Associate Medical Director, Infection Prevention, and Associate Medical Director of Antimicrobi

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Position Description Overview

In collaboration with the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS), the Associate Medical Director of IPC/AMS is responsible for implementation and oversight of the areas of infection prevention in conjunction with the Infection Control team and Quality and Safety. This includes but is not limited to regulatory readiness and maintenance, and reduction of healthcare associate infections (such as catheter associated urinary tract infections, central line associated bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections).

The associate medical director of IPC/ASP will work as a member of a team of experts to coordinate infection prevention and reduction initiatives, and stewardship activities. The associate director will participate in local and system-wide infection control committees, including in the areas of healthcare associated infections and quality and safety of patients.

Position Description Overview

In collaboration with the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS), the Associate Medical Director of IPC/AMS is responsible for implementation and oversight of the areas of infection prevention in conjunction with the Infection Control team and Quality and Safety. This includes but is not limited to regulatory readiness and maintenance, and reduction of healthcare associate infections (such as catheter associated urinary tract infections, central line associated bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections).

The associate medical director of IPC/ASP will work as a member of a team of experts to coordinate infection prevention and reduction initiatives, and stewardship activities. The associate director will participate in local and system-wide infection control committees, including in the areas of healthcare associated infections and quality and safety of patients.

Roles and Responsibility

In addition to clinical obligations as part of the infectious diseases division, they will carry additional primary roles and responsibilities will be to serve as the Associate Medical Director of IPC and AMS at Henry Ford Hospital.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to providing subject matter expertise in infection prevention, healthcare epidemiology, and appropriate use of antimicrobial agents. This includes the review of root cause analysis for healthcare associated infections or outbreak investigation with subsequent implementation of process improvement efforts to reduce infections. Additionally, this person will assist in coordination of multidisciplinary initiatives, the development and implementation of infection control principles in general and as they relate to reduction of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), outbreak response, special or emerging pathogens;

interpretation of epidemiologic data, and improvement of data infrastructures and data reporting in compliance with NHSN, CMS and other internal metrics.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Management and Leadership
• In association with the Quality & Safety team, infection Control team, and the Chief Quality Officers, the associate director of IPC/AMS assists in the further development and maintenance of the infection prevention and control program in close collaboration with hospital leadership, quality office and infection control team.
• Promotes collegiality and teamwork.
• Collabo…