Overview:
To actively participate in the Infection Prevention Program, by supporting prevention activities and best practice measures in Novant Health.
Responsibilities:
* Maintain Infection Surveillance Program
* Review lab results as a case finding mechanism for identifying both Healthcare Associated
* Infections (HAIs) and community associated infections.
* Collect and validate data items such as device days, patient days, device type, etc.
* Communicate infection prevention data to the Infection Prevention Committee, hospital leadership, environment of care committee, clinical improvement committee, and specific hospital units/departments as appropriate.
* Identify Communicable Diseases, report these to the Health Department and initiate control measures if needed.
Qualifications:
* Education: 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, required. RN or Medical Technologist or comparable degree.
* Experience:
* Minimum of three years of infection prevention and control experience, required.
* Minimum of three years of healthcare experience, required.
* Minimum of three years of leadership experience, required.
* Licensure/Certification:
* Cert in Infection Control and Epidemiology, preferred.
* If no cert at hire, must be obtained within 2.5 yr, required.
* Current RN License if RN with no IP experience, required.
* American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification for Med Tech with no IP experience, required.
* Additional Skills (required):
* Ability to successfully complete generic and department-specific skills validation and competency testing; understands and uses personal computer. Demonstrates analytical skills, i.e., calculation of infection rates. Maintain membership in the Association of Professional in Infection control and Epidemiology at a state and national levels to provide opportunities for networking and education.
* Knowledge of data collection and analysis, navigation of system computer systems, problem solving, decision making, effective communication and conflict management skills. Ability to successfully work in an environment of high stress with rapidly changing priorities. Knowledge of human psychology with the ability to work with people in a very positive way under very difficult circumstances. Ability to evaluate and utilize interpersonal dynamics and effective communication styles to work with people in a very positive way under very difficult circumstances.
* Additional Skills/Requirements (preferred): Knowledge of departmental and Novant Health computer system(s).
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