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Infection Control Nurse
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-02-28
Listing for:
Sheridanshores
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
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Healthcare
Public Health, Infection Control
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Title:
Infection Preventionist
The Infection Preventionist (IP) is responsible for identifying, investigating, monitoring, and reporting healthcare-associated infections. The IP collaborates with teams and individuals to create infection prevention strategies, provide feedback, and sustain infection prevention strategies.
Qualified Candidate Educational and Certification Requirements- Degree in nursing.
- Certification in Infection Control.
- Analytical
- Problem solving
- Collaboration
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to implement evidence-based guidelines
- Conflict resolution
- Program and project management
- Expertise in data collection and analysis, report writing, and data presentation
- Leadership
- Familiar with software technologies
Reports to:
Director of Nursing
- Develop, implement, and evaluate the organizational infection prevention program.
- Surveillance.
- Develop an annual surveillance plan based on the population(s) served, services provided, and analysis of surveillance data.
- Utilize epidemiologic principles to conduct surveillance and investigations.
- Evaluate and modify the surveillance plan as necessary.
- Develop, interpret and assist with implementation of infection prevention and control policies and protocols.
- Communicate infection prevention and control information and data to various committees and healthcare workers across the organization as assigned.
Education:
- Assess and address learning needs of those served.
- Create educational goals, objectives, and strategies using learning principles and available educational tools and technology.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs and learner outcomes.
- Comply with regulatory and mandatory reporting requirements at the local, state and federal levels.
- Facilitate compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Stay current on infection prevention and control regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Utilize PI methodology as a means of enacting change.
- Define the scope of the project and select appropriate PI tools to aid in efficiency, reliability, effectiveness and ensure sustainability of the initiative.
- Ensure that customer needs and expectations are considered in the development of and continuous improvement of processes, products, and services.
- Monitor and analyze process and outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability.
- Participate in PI committees, teams and initiatives as indicated.
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