Infection Control Preventionist - Full Time First Shift

An Infection Control Preventionist plays a key role in Valley Health by collaborating across the Quality and Patient Safety Organization to identify and act on opportunities to improve quality, patient safety outcomes and regulatory compliance. Infection Control Preventionist provide support for Quality, Patient Safety, Process Improvement, Leadership, Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, State and other regulatory agencies.


Responsibilities and Duties:

• Collaborate with leaders and staff across the organization to facilitate alignment between infection prevention, improvement initiatives and the organizations’ strategic plan and provides oversight in implementing processes for new initiatives, services or other targets identified by Valley Health Leadership.
• Supports the high reliability cultural transformation by providing coaching to help leaders promote psychological safety, process improvement, accountability, and collective mindfulness utilizing infection prevention issues as a catalyst.
• Focuses on improving the value delivered by Valley Health including the improvement of clinical outcomes and patient safety.
• Serves as an internal consultant to administration, all staff, and providers in areas of regulatory, improvement initiatives and statistical analysis.
• Promotes a collaborative environment with leaders and all staff across VH.
• Serves in a highly visible leadership role, working collaboratively across the system and externally to provide a presence for the program and be seen as a leader in quality and patient safety.
• Advances the culture of safety by promoting the identification and safe communication of Infection Prevention issues.
• Collaborates with leadership as well as staff to provide direction and support when Infection Prevention issues/initiatives are identified through risk reporting, huddles and/or other reporting sources.
• Use Infection Prevention quality and patient safety data to provide strategic direction and support to system and/or facility, as plans are developed to achieve VH strategic objectives.
• Engage all members of the VH team in Infection Prevention improvement initiatives and cross-functional teamwork.
• Assists in identification of Infection Prevention improvement opportunities and with initiatives for quality of care and patient safety related accreditations, certifications and designations.
• Provides necessary Infection Prevention quality data and statistics for quality and patient safety programs, such as Leapfrog, Anthem Quality Insights, Blue Distinction and CMS.
• Guides and supports organization in Infection Prevention accreditation readiness by ongoing review and development of policies and processes.
• Provides leadership and expertise in Infection Prevention activities across VH promoting quality and patient safety.
• Develops and presents Infection Prevention work across the organization to both leaders and front-line team members.
• Provides consultative support and subject matter expertise across a complex continuum.
• Coordinates comprehensive organization-wide infection surveillance, prevention and control program in accordance with current requirements of regulatory, government and accrediting/licensing agencies for all settings (Acute, Critical Access, LTC and Non-Acute care settings).
• Performs surveillance on healthcare-associated infections, and responsible for interpreting and reporting to leadership and staff.
• Performs risk assessment based on analysis of program and present to hospital leaders as well as accreditation.
• Provides consultation on Construction and Maintenance projects in order to provide safe environment for all staff, patients and visitors.
• Consult and collaborate with Employee Health to promote patient and staff safety.
• Planning, analysis, developing, directing; implementing and evaluating infection prevention and control activities for VH aligning with strategic plan.
• Providing leadership in management of outbreak investigation and all factors related to a pandemic emergency.
• Collaborate with all departments, leadership and/or staff in improvement opportunities to establish processes that are in line with current standards, guidelines, and or regulations to promote quality and patient safety.