Hospital RN Infection Control Preventionist - Part Time

Infection Preventionist
UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital
Area of Interest: Nursing
Department: Quality Improvement
Shift: Weekdays
Location: Finley Hospital - Dubuque, IA
Shift: Full-time, 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, Days
The Infection Preventionist supports advancement of the infection prevention strategy through investigation into patterns and causes of infection and implementation of plans to prevent and control the spread of infectious agents. This position collaborates with diverse teams and individuals throughout the healthcare environment to support improved outcomes and promote compliance with internal and external infection prevention regulations, requirements, standards and guidelines.
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Performs surveillance for healthcare-associated infections (HAI) utilizing the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance definitions and in accordance with state and/or federal requirements and UPH infection prevention strategies and priorities as outlined by affiliate and enterprise-wide annual infection prevention plans.
Reports HAIs and applicable denominator data to NHSN.
Facilitates healthcare associated infection (HAI) event investigation and root cause analysis.
Assesses performance of infection prevention process measures and interprets data related to infection prevention outcome measures.
Performs observations to assess compliance with infection prevention-relatedregulatory requirements.
Performs formal education, just-in-time education and coaching at the elbow.
Supports enterprise-wide policy and procedure implementation and compliance monitoring.
Supports infectionprevention teams and uses current standards, guidelines and evidence-based practice to implement improvement activities designed to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Regularly interacts, communicates and collaborates with other healthcare workers and multidisciplinary groupsregarding improvement efforts.
Assists with internal and external reporting of information and data.
Utilizes data to make recommendations for action.
Bachelor’s degree in infection prevention, health science, healthcare delivery, public health, laboratory science or related fieldORRegistered Nurse with 10 or more years of experience in infection prevention and control

1 year of experience in healthcare, public health, laboratory or related field required
1 year of experience in infection prevention and control preferred
Infection Prevention and Control (a-IPC) or Long-Term Care Certification in Infection Prevention (LTC-CIP) preferred

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