Infection Prevention / Control Coordinator

As a healthcare professional in an ever changing labor market, you are making an important choice about where to begin or continue your career. In exploring the options available, you will want to consider Pacifica Hospital of the Valley. We are a small hospital with HEART, serving the San Fernando Valley community. Pacifica Hospital of the Valley provides our patients with quality healthcare, in a compassionate, friendly and healing environment.

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of :

INFECTION PREVENTION / CONTROL COORDINATOR

Through interdisciplinary and collaborative actions, the INFECTION PREVENTION / CONTROL COORDINATOR is responsible for promoting and implementing infection prevention and control practices and compliance with regulatory agency requirements as well as surveillance, prevention and control of infections within the facility.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Key player in planning, development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and revision of Infection Prevention and Control Program goals, standards, policies and procedures.
• Reports communicable diseases and supporting laboratory data to the local, state and national health departments as required.
• Facilitates meeting applicable regulatory requirements through monitoring and reporting infection trends.
• Participates in epidemiological investigations of significant clusters of infection above established standards and of unusual isolates.
• Interacts with Occupational / Employee health to institute and maintain control measures pertaining to health care work exposures.
• Provides in-service education (departmental, general orientation, annual review and as needed).
• Participates in the develop and review of Infection Prevention and Control Standards of Care and Hospital Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures.

EDUCATION / TRAINING / EXPERIENCE :

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