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Registered Nurse - PT Infection Preventionist - RN
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- Job Purpose The Healthcare Center Infection Preventionist is responsible for the development, direction, implementation, management and operation of the infection prevention in the healthcare center.
- The healthcare center Infection Preventionist conducts ongoing staff development, training and quality assurance performance improvement monitoring to insure adherence with the organizational standards, CDC, and the county and state health departments.
- The responsibilities encompass compliance with Joint Commission (JC) standards, CMS, OSHA, and state regulations, outbreak investigation, and overall direction of the infection prevention and controlprogram.
- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Infection Prevention Acts as subject matter expert and resource within the healthcare center to residents/families, partners, providers, visitors, community, and public health regarding infection preventionand control measures, including identification of infectious diseaseprocesses.
- Provides consultation and expertise to partners and residents in infection prevention and control practices as it relates to the transmission of infectious disease, management of isolation of patients, PPE usage, safe infection practices, disinfection,environmental cleaning, facilities management (maintenance, renovation and construction), water management, and evaluation of new products.
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