Infection Preventionist
JOB-10043257
Anticipated Start Date
January 13, 2025
Location
New York, NY
Type of Employment
Contract Hire
Employer Info
Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full time positions at our client.
Job Summary
We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Infection Preventionist. You will be responsible for overseeing infection prevention and control efforts throughout the facility. This includes the implementation and monitoring of infection prevention strategies, ensuring compliance with hospital policies and governmental health standards, and educating staff on infection control protocols.
Job Description
- Work with IPC department to oversee and control in all units and departments that comprise this 844-bed hospital.
- Review patient charts for evidence of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) and apply National Healthcare Safely Network (NHSN) definitions to identify and report HAIs through the use electronic surveillance system.
- Assist with investigations of clusters of infections, outbreaks, and unusual infections or exposures.
- Review daily microbiology and virology reports for culture results that may represent multi-drug-resistant organisms, transmissible diseases or HAIs. They will use these results to identify and place patients on the appropriate category of precautions.
- Perform TB surveillance ensure that these patient and report cased to the NYCDOH.
- They will be assigned surveillance activities to identify central line-associated blood stream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated pneumonias and surgical site infections.
- Perform infection prevention rounds on assigned units to ensure a safe environment of care.
Skills Required
- EPIC experience required
- Conducts ongoing infection control surveillance, prevention and control program activities
- Collects, tabulates, analyzes and interprets infection data and records.
- Communicates via email and EPIC secure chat.
- SOFTWARE: EPIC Bugsy, NHSN, NYCDOH, NORA, HERDS, Excel, Word.
Education/Training/Certifications
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Nursing or a related discipline, and four (4) years of satisfactory clinical experience or experience working in infection prevention and control, health care epidemiology or a related field in a hospital or a health care setting, preferred, or;
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Nursing or a related discipline, and five (5) years of satisfactory experience working in infection prevention and control, health care epidemiology or a related field in a hospital or a health care setting, preferred.
- Certification in Infection Control (CIC)
Additional Requirements
- Malpractice Insurance - All Credentialed Providers are required to have active individual Medical Malpractice.
- Candidate expected to be On-site
- Schedule Notes: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; No Weekends- Monday-Friday
Pay Rate
"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law”.