RN Infection Prevention & Employee Health

About the role

Responsible for the oversight and managing the Infection Prevention and Employee Health functions at UNC Health Chatham Hospital including policies, practices, procedures, and compliance to maintain an environment of safety for patients, employees, and others.

Responsibilities

• Identification of occupational hazardous and infectious disease risk and processes.
• Collaborates with management to ensure compliance with established safety, governmental and regulatory agency guidelines, including but not limited to CDC, CMS, HIPAA, OSHA, best practice, and infection prevention and employee health policies and procedures.
• Participates in practice support rounds to assess for compliance.
• Conducts surveillance and epidemiological investigations, including disease outbreaks, and documents those activities.
• Investigates work-related injuries and illnesses in the employee population and provides follow up of employee exposure to disease, blood and body fluids, and hazardous substances.
• Ensures competency and skills assessment is completed annually for staff performing instrument reprocessing.
• Ensures staff who require remediation or additional training can achieve compliance.