Infection Preventionist

Infection Preventionist About Maple Farm Maple Farm has evolved into a community that thrives on purpose, opportunity and living life to its fullest. While others in our market space talk about seniors and retirement, here we talk about people and opportunity. Our heritage, mission and core values play a fundamental role as they ground us in the present and shape our future. Discover Maple Farm’s benefits and how you can experience Life with Purpose™

• Health insurance
• 401K program with company match
• Tuition assistance
• First-time homebuyer program
• Expereinced based pay starting at $30.50 for LPN, $42 for RN

Help keep our community healthy and thriving! In this role, you’ll lead the facility’s Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPCP), helping create a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment for residents and team members while preventing the spread of infections and communicable diseases. What You'll Do

• Monitors a system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigation, and the transmission of infections and communicable diseases for all residents, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing services under a contractual arrangement based upon the facility assessment and following accepted national standards.
• Monitors a system of surveillance designed to identify possible communicable diseases or infections before they can spread to other persons in the facility. Identifies when and to who possible incidents of communicable diseases or infections should be reported.
• Develops standard and transmission-based precautions to be followed to prevent the spread of infections.
• Provides direction to team members when and how isolation should be used including type and duration of isolation, depending upon the infectious agent or organism involved, keeping the isolation to the least restrictive isolation as possible.
• Develops circumstances under which the facility must prohibit team members with a communicable disease or infected skin lesion from direct contact with residents and/or food.
• Educates, models, and enforces proper hand washing techniques.
• Develops a system for recording incidents identified under the facility’s IPCP.
• Educates and monitors personnel for proper handling, storing, processing, and transporting linens to prevent the spread of infection.
• Provides an annual review of its IPCP and update program according to new standards.
• Chairs the Infection Control Committee.
• Responsible for reporting all Act 52 data.
• Collaborates with leadership and the medical director to develop, implement, and evaluate the annual infection prevention goals and action plan.
• Partners with the team and local, state, and national agencies on activities related to infection prevention.
• Establishes a facility-wide system for prevention, identification, investigation, and control of infections of residents, staff, and visitors and vendors, including surveillance designed to identify possible communicable diseases or infections before they spread.
• Conducts outbreak investigations.
• Oversees the antibiotic stewardship program and monitors residents’ antibiotic use.
• Maintains a system for reporting possible incidents of communicable disease to local, state, or national agencies as required.
• Assesses the need for, develops, and presents IPCP in-service education for individual departments, general orientation, and annual review as needed.
• Serves as a member of the QA meeting and Infection Control meeting.
• Accountable for surveillance of healthcare-acquired and community-acquired infections from residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors.
• Maintains current knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations and ensures that the facility leaders are informed of appropriate issues. Understands and complies with infection control, safety, and OSHA procedures and regulations.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Licensed Practical Nurse, or Registered Nurse
• Have primary professional training in nursing, medical technology, microbiology, epidemiology or other related field.
• Completed specialized training in infection prevention and control.
• Able to educate to all levels of learning.
• Proficient in Excel and Word as a means to track and trend infections.

Additional Information This position is full-time 32 hours per week 7am-3pm. 24 hours per week will be committed to infection prevention, with remaining hours working on the floor. Equal Employment Opportunity Maple Farm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.