Ambulatory Infection Preventionist
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Irving
Posted on: February 24, 2021
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Job Description:
DescriptionSummary: Assumes responsibility for and provides
guidance to the ambulatory care infection prevention and control
program.Serves as a resource on infection risk assessment,
surveillance, prevention, and control strategies.Utilizes
epidemiology principles to monitor the delivery of patient care and
investigate potential outbreaks of infection.Maintains knowledge of
external regulatory standards related to infection surveillance,
prevention and control.Ensures successful notifiable condition
reporting by ambulatory ministries.Ensures policies and procedures
meet regulation standards. Maintains consistency with
Administrative and Departmental policies with appropriate behavior,
dress, attitude, attendance, confidentiality, professionalism, and
reliability.Conducts ambulatory site visits and performs and
documents physical surveillance of the environment on a routine and
as needed basis.Manages, provides oversight, and ensures
successful, timely, and accurate reporting of notifiable conditions
by ministries servedCollaborates with Associate Health on
activities related to exposure of patients and employees of
communicable diseases.Effectively communicates with all pertinent
stakeholders notification of changes; for education provision,
partnership in initiatives to reduce or eliminate risk of infection
for patients and Associates, i.e. administration, nursing,
environmental services, plant ops, etc.Strategizes and assists with
annual risk assessment, program, plans, annual goals, etc. to meet
Facility, Regional, Corporate, and regulatory
requirements.Represents the Facility, the Region, the Corporation,
and the Infection Prevention and Control Department in facility
specific committees and system committees and regulatory surveys
through active participation, preparedness, and critical thinking.
Requirements:Demonstrates interest in field of infection control of
epidemiology and OSHA standards. Must be familiar with
identification of pathogens, antibiotic susceptibility testing,
normal microbial flora of the human body and its
distribution.Minimum of 3 years prior Infection Prevention
experience. Experience in Ambulatory healthcare settings preferred.
Current Texas LVN or RN (BSN Preferred) licensure or Baccalaureate
in Health Care related program required. CIC certification
preferred Work Type: Full Time
Keywords: CHRISTUS Health, Irving , Ambulatory Infection Preventionist, Other , Irving, Texas
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