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Director of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology

Sunrise Hospital
Las Vegas, NV Full Time
POSTED ON 1/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/7/2025

Salary : $106,766.40 - $160,160.00

Full-time Days (No Weekends)

Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Salary Estimate : $106766.40 - $160160.00 / year

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Introduction

We are seeking a Director of Infection Prevention with Sunrise Hospital to promote growth and unlock possibilities. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Share your leadership skills and come make a difference with us!

Benefits

Sunrise Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include :

  • Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
  • Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
  • Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  • 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  • Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  • Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  • Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  • Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  • Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  • Colleague recognition program
  • Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  • Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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We are seeking a Director of Infection Prevention for our team to be an innovator. HCA Healthcare partners with Harvard Pilgrim Institute and the CDC to use our data from more than 26 million patient encounters each year to impact the industry. Come build your career with us!

Job Summary and Qualifications

  • You will be responsible for facility-wide activities of evaluating and managing infection control risks to patients and personnel through extensive surveillance and an effective reporting system and function as the hospital-wide clinical expert in the prevention and control of infection and is responsible for the facility-wide planning and implementation of the facility-wide infection control program
  • You will develop and implement a system for identifying, investigating, reporting and preventing the spread of healthcare acquired infections among patients of all ages and healthcare personnel
  • You will investigate infections, especially those occurring above established thresholds, and / or in clusters by patient units and provide housewide in service education related to infection prevention and control
  • You will implement and conduct special studies when appropriate or requested by the Infection Control Committee Chairperson, and collaborate with the Infection Control Committee Chairperson to review and approve Infection Control Manual policies and procedures at least every two years
  • You will communicate infection control & prevention activities to administration, the medical staff and MEC via the Infection Control Committee minutes and / or Infection Control Committee Chairperson
  • What qualifications you will need :

  • Bachelor degree in nursing or related field required
  • Master’s degree in nursing or related field preferred
  • Certification in Infection Control required
  • Minimum 5 years experience in Epidemiology / Infection Control
  • Minimum 3 years supervisory experience required
  • Proficiency in PC-based computer software, i.e., Word, Excel, Access. PowerPoint, Visio, and / or similar systems. Experience with hospital systems such as Meditech and Theradoc is preferred
  • Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center provides Las Vegas and the Southwest region with high-quality, advanced healthcare services. We have been serving our community for nearly 60 years. Sunrise Hospital has been a Consumer Choice Award recipient for 15 consecutive years. We are the largest acute care facility in Nevada and the state's only fresh post-op Pediatric CICU. Our facility offers an advanced comprehensive stroke center which received the Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the GWTG.

    HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

    There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

    HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

    Join our family of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care to drive excellence and raise the bar for our over 35 million annual patient encounters.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

    Salary : $106,766 - $160,160

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