Infection Preventionist - Centralized Surveillance
WVU Medicine
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Centralized Surveillance Infection Preventionist
WVU Medicine
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Virginia, West Virginia
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About the role
- Monitor healthcare associated infections
- Assesses infection prevention and control problems and makes recommendations for corrective action
- Participates in the Infection Prevention and Control Committee, if applicable.
- Oversees monitoring of infection prevention and control practices and personnel compliance for all departments
- Provides assistance to department managers in development of infection prevention and control departmental policies
- Reports communicable diseases to the local health departments and state as required by law.
- Provides educational presentations for orientation and ongoing in-services related to current recommendations and mandates.
- Consults with department leadership and physicians as needed to improve care delivery.
- Serves as a resource for all departments and personnel.
- Participates in short and long-range planning for the infection prevention and control department.
- Provides consultation to the Associate Health Nurse Practitioner related to exposure determination, personnel infections, follow-up and current healthcare personnel vaccination recommendations.
- Participates in performance improvement activities and committees.
- Conducts outbreak investigations and initiates control measures.
- May assist with development, implementation, and monitoring of the TB management program.
- Reviews and assists with environmental sampling as necessary.
- Participates and provides oral and written infection prevention recommendations for all construction, renovation, remediation, repair, or demolition as part of a multidisciplinary team during preplanning, demolition, construction and commissioning.
- Collects, prepares, and analyzes healthcare-associated infection data; presents data to leadership and stakeholders
- Provides internal and external reporting of information and data as required by law, accreditation requirements and regulatory mandates.
- Assists with development, implementation, and evaluation of plans for an influx of infectious diseases.
- Primary responsibility is surveillance (MUST understand NHSN definitions and federal/state/local regulations) 80% remote - 20% on site in Morgantown, WV
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing, public health, epidemiology, clinical laboratory science, or related field.
- If Bachelors in Nursing, current unencumbered licensure with the WV Board of Registered Professional Nurses, or appropriate state board where services will be provided, as a registered professional nurse OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC), OR working to obtain licensure.
- Certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology (i.e.: CIC© preferred) or attainment within three (3) years after employment.
- State criminal background check, and federal, if applicable, as required for state department of health (e.g. PA DOH, OH DOH, MD DOH, WV DHHR) regulated areas based on physical work location.
- Five (5) years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting
- Five (5) years’ experience in a public health setting
- Prior experience in infection prevention.
