Infection Prevention Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Work with the Epidemiologist and other Infection Preventionists to plan, organize and direct the entity specific day to day operations related to monitoring, prevention and control of infection.
• Serves as a consultant on infection prevention issues and assists in providing a safe environment.
• Participates in developing and implementing infection prevention policies and procedures.
• Meets with other staff members to discuss performance improvement activities and develop future courses of action. Ensures TJC/CMS/DPH standards are met and complied with by staff.
• This position will provide 20% of it's efforts devoted to administrative duties.
• The remaining 80% will be to support infection prevention activities.
• Collaborates with leadership in the Office of Quality leadership to develop the annual budget for the Infection Prevention Departments.
• Supervises and performs annual performance evaluations on other Infection Preventionists as appropriate.
• Conducts infection prevention rounds.
• Collects, organizes, and analyzes data and generates and provides accurate and complete reports for management and/or regulatory agencies.
• Interprets applicable regulations and establishes filing and auditing procedures to ensure records and files are accurate and in compliance.
• Evaluates risk of transmission of infectious agents and implements quality performance improvement initiatives to provide a safe environment for patients.
• Performs structured surveillance for monitored healthcare associated infections using nationally established standards and evaluates incidents, trends and threshold information on other infections as needed.
• Works with the infection prevention team to conduct cluster and outbreak investigations; institutes control measures as needed.
• Ensures staff compliance with Standard Precautions and blood-borne pathogen policies/procedures.
• Serves as consultant on infection control issues.
• Assesses needs and develops and implements staff development and training and in-service programs as appropriate.
• Serves as principle member of the Infection Prevention Committee and participates on other committees and in research studies as appropriate.
• Conducts specific focus studies as needed.