Infection Control Practitioner Job Description
Infection Control Practitioner Duties & Responsibilities
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Infection Control Practitioner Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Infection Control Practitioner
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Education for Infection Control Practitioner
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Employers hiring for the infection control practitioner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare, Epidemiology, Medical, Education, Microbiology, Patient Care, Computer, Supervision, Legal
Skills for Infection Control Practitioner
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Infection Control Practitioner Examples
Infection Control Practitioner Job Description
- Reviewing daily microbiology reports, chart reviews, integrating clinical findings, direct patient
- Assisting in developing procedures to prevent healthcare-associated infections that are based on sound epidemiological principles
- Taking necessary action to ensure compliance with established standards of infection control procedures on a hospital-wide basis
- Instituting control measures during an outbreak or other emergency situations after consultation with the Director or Coordinator
- Assisting with employee in-service training and orientation in all departments of the Hospital and primary care sites
- Assisting each department in the identification and implementation of quality control measures that relate to infection control
- Creates and implements in-service programs with respect to infection prevention and control
- Prepares and presents Annual Infection Control Evaluation and Plan
- Coordinates Infection Control Committee meeting, prepares agenda and is responsible for meeting minute’s content meeting all regulatory standards as it pertains to Infection Control
- Infection Control Champion for TJC and responsible for implementing house wide initiatives to ensure uninterrupted compliance
- Prepares and maintains Infection Control Manual consistent with federal regulations and TJC standards and ensures any updates are distributed to appropriate departments
- Ensures Committee actions are communicated and acted upon
- Responsible for development and implementation of actions for identified infection control issues utilizing surveillance data
- Identifies areas of improvement and serves as educator for house-wide infection control program and serves as educator for all new employees, new Grads, volunteers and nursing students
- Has over-sight of Infection Control Practitioner and is responsible for training and mentoring
- Identifies documents and reports hospital acquired infections according to the Infection Control Plan
Infection Control Practitioner Job Description
- Review all positive cultures and other laboratory results to identify the need for precautions, interventions and follow-up
- Investigate clusters of infectious disease to identify source of infections
- Observe clinical practice of physicians, nurses and other staff to aide in the identification of outbreak causes
- Identify potential staff training needs to ensure compliance and understanding of precautions and staff use of patient care equipment
- Conduct routine environmental checks
- Ensure new equipment meets standards for infection control
- Performs ongoing infection prevention surveillance activities as directed by the facility's Infection Control Committee
- Reviews implementation of appropriate precautions to reduce hospital acquired infections
- Collaborates with Environment Of Care Team through conducting of environmental rounds in all inpatient and outpatient care areas, construction rounds during active construction projects
- Demonstrates knowledge of epidemiological principles relevant to Infection Prevention and Control
- 3 – 5 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting
- Demonstrates knowledge of surveillance methodologies for detection of healthcare-associated infections
- Obtains prevailing wage information from New York State Department of Labor, published surveys or other sources
- Active participation in a professional organization (APIC, SHEA )
- Responsible for attendance and participation by reporting surveillance, outbreak investigation data other pertinent data at Infection Control Committee meetings, other designated committee meetings
- Identifying trends/patterns and managing investigations of infections
Infection Control Practitioner Job Description
- Develops and maintains computerized and manual databases necessary to prepare reports and identify significant trends
- Develops infection prevention and control orientation and other education/in-service programs and serves as key internal expert consultant for current information, guidelines, and education on infection prevention and control, occupational safety and public health communicable disease reporting
- Facilitates and monitors compliance with infection prevention and control policies and procedures, Joint Commission standards, and state and local health department requirements
