Infection Surveillance Officer, Infection Prevention, Mount Sinai Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY Mount Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. Responsibilities: Knows CDC Guidelines and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) associated infection tracking system. Investigate and document possible infectious outbreaks, working with the administration and the departments involved to correct the problem. Conducts daily surveillance of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) according to NHSN definitions and reports results to IP team and leadership. Conducts regular surveillance of Surgical Site Infections according to NHSN definitions. Prepares NSHN reporting of mandatorily reportable procedures (HPRO, HYST, COLO, FUSN, and others) and all gender affirmation surgeries (GAS). Conducts and monitors surveillance of infections assigned by hospital epidemiologist or hospital leadership. Compliance: Ensures that infection control guidelines for all departments are current and appropriate. Ensures that JCAHO mandated Infection Control manual is complete and current. Education: Conducts ongoing infection control in-service education programs for all departments. Prepares and delivers specific infection control lectures as needed. Prepares Infection Control educational materials as needed. Reporting: Participates in Infection Control Committee meetings by presenting data collected and throughout surveillance periods. Documents and shares with the IP team if any infection is considered hospital-acquired. Documents exclusions from definitions in case infections are not hospital-acquired. Serves as liaison to Facilities regarding interim life infection control safety issues pertaining to construction. Serves as liaison to Supply Chain Transformation Initiative regarding safety devices and all Nursing Products that are infection control related. Assists in the follow-up of exposures to blood-borne pathogens. Serves as a member of the hospital’s Emergency Management Team. Care: Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychological, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned area. Requirements: Education: Master in Microbiology, Nursing, or Public Health. BA/BS can be considered with appropriate experience. Working knowledge of Infectious Diseases spread and Microbiology is required. License: For nursing - New York State License in Nursing with current registration preferred. Certification: Infection Control Practices and Barrier Precautions certification. A Certificate in Infection Control (CIC) is preferred. Proof of registration toward the certificate can be considered. Skills: Good investigative skills. Ability to write, educate and work independently. Excellent written and oral communication skills. General Skills and Competencies: Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. Decision Making: Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences. Building a Successful Team: Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the completion of team goals. Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures. Building Trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization. Aligning Performance for Success: Focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work objectives. Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs. Driving for Results: Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement. Coaching and Developing Others: Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities. Building Partnerships: Identifying opportunities and taking action to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals. Delegating Responsibility: Allocating decision-making authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate others to maximize the organization’s and individuals’ effectiveness. Gaining Commitment: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifying one’s own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved. Stress Tolerance: Maintaining stable performance under pressure or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity); handling stress in a manner that is acceptable to others and to the organization. Strength Through Diversity: The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. Compensation Statement: The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $104995 - $157492 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Employment Type: Full-time Job Function: Health Care Provider and Quality Assurance Industries: Hospitals and Health Care #J-18808-Ljbffr Mount Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Brooklyn