Infection Preventionist, Full time Days, Wilson County

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Full-time, 40 hours/week, Flexible start time between 7a-8a to 4p or 5p.

The successful candidate will be interacting regularly with staff and leaders in all clinical departments, including inpatient departments, providing guidance on appropriate isolation precautions and PPE, hand hygiene, and other infection prevention topics. This person will also work closely with our Facilities and EVS departments to ensure all Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA) are completed prior to any construction work.

The successful candidate will work closely with the VTHH Quality Team and will share a large office with the two members of Quality that are on the team. This person will also work closely with the VBCH and VWCH Infection Preventionists as well as the Regional Infection Prevention Manager. Other resources and training for position will include Infection Preventionists and Leaders with the VUH QSRP Infection Prevention team. This person will have interaction and resources available to them with the State of TN Health Department, NHSN, CDC, and THA.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Ensure employees receive training in health care prevention as well as prevention of employee health exposures.
* Supervises/conducts surveillance for healthcare associated infections and epidemiologically significant organisms as specified in the Infection Prevention as Control Plan.
* Aggregates surveillance data and analyzes trends.
* Reports diseases/conditions to state and local public health authorities as required by state law.
* Monitors infection control/safety compliance in the environment of care. Coordinates outbreak investigation.
* Consults with administration, directors, physician, and staff for infection control and maintains open channels of communication with administration, medical staff and employees.
* Monitors compliance with infection prevention processes including but not limited to hand hygiene, isolation precautions, use of standardized PPE and care bundles
* Participates in hospital committees, providing reference and guidelines in policy, standards and practice development.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
* Leadership (Intermediate): Formulates a vision while motivating & guiding employees promoting engagement. Leaders state precise goals, ensures the commitment of individuals to those goals, defines the methods of measurement, and provides the incentive to accomplish measureable outcomes.
* Continuous Process Improvement (Intermediate): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality. Coaches senior and executive leadership in defining metrics and goals.
* Infection Prevention Research (Intermediate): Incorporates research constructs into the IP program in order to synthesize, apply and evaluate research while applying evidence based IP principles in challenging and complex situations.
* Infection Prevention Informatics (Intermediate): Has a working knowledge of surveillance technology and leverages data inputs to help identify healthcare associated infections and other reportable infections as well as managing automated reporting.
* Professional Stewardship (Intermediate): Demonstrates accountability through communication, education, relationship building, and behavior change.
* Infection Prevention (Intermediate): Demonstrates infection prevention skills in practical applications. Trains and educates by setting the example and giving technical instruction.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

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Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.