RN, Infection Preventionist & Employee Health

Job Summary

Talented Medical Solutions is seeking a skilled RN, Infection Preventionist & Employee Health professional to join our team in Roseville, CA. This position requires experience as an infection preventionist and proficiency in hospital epidemiology principles.

Responsibilities

• Performs surveillance, analysis, interpretation and reporting of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI)
• Writes and updates infection prevention policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory standards
• Conducts initial assessment and maintains records pertaining to work injuries and illnesses
• Collaborates with Human Resources to ensure completion of all employee health screenings, annual immunization updates, and workers compensation reporting of employee injuries and illnesses
• Conducts ongoing surveillance investigation and follow up of infections
• Conducts environmental rounds in all inpatient and outpatient care areas
• Analyzes trends and risk factors, and designs and evaluates prevention and control strategies
• Participates in investigation and reporting of unusual hospital infection outbreaks
• Provides new hire orientation to associates regarding IPC and assists IP leadership in annual and additional education, as needed
• Organizes regularly scheduled infection control-related meetings and disseminates recommendations hospital-wide
• Affirms quality/performance improvement activities by assessing, monitoring, and measuring nosocomial infections and evaluating outcomes on a continuous basis
• Plans, organizes, develops and implements new employee orientation and educational programs
• Conducts new hire screenings and annual employee health screenings
• Monitors and reports work injuries and illnesses
• Conducts surveillance and follow-up of employee exposures to communicable diseases
• Maintains employee health records and reporting of employee illness/injury occurrences

Requirements

• Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred Two years' experience in acute care setting: Preferred
• Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Preferred Infection Control Certification: Preferred Public Health Nursing Credential: Preferred