Corp Infection Prev Coord
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Overview
Corporate Infection Prevention Coordinator Clinical Quality
Full time 80 hours per pay period Day shift
Covenant Health Overview:
Covenant Health is the regions top-performing healthcare network with 10hospitalsoutpatient and specialtyservicesandCovenant Medical Group our areas fastest-growing physician practice division. Headquartered in Knoxville Covenant Health is a community-owned integrated healthcare delivery system and the areas largest employer. Our more than 11000 employees volunteers and 1500 affiliated physicians are dedicated to improving the quality of life for the more than two million patients and families we serve every year. Covenant Health is the only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named a Forbes Best Employer seven times.
Position Summary:
Responsible for identifying investigating monitoring and reporting healthcare-associated infections. Supervises and helps manage the infection prevention teams at each of the Covenant Health facilities. Collaborates with the manager facility and system stakeholders including administration physicians and others to develop a comprehensive infection prevention plan for Covenant Health. The coordinator in collaboration with others will be responsible for determining organizing and completing infection prevention functions that are completed centrally (e.g. reporting infections to required state entities infection data reporting and developing editing and promoting system infection prevention policies). Additionally will be responsible for consulting on best practices to proactively prevent healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs).
Recruiter:
Susanna Mcguinn
Responsibilities
- Supervises facility infection preventionists and instructs them in proper infection prevention and control procedure.
- Coordinates daily staffing needs and assists with duties as needed.
- Stays involved in the selection training orientation and development of infection preventionists at the local level as directed.
- Facilitates professional development of employees and assists with staff retention efforts.
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills necessary to interact in a professional manner with the local infection preventionists and customers across the system.
- Conducts rounds on employees and completes employee evaluations and appraisals as directed.
- Maintains communications between the manager nursing leaders medical staff and infection prevention.
- Utilizes epidemiologic principles to conduct surveillance and investigations.
- Available as an ad-hoc member of each local facilities infection prevention committee
- Applies mathematical concepts such as fractions percentages rates and proportions to practical situations. Works with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical tools for analysis and problem solving. Creates and interprets various charts and graphs to present data in understandable format.
- Stays involved in the development edits and implementation of system level infection prevention policies for approval by required administrative and governing personnel/bodies.
- Organizes and leads system infection prevention new employee orientation.
- Reports to public health regarding communicable diseases.
- Networks throughout the organization and in the community with the goal of exchanging knowledge and expertise.
- Maintains current knowledge of CDC guidelines and recommendations for infection prevention/control and definitions of health care associated infections.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
Baccalaureate or Associate degree in nursing public health epidemiology clinical laboratory science medical technology or related field.
Minimum Experience:
Three (3) years experience in designated specialty area.
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology (i.e. CIC preferred) within two (2) years of employment.
If the applicant is a nurse must have and maintain Tennessee State nursing licensure.
Employment Type
Full-Time
