System Infection Prevention Consultant

System Infection Prevention Consultant

In collaboration with the Senior Director of Infection Prevention, the Enterprise Infection Prevention Consultant will develop programs that guide the planning and coordinating of infection prevention and control activities throughout the Children's Health Enterprise (including inpatient and ambulatory areas), that leverages current infection prevention and control science in order to provide a safe environment for patients, healthcare workers and visitors. The Enterprise IP Consultant facilitates and/or collaborates with teams throughout CHST to prevent and control hospital acquired infections and to maintain a constant state of regulatory readiness in alignment with The Joint Commission Infection Control standards. Using advanced epidemiological knowledge, the Enterprise IP consultant serves as a subject matter expert and consultant on various infection prevention issues, according to all hospital and legislated standards.

Responsibilities:

• Creates innovative surveillance strategies for the inpatient and ambulatory settings, including collection, analysis and feedback of infectious outcomes in patients, healthcare workers and visitors. Using advanced analytics, identifies trends and patterns in surveillance data, develops or consults on the development of conclusions and designs appropriate interventions to improve patient outcomes to various teams and committees.
• Prepares and presents enterprise-level data in a variety of narrative and visual formats taking the audience into consideration.
• Maintains understanding of regulatory standards and guidelines from authoritative agencies including Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control and collaborates with other departments to facilitate compliance with these standards.
• Develops and consults with education of healthcare workers on Infection Prevention topics upon hire, annually and on an as needed basis.
• Develops processes for monitoring compliance with established infection prevention standards through rounding and auditing.
• Consults and serves as the evidence-based practice expert in the creation and revision of evidence-based hospital wide Infection Prevention policies and procedures.
• Consults on construction and renovation projects, and participates in pre-planning, construction and pre-occupancy activities in collaboration with Project Management, Engineering and Facilities Services departments.
• Consults and serves as a subject matter expert for recognition and investigation of clusters and outbreaks of epidemiologically significant organisms; collaborate and communicate with state and local health departments in investigation of diseases with public health impact.
• Serves and provides insight as an expert resource for infectious diseases and actively prepares for new and emerging infectious diseases as well as known high consequence infectious diseases.
• Serves on and chairs various internal and external committees, meetings and collaborations.
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

Work Experience:

• At least 5 years clinical (nursing) experience required

Education:

• BSN required

Licenses and Certifications:

• Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas Upon Hire required
• Certification in Infection Control within 2 years of hire required

A Place Where You Belong:

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits – How We'll Care for You:

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Caregiver Leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.