Infection Preventionist (RN)

Job Description

Job Description

Infection Preventionist (RN)

Full Time | Day Shift: 7 am -3:30 pm | Monday - Friday
With on call rotation every three weeks

Pay: Starting at $85,000/year
(based on experience)

LifeQuest Nursing Center is located in Quakertown, PA. We are seeking a passionate RN: Registered Nurse - Unit Manager who care about making a difference. Join our team and be an everyday hero at LifeQuest Nursing Center! We care like family, and our duty is our passion!

Why work here?

LifeQuest will achieve its goals by being the Employer of Choice, by treating our co-workers with respect and in a professional manner and thereby facilitating our commitment to a high standard of public service.

LifeQuest offers our team members:

• Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
• Generous PTO starting with 16 days your first year (includes 6 holidays)
• Birthday Day OFF!
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Principle retirement plan with employer match
• Discounts for onsite Daycare at 3 of our sites!
  • Full time employees receive 75% off 1st child. 50% off each additional child
  • Part time employees receive 50% off 1st child. 25% off each additional child
• Monthly Employee Appreciation Treats

What will I do as an Infection Preventionist (RN)?

Identifies Resident Care Requirements by:

• Establishing personal rapport with potential and actual residents and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. Uses the nursing process as a framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the resident including a teaching plan; establishing or contributing to prioritization of goals appropriate to the resident's age and ability to learn; medical diagnoses; discharge plan; identifying nursing diagnoses, writing nursing interventions and identifying teaching objectives appropriate to care standards; by reassessing and documenting the effectiveness of nursing actions and the residents progress toward goals as the resident's condition changes; by communicating the plan and resident progress to the interdisciplinary team; delegating the plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice.

Infection Prevention:

• Will adhere to infection control policies and procedures and will understand basic infection control programs in the facility.
• Will understand the QAPI process and then positive impact it can have on the residents in the facility
• Leads the Infection Control Committee in the development, implementation, and revising of written aseptic and isolation techniques.
• Leads and participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the infection control program for monitoring, communicable and/or infectious diseases among the residents and personnel.
• Ensures that nursing personnel follow established infection control procedures when isolation precautions become necessary.
• Serves as the facilities Infection Preventionist, certified by CDC Infection Preventionist Training Program.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the procedures for reporting hazardous conditions or equipment.

Requirements of an Infection Preventionist (RN)?

• Graduate of accredited RN school of nursing. PA licensed.
• CPR certified.
• CDC Long Term Care Infection Preventionist Program Certified preferred - required within 30 days of hire.
• Previous experience in LTC or Rehabilitation nursing or equivalent.

What makes LifeQuest unique?

At LifeQuest, we are a family of health care services and facilities dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of the health and life environment of people of all ages. LifeQuest is a nonprofit organization located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania serving the Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties. We are a top-rated, cutting-edge family of facilities offering quality personal and health care services ranging from infant care through senior care.

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