Description : Job Summary :
In addition to the responsibilities listed above, this position is also responsible for serving as a liaison among peer groups (e.
- g., infection prevention, sterilization); guiding the implementation of standardization of care across the continuum of care;
- managing surveillance and regulatory reporting for the medical centers and facilities within the region; implementing protocols and workflows at regional facilities;
- validating and synthesizing reporting (e.g., regional scoreboard, scorecard, dashboard) across the region; educating medical centers, facilities, and physician groups on region-specific infection prevention and control protocols and policies;
- overseeing region-wide infection prevention educational programs and training local and regional leaders on implementation;
- leading regional infection prevention teams during situation management related to exposures, recalls, and other events that put patients and the organization at exposure risk;
and partnering with medical centers during regulatory and contracted site visits.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
- Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
- Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning;
sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units.
Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends;
shares best practices within and across teams.
- Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives.
- Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making;
fosters access to stakeholders.
Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement;
ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and / or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies.
Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making;
fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate.
- Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines.
- Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly;
influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.
- Educates others on infection prevention and control by : developing and implementing education programs for hospital and clinical staff and patients on infection prevention and control and new patient care equipment;
- collaborating with leadership teams to ensure learning needs of customers are aligned with KP and national (e.g., Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC , National Healthcare Safety Network NHSN ) standards;
and identifying and disseminating best practices in infection prevention and control to key leaders.
Provides expertise in epidemiology by : implementing recommendations following occupational exposure to infectious disease(s) and leading response to emerging infection disease threats and / or exposures;
and collaborating with occupational health department to evaluate and refine infection prevention and control policies and / or workflows related to occupational health.
- Utilizes epidemiological principles to conduct surveillance by : identifying and proactively monitoring infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics;
- leading and proactively monitoring surveillance programs to monitor infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics;
and evaluating and driving program progress to address findings from investigations following infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics.
- Participating in performance improvement initiatives by : managing and planning the data collection to assess the effectiveness of infection prevention and control programs;
- interpreting and translating strategic initiatives and vision for employees; ensuring infection prevention and control programs encompass the scope of services provided;
- implementing recommendations to alleviate routine and complex issues or blockers to performance improvement initiatives;
and maintaining ongoing communications with internal committees.
Engages in ongoing surveillance by : ensuring implementation of annual infection prevention and control program plan; directing the development and implementation of organizational infection prevention and control program(s);
overseeing the implementation of and communicating infection prevention and control policies and protocols; monitoring routine and specialized on-site visits to assess clinical space and practices related to infection prevention / control (e.
g., patient waiting areas, respiratory etiquette station, cleaning procedures, sterilization); and identifying and escalating failure to comply with local, state, and federal regulatory and accreditation standards.
Minimum Qualifications :
- Minimum one (1) year(s) of experience managing operational or project budgets.
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in infection prevention, clinical quality management, or a directly related field.
- Masters degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, or related field AND six (6) years of health care / professional experience INCLUDING minimum three (3) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Bachelors degree in Nursing, Public Health, Microbiology, or related field AND minimum eight (8) years of health care / professional experience INCLUDING minimum five (5) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Minimum eleven (11) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, or a directly related field.
- Infection Control Certificate
Additional Requirements :
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) : Employee / Labor Relations; Information Gathering; Change Management; Business Documentation;
- Business Process Improvement; Critical Facility Operations Knowledge; Facilities Management / Operations; Operational Excellence;
- Preventative Maintenance; Risk Management; Issues and Crisis Management; Written Communication; Compliance Management; Confidentiality;
- Safety and Environmental Health Management; Health Care Compliance; Maintain Files and Records; Health Care Data Analytics;
- Health Care Outcome Data; Trend Analysis; Consulting; Quality Assurance Process; Hazard Mitigation; Emergency Preparedness;
Patient Safety; Laboratory Procedures; Bloodborne Pathogen Knowledge
Preferred Qualifications :
- Registered Nurse License in the state where care is provided.