Full-time, 8am–4pm, Monday through Friday. Includes an on-call rotation of one week every 3–4 months.