In collaboration with the Director and the Hospital Epidemiologist, assist in planning and coordinating infection prevention and control activities throughout *** in order to provide a safe environment for patients, healthcare workers and visitors. Serve as an expert and consultant on various infection prevention issues, according to all hospital and legislated standards. Facilitate and coordinate hospital and system wide teams for infection prevention initiatives. Performs targeted surveillance, including collection, analysis and feedback of infectious outcomes in patients, healthcare workers and visitors. Identifies trends and patterns in surveillance data, develops conclusions and recommends appropriate interventions to improve patient outcomes to various teams and committees.
Prepares and presents data in a variety of narrative and visual formats taking the audience into consideration.
Maintains understanding of regulatory standards and guidelines from authoritative agencies including Joint Commisssion on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control and collaborates with other departments to facilitate compliance with these standards.
Educates healthcare workers on Infection Prevention topics upon hire, annually and on an as needed basis.
Monitors for compliance with established infection prevention standards through rounding and auditing.
Assists in the creation and revision of evidence based hospital wide Infection Prevention policies and procedures.
Monitors construction and renovation projects, and participates in pre-planning, construction and pre-occupancy activities in collaboration with Project Management, Engineering and Facilities Services departments.
Responsible for recognition and investigation of clusters and outbreaks of epidemiologically significant organisms; collaborate and communicate with state and local health departments in investigation of diseases with public health impact.
Serves as an expert resource for infectious diseases and actively prepares for new and emerging infectious diseases as well as known high consequence infectious diseases.
Requires in-depth professional knowledge and practical/applied expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines within the broader professional field
Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; demonstrates awareness of the industry, including regulatory, evolving customer demands, and the factors that differentiate the organization in the market
Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
Solves complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies
Works independently, receives minimal guidance
Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus •
Last updated on Mar 16, 2020