Director of Infection Prevention & Control - Multi-Hospital Health System

Job Description

Job Description

Work Arrangement: Hybrid with rotational on-site presence | Full-Time, Direct Hire

If you have spent years running infection prevention well, but from a seat where strategy gets decided above you, this role puts the whole program in your hands. You would be the accountable executive for infection prevention across an entire health system: its hospitals, ambulatory locations, and post-acute care settings.

The salary range is $140,000 to $180,000, relocation is paid, and the work arrangement is hybrid with a rotational on-site presence across facilities.

This is a strategy and governance position. You advise executive and clinical leadership directly, own system-level risk mitigation, and lead the infection prevention leaders and professional staff who carry the program at each site.

• System-wide scope. One strategy across acute, ambulatory, and post-acute care, built and executed by you.
• Executive access. You serve as the advisor to senior executives, Chief Medical Officers, and clinical leaders on emerging infectious threats, epidemiologic trends, and exposure risk.
• Clear authority. You are the escalation point for complex infection prevention matters, outbreak response, and cross-disciplinary issues.
• Antimicrobial stewardship in your portfolio. You use surveillance data and antibiograms to address resistance in partnership with Pharmacy and Laboratory.
• A team to develop. You lead and mentor infection prevention leadership across the system, with responsibility for succession planning and competency development.
• Relocation paid. The search is nationwide.

• Rotating on site through hospitals, ambulatory locations, and post-acute facilities
• Briefing executive and clinical leadership on surveillance findings, disease burden, and emerging risks
• Leading governance structures that tie infection prevention to quality, patient safety, and enterprise risk management
• Working with Quality, Risk, Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Data, and Patient Safety leaders to monitor and reduce healthcare-associated conditions
• Overseeing compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission standards, NHSN requirements, and state and federal regulations, including surveys, tracers, audits, and unannounced visits
• Designing evidence-based interventions that reduce variation in care and protect reimbursement under value-based purchasing programs
• Collaborating with Population Health and public health agencies
• Partnering with Finance and Communications to report infection prevention performance and its financial impact
• Building infection prevention standards into onboarding, annual competencies, and leadership education
• Promoting research and continuous improvement in infection prevention and patient care

Required

• Master's degree in Nursing, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, or a related health science discipline
• Certification in Infection Control (CIC)
• At least 10 years of experience in infection prevention, epidemiology, or quality leadership
• At least 5 years of director-level or system-level leadership experience
• Demonstrated success leading infection prevention across a multi-hospital healthcare system
• Experience working with public health agencies
• A track record of setting measurable goals and sustaining improvement across hospitals and clinical settings

Preferred

• Doctorate in Epidemiology, Public Health, Nursing, or a related healthcare discipline
• Fellowship or advanced involvement with APIC or SHEA, or Certified in Public Health (CPH)
• Experience with NHSN reporting and EHR-based infection surveillance
• Familiarity with Epic Bugsy, Theradoc, Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik
• Strong data analysis and visualization skills

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Ownership of infection prevention strategy for a full health system, not a single facility
• Direct advisory relationship with executive and physician leadership
• A $140,000 to $180,000 salary with paid relocation
• Life in the Finger Lakes: Elmira sits 30 minutes from Watkins Glen and the south end of Seneca Lake, about two hours from Rochester and Syracuse, with Corning, Ithaca, and Cornell nearby

If this sounds like the scope you have been working toward, let's have a conversation. A short call is enough to walk through the details and help you decide whether it deserves a closer look. Send your résumé or reach out directly to get started.

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