- Infection Control Practitioner – Responsible for development and administration of the facility-wide program for surveillance, prevention, and control of infection under the direction of the Director
- Risk Manager - promotes and enhances patient safety in the facility and helps minimize loss by protecting the facility assets, assists with risk management day-to-day activities including
- Employee Health Nurse – the RN Employee Health provides care to hospital employees, contractors, physicians and volunteers
- Compiles statistics as requested or assigned by Director, on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, HIV reports, other reportable disease reports, C difficile, MRSA, VRE, pt satisfaction, isolation fax reports, education fax reports, nurse leader rounding
- Risk Manager – Risk or legal certification with clinical background
- Employee Health Nurse – experience with pre-placement, physicals, medication administration, phlebotomy skills, knowledge of OSHA, CDC, NIOSH and Joint Commission
- Infection Control Practitioner – Infection Control Certification (Preferred)
- AZ RN license (or able to obtain) in good standing if candidate is an RN
- Bachelors Degree with a Masters in a health related field is preferred
- A minimum of 2 years experience in a health related field
- Nurse Epidemiology certification preferred
- Conducts surveillance, reporting, data analysis and identifies healthcare associated infections using NHSN criteria, CDC guidelines
- Risk Manager – 3 years as Hospital Risk Manager (Preferred)
Infection Control Practitioner Job Description
- ICP certification
- Current Florida Healthcare Risk Managers License
- Risk Manager – 2 years as a hospital Risk Manager, Risk or legal certification with clinical background
- Employee Health Nurse – 2 years experience in Employee Health or Occupational Health setting
- Prior clinical leadership role (Preferred)
- Reviews hospital on-going surveillance using appropriate IC criteria, documentation and investigation of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) through review of IMPRO online documentation
- Evaluates effectiveness of the Hospital Infection Control Program, modifying when necessary
- Ensures daily rounding at local hospital to identify procedures and processes associated with risk of infection and implements best practice strategies to reduce risks
- Reviews and interprets data in support of epidemiological studies of specific problem areas to determine the source of the problem and to make recommendations at the local hospital infection control committee
- Conducts analysis of the hospital infection control data to include risk assessment, prevention and control strategies
- Conducts surveillance, reporting, data analysis and HAI prevention using NHSN criteria, CDC guidelines
- Supports and oversees hospital infection control committee meetings to support program progression and compliance with identified strategies to reduce risk from infections
- Supports and attends hospital HAI committees to ensure performance improvement strategies are consistent with system plans and goals
- Oversees function of reporting of communicable disease to local and state regulating bodies to ensure compliance at local hospital
- Works with hospital risk manager to report infection outbreaks to the appropriate regulating bodies
- Experience in Information Technology as applied to Infection Control or Public Health, with a working knowledge of and ability to use online services for research, , rL Solutions IMPRO, NHSN
Infection Control Practitioner Job Description
- Investigates and accurately characterizes suspected hospital infection problems, including exposures to communicable diseases and occurrences of possible outbreaks
- The Infection Control Practitioner assists the Infection Control Coordinator in the day-to-day management of the hospital-wide infection control program
- This program is designed to identify, control, and prevent hospital-associated infections among patients
- The program is of a dual nature involving the clinical aspects of patient care and the biosafety components of occupational safety and health
- The Infection Control Practitioner is a member of the hospital Infection Control Committee and, in conjunction with the Infection Control Coordinator, has the authority and responsibility to institute appropriate control measures or conduct epidemiological studies, where there is reasonable risk to patients and/or personnel
- Makes rounds to the patient units each day on duty and inquires about community and nosocomial infections
- Teaches infection control one-to-one to all personnel
- Acts as a resource person for patients on isolation and their family members
- Teaches formal classes in Infection Control topics to nurses, volunteers, when requested
- Participates in infection prevention initiatives such as GNYHA CLABS, Cl
- Minimum of 1 year RN experience
- Bachelor of Science in healthcare field of study
- RN or MT preferred- MS preferred
- Minimum of two (2) years' experience in hospital infection control
- Minimum of three (3) years in a Psychiatric health care facility, preferred
- Knowledge of Joint Commission, country, state and federal guidelines regarding Infection Control & Employee Health