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UNC Health is Hiring a RN Infection Preventionist Near Rocky, NC
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
In consultation and collaboration with the Infection Prevention Committee, establishes, documents, administers and evaluates plans for the prevention, surveillance and control of infections, and reporting of communicable disease cases. Incumbents are accountable to the North Carolina Board of Nursing for practicing nursing within the scope of the North Carolina Nursing Practice Act.
Responsibilities:
1. Establishes, documents, administers and evaluates plans for the surveillance and control of infections, sanitation and reporting of communicable disease cases, in collaboration with the Infection Control Committee, and under the general supervision of the Infection Control Chairman.
2. Effectively and substantially contributes to the establishment and implementation of a systematic method by which the current and future needs of the organization with respect to infection control can be assessed, documented, evaluated, authorized and prioritized, with reviews and revisions made at least annually, in collaboration with the Infection Control Committee.
3. Establishes and implements strategies to accomplish specified infection control programs/plans, participating in, or monitoring progress of those implemented, and taking action as needed to ensure that strategies remain viable, are pursued, and are accomplished within established time frames.
4. Ensures that each department has current and appropriate infection control policies and procedures specific to their circumstances and providing assistance as needed to ensure compliance.
5. Detects and records, on a systematic basis, infections present among patients; determining whether these infections were present on admission or nosocomial. Reviews laboratory and clinical data routinely to note positive cultures and/or nosocomial infections and confers with physician as indicated.
Education Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited college with an associate degree in nursing.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
- Registered as RN.
- BCLS certification.
- CIC cert required within 3 years of hire.
- 2 years’ experience in Healthcare/Medical.
Job Details
Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals
Entity: Nash UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: NGH Infection Control
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: NASH HC
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
Job Summary
Full Time
Hospital
$89k-107k (estimate)
08/02/2024
08/08/2024
www.unchealthcare.org
Morrisville, North Carolina
15,000 - 50,000
Tom Murray
<$5M
Hospital
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About UNC Health
The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health care system, founded in 1998, owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. A distinguishing characteristic of UNC Health Care is its association with the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution. This relationship gives UNC Health Care a powerful pathway for moving the results of biomedical research from medical school laboratories to patient care settin...gs. UNC Health Care has been granted broad powers by the North Carolina General Assembly to assure its management flexibility and competitiveness in a rapidly changing health care business environment. The enterprise is governed by a board of directors appointed by the University of North Carolina.
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