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About the Role
The Senior Infection Preventionist supports the Southeast Health mission by coordinating processes to prevent hospital-acquired infections and enhance infection prevention. This role involves assisting in the administration and clinical operation of the Infection Control and Prevention Program, focusing on patient care practices, epidemiology, statistics, infectious diseases, education, communication, surveillance, reporting, product evaluation, disinfection, and sterilization. The position collaborates with various staff to identify trends, recommend improvements, and ensure regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, analyze, and interpret pathogen reports and infection statistics, recommending control measures.
- Utilize and apply CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions consistently.
- Collect, aggregate, and analyze NHSN data, providing required reports and submissions.
- Serve as the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) administrator for the facility.
- Report required data to regulatory bodies and authorities as legally required.
- Lead the development of the annual infection prevention and control plan, annual report, and risk assessment.
- Promote the infection prevention program to internal and external stakeholders.
- Create a culture of continuous performance improvement and implement evidence-based practices.
- Conduct on-site infection control risk assessments (ICRA) and provide feedback reports.
- Apply evidence-based guidelines and manufacturers’ instructions for use for equipment cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
- Provide consultation to prevent, analyze, and predict emerging outbreaks.
- Support units during outbreak or cluster of infections investigations.
- Participate in ongoing infection prevention continuing education programs for employees and new employee orientation.
- Develop infection control rounding tools and coach new staff on their use and follow-up.
- Follow principles of antibiotic stewardship by tracking infections and antibiotic use.
- Communicate results and maintain records of investigations.
- Facilitate activities to ensure compliance with hand hygiene and isolation protocols.
- Review, revise, and develop policies and procedures for Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship Committees.
- Facilitate and participate in the Infection Prevention Committee.
- Participate in the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee as the Infection Prevention program representative.
- Perform other duties as requested by the manager that align with ethical conduct and safety protocols.
Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing (with current nursing license), Public Health (with Epidemiologist focus or other health-related field), or Microbiology.
- Certification in Infection Prevention and Control or obtain/maintain within two years of hire.
- Minimum five years of clinical nursing experience in an acute care setting OR two years of acute care experience demonstrating knowledge in basic surveillance and epidemiology OR two years of prior experience as an Infection Preventionist in an acute care setting.
- Demonstrates ability to communicate and organize concepts, ideas, verbally and in writing, with precise word usage, clear meaning, good presentation, vocabulary, grammar, and correct spelling.
- Demonstrates ability to create and provide reports that synthesize infection prevention metric performance.
- Advanced computer skills for creating statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analyses.
- Demonstrates commitment to the organization's five priorities and Six Ground Rules.
- Must understand, agree upon, and follow the Six Ground Rules: No excuses, We are a team, Bring up your ideas, Poor performance will be addressed, “That’s not my job” is not acceptable, Manage Up.
Skills
- Patient care practices
- Epidemiology
- Statistics
- Infectious disease
- Education
- Communication
- Surveillance
- Mandatory reporting
- Product evaluation
- Disinfection
- Sterilization
- NHSN data analysis
- Report creation
- Performance improvement
- Evidence-based practices
- Risk assessment
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Hand hygiene compliance
- Isolation compliance
- Policy and procedure development
Location
- Southeast
Work Type
- Regular
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Five years clinical nursing experience in acute care setting
- Two years of acute care experience showing use of knowledge in basic surveillance and epidemiology
- Two years of prior experience as an Infection Preventionist in an acute care setting
Education Level
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing (current nursing license)
- Baccalaureate degree in Public Health with Epidemiologist focus or other health related field
- Baccalaureate degree in Microbiology
- Certification in Infection Prevention and Control
About the Company
- Join one of Forbes 500 best mid-sized employers in America.
Equal Opportunity
- Southeast Health is committed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
- In addition, Southeast Health will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.