Full-Time
Director Infection Control
Direct Staffing
No salary listed
Fort Worth, TX, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (2) |
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Required Skills
Risk Management
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years healthcare experience required
- TX RN License required
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing required or will be obtained in one year
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration preferred
- Certification in Infection Control (CIC) desired
- Minimum of 5 years healthcare experience in infection control required
- Progressive experience as a manager or director strongly desired
- Broad knowledge and familiarity with healthcare-related regulatory and accreditation requirements
Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains effective working relationships with patients, families, volunteers, visitors and other health care members
- Develops and maintains the infection prevention and control program policies and procedures governing control of infections/communicable diseases.
- Responsible for the development and implementation of the annual Infection Control Plan and Infection Control Policy Manual of all policies and procedures.
- Implements and manages the infection prevention and control program performance improvement initiatives.
- Develops and maintains a system for identifying, investigating and controlling infections/communicable diseases.
- Develops and maintains reporting systems and databases in order to provide clinical data regarding all aspects and processes of infection/communicable diseases; as well as required Quality/Risk computer documentation systems as required. Maintains comparative data systems and assists with benchmarking analysis.
- Performance of process evaluation and qualitative/quantitative and benchmarking analysis for organization wide infection prevention and control improvement opportunities
- Performance of workflow analysis and deployment of business improvement activities related to infection control through the use of information systems (integration of computational and graphical methods).
- Ongoing development, education and maintenance of organization wide performance improvement processes, evaluations and tools related to infection control through regular interaction with department directors, staff and physicians.
- Ensures the reliability and maintainability of organization infection control data and collection practices by active participation and leadership in infection prevention and control performance improvement efforts. Provides support and leadership for departments as needed.
- Facilitates the organization committees for infection prevention and control performance improvement.
- Participates in strategies to improve department service outcomes and decrease facility risk through appropriate documentation, variance reporting, and use of chain of command.
- Performs daily surveillance through reports and rounding related to infection prevention and control compliance.
- Completes mandatory in-services, maintains competency in computer skills, further develops and enhances skill levels and competencies as relates to position.
- Responsible to maintain current knowledge of regulatory standards with outside entities including but not limited to practice expectations, OSHA, APIC, TJC, NHSN, CDC and CMS. Facilitate implementation of practices, promote and monitor compliance as required. Responsible for reporting of agencies along with the Director/VP of Quality to ensure compliance with reporting systems.
- Adopts a plan for personal & professional development.
- Enhances professional growth and development through attendance at education programs.
- Provides the clinical and financial data that support the Organizational vision, strategic plan and performance improvement goals.
- Uses current literature and resources to identify current concepts and evaluates their usefulness in improving patient outcomes
- Provides overall support and assistance to ensure optimum functioning of the quality management department by performing other duties as assigned.
- Maintains on-going education to improve job performance
- Demonstrates sensitivities to culturally diverse patient population
- Demonstrates flexibility regarding assignments
- Reviews products related to Infection Control for appropriateness and cost effectiveness.
- Perform special assignments and other duties as needed/requested by the Director or VP of Quality.
Desired Qualifications
- Certification in Infection Control (CIC) desired
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration preferred
- Progressive experience as a manager or director strongly desired
- The ideal candidate is an RN that has at least 5 years infection control experience, previous leadership experience in leadership, comfortable with abstraction, analysis and data presentation. Certification in infection prevention.