Infection Control Manager - Community East

Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the-art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefit initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields, and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we couldn’t do it without you.

Make a Difference

The Infection Control Manager is responsible for identifying, monitoring, evaluating, educating and making recommendations for improving processes affecting the prevention or reduction of infection risks to all employees and patients and visitors throughout the continuum of the network (inpatient and outpatient services excluding VEI). The IP Team provides consulting services only as needed for VEI but does not have authority over them. The Infection Control Manager functions as an expert resource across the continuum of care for infection prevention research, practice and implementation of evidence-based interventions. The Infection Control Manager is accountable at their assigned site for implementing an Infection Prevention program that meets the regulatory standards of accrediting and licensure agencies. Responsible for trend analysis of epidemiologically significant organisms and healthcare acquired infections. Consults with site leadership to establish goals and action plans.

Exceptional Skills and Qualifications

• 4 year / Bachelor’s Degree (required).
• Master’s degree in Public Health or related field (preferred).
• Minimum of 2 years hospital nursing, hospital laboratory or public health infection control/epidemiology experience (required.
• At least 1-year dedicated Infection Prevention or 5+ years of RN, public health/epidemiology, or lab tech or related experience (preferred)
• 3 years from hire Certifications/Licensures: Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC) (required).
• Certifications/Licensures: Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid license to practice in the state of Indiana as listed in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) (highly preferred), Certification as a professional Medical Laboratory Tech (MT-ASCP or MT-AAB, or MT-AMT or equivalent in area of specialty (preferred).
• Ability to collect and compile surveillance data, identify infectious disease processes, perform surveillance and epidemiologic investigation, interpret surveillance data, and conduct outbreak investigation if need arises.
• Ability to identify and implement sound infection prevention and control strategies to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents by development of sound IP policies that reflect current research and best practice models.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Employee Occupational Health to develop and manage an effective employee health program that minimizes risk of infectious diseases to employees and patients.
• Collaborates with site and network leaders to set infection prevention strategies and objectives. Accountable for strategic planning in the IP department and network standardization of evidence-based practice.
• Ensures ongoing readiness with all applicable accreditation standards (e.g. CMS, Joint Commission, NQF, ISDH, etc.). Demonstrates knowledge and expertise of infection prevention based regulatory requirements that apply to assigned site.
• Communicates performance with healthcare acquired infections and related process measures. Spreads best practice at the assigned site to accelerate performance and reduce the financial risks associated with HAI and value-based purchasing.
• Facilitates the development and implementation of an effective Infection Prevention Plan/Surveillance Plan based on annual risk assessment and prioritization.
• Facilitates, plans, updates and maintains Risk Assessment and Demographics for assigned site. Develops and maintains a communication system which assures an effective flow of information at the assigned site.
• Ensures communication and collaboration with network and site Quality and Safety Committees, and Risk Management as appropriate.
• Supports infection prevention system wide in prioritizing, promoting, and facilitating performance assessment and improvement.
• Supports development and dissemination of infection prevention best practice. Serves as a consultant at site and in-network regarding infection prevention measurement, performance improvement, and strategies to improve HAI performance.
• Manage performance improvement for infection prevention in both a lead and execution role.
• Promotes a just culture of employee/patient safety. Establishes direction, policy, and planning that results in the prediction, anticipation, and prevention of HAI or transmission of sentinel organisms.