What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infection Preventionist position at Tower Health?
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The Infection Preventionist (IP) helps to prevent healthcare associated infections by isolating sources of infections and limiting their spread. The IP is responsible for surveillance, rounding, analyzing, interpreting, and the reporting of healthcare associated infections. The IP supports the development of evidence-based organizational infection prevention policies/standards that meet state, federal, regulatory, and accrediting agencies standards. The IP trains healthcare members in infection prevention. The IP is a leader in infection prevention and serves as a resource, educator, researcher, and proponent of change in order to influence infection prevention improvement to provide quality health care within the organization. The IP reports to the System Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention.
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Education Requirements
- 4 year/Bachelor's Degree
Experience
- Relevant Experience
Certification and Licensure
- Infection Control Practitioner Certification (CIC) within three years of hire date
- ASCP Certification OR Compact RN License OR another clinical license or clinical cert
Required Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Collaborative Skills
- Computer Skills to include use and navigation
- Customer Service Skills
- Detail Oriented
- Excellent Communications Skills
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills
- Good Reasoning Skills
- Microsoft Office Applications
- Multi Line Telephone Operational Skills
- Multitasking
- Organizational Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Strong Team Player
