What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infection Preventionist position at Driscoll Health?
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GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
The Infection Preventionist (IP) is responsible for identifying, investigating, monitoring, and reporting healthcare-associated infections. The IP collaborates with teams and individuals to create infection prevention strategies, provide feedback, and sustain infection prevention strategies.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
- Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
Program Management:
- Utilize epidemiologic principles to conduct surveillance and investigations.
- Evaluate and modify the surveillance plan as necessary.
- Develop, interpret and assist with implementation of infection prevention and control policies and protocols.
- Communicate infection prevention and control information and data to various committees and healthcare workers across the organization as assigned.
Design and Deliver Education
- Assess and address learning needs of those served.
- Create educational goals, objectives, and strategies using learning principles and available educational tools and technology.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs and learner outcomes.
Regulatory Requirements
- Comply with regulatory and mandatory reporting requirements at the local, state and federal levels.
- Facilitate compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Stay current on infection prevention and control regulatory and accreditation standards.
Performance Improvement (PI)
- Utilize PI methodology as a means of enacting change.
- Define the scope of the project and select appropriate PI tools to aid in efficiency, reliability, effectiveness and ensure sustainability of the initiative.
- Ensure that customer needs and expectations are considered in the development of and continuous improvement of processes, products, and services.
- Monitor and analyze process and outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability.
- Participate in PI committees, teams and initiatives as indicated.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing, public health, epidemiology, clinical laboratory science, medical technology or related field.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
- Certification in Infection Prevention or ability to pass certification within 2 years.
