Infection Control Nurse for Long Term Facility

Company Description : Lord Chamberlain is a family-owned skilled nursing facility in Stratford, Connecticut with two major units : one with 60 beds, specializing in short-term rehabilitation and a 190-bed unit specializing in long-term care. We are currently hiring a Infection Control Nurse. Come join our team!\n\nResponsibilities\n

• Develop and implement a practical system of detecting, evaluating, recording, and reporting infections which originate with facility personnel.\n
• Assist the personnel director in developing and implementing our employee health services program, to include individual counseling.\n
• Provide employee counseling as outlined in our infection control and employee health program\n
• Works in a collaborative effort to evaluate and revise control practices and aseptic technique to ensure continued sanitation practices are maintained throughout the facility.\n
• Establishes the criteria for classifying all routine and reasonably anticipated job-related tasks to ensure that tasks involving exposure to blood / body fluids are properly identified and recorded.\n\nBenefits : ( applies to 24 hours or more, Full-Time only)\n
• Competitive pay\n
• Shift differentials\n
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance \n
• Paid Time Off \n
• 401(k) with employer match \n
• Employer Paid Life Insurance\n
• Paid Meal Period\n
• Paid Holiday Off \n
• Employee Assistance Program\n
• Longevity Credit \n
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
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• Uniform Reimbursement\n
• Employee Referral Program\n
• Free Parking\n\nOn-the-job training in Infection Control available to qualified RNs\n\nRequirements\n
• Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university and be a graduate of a Connecticut approved RN program.\n
• Be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.\n
• Be able to push, pull, move, and / or lift a minimum of 40 pounds to a minimum height of 3 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and / or carry such weight a minimum distance of 4 feet.\n\nRHMLC