QA/ Infection Control Nurse, Full Time

Infection Preventionist / Quality Assurance RN

Luke Health Services | Oswego, NY

Full-Time | Registered Nurse

Make a Difference in the Lives of Our Residents

Luke Health Services is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Registered Nurse to join our leadership team as an Infection Preventionist / Quality Assurance RN.

This is an important clinical leadership position with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on resident safety, quality of care, clinical outcomes, and regulatory compliance. The successful candidate will oversee our Infection Prevention and Control and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs while working closely with nursing leadership, providers, department directors, residents, families, and our interdisciplinary team.

If you are an RN who enjoys investigating problems, analyzing data, improving systems, and seeing measurable results, this may be the opportunity for you.

As our Infection Preventionist / Quality Assurance RN, you will:

• Lead and monitor the facility's Infection Prevention and Control Program.
• Conduct infection surveillance, investigations, outbreak response, and follow-up.
• Monitor compliance with hand hygiene, PPE, isolation precautions, wound care, environmental cleaning, and other infection-prevention practices.
• Participate in and monitor the facility's Antibiotic Stewardship Program.
• Conduct clinical and regulatory audits and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Serve as a clinical leader for skin integrity, pressure injury prevention, and wound management.
• Track and trend falls, infections, pressure injuries, medication errors, hospital transfers, weight loss, accidents, and other quality indicators.
• Conduct root-cause analyses and develop corrective action plans.
• Analyze quality data and prepare reports for leadership and QAPI committees.
• Assist with NYSDOH and CMS survey preparation, mock surveys, investigations, and follow-up activities.
• Provide education, coaching, and feedback to nursing and interdisciplinary staff.
• Maintain current knowledge of CMS, NYSDOH, CDC, OSHA, and long-term care requirements.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, resident dignity, and continuous improvement.

We are looking for an RN who is:

• Comfortable analyzing data and identifying trends.
• Comfortable providing education, coaching, and constructive feedback.
• Passionate about improving resident outcomes and quality of care.
• Current, unrestricted New York State Registered Professional Nurse (RN) license.
• Certified in Infection Control (CIC) or equivalent certification.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience.

Skilled nursing/long-term care experience.

• Infection prevention experience.
• Wound care experience.

You will have a direct role in identifying risks, improving clinical practices, preventing infections and pressure injuries, strengthening staff performance, and ultimately improving the experience and outcomes of the residents we serve.

You will work closely with facility leadership and have the opportunity to turn data and identified problems into meaningful, measurable improvements.

If you are an RN looking for an opportunity to use your clinical knowledge in a quality, infection prevention, education, and leadership role, we encourage you to apply.

Luke Health Services team and help us continue to provide safe, compassionate, high-quality care to our residents.

Infection Preventionist / Quality Assurance RN
Job Type: Full-Time
License: New York State RN required