Director of Infection Prevention & Control Job City of Elmira New York USA,Healthcare

Director of Infection Prevention & Control

Location: Elmira, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation range: 140k - 180k
Level: System Leadership / Director
Work Arrangement: Hybrid with rotational on-site presence

Position Overview:

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Director of Infection Prevention & Control to provide strategic, system-wide leadership across hospitals, ambulatory locations, and post-acute care settings.

This highly visible leadership position will oversee infection prevention strategy, regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, quality outcomes, patient safety, antimicrobial stewardship, and enterprise risk mitigation.

The Director will serve as a trusted advisor to executive and clinical leadership while partnering with physicians, nursing, laboratory, pharmacy, quality, risk management, patient safety, public health agencies, and other key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will bring a strategic, systems-oriented approach to infection prevention and have the ability to translate epidemiologic and surveillance data into measurable improvements in patient and organizational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute a comprehensive, system-wide infection prevention strategy aligned with organizational priorities, public health needs, and community health assessments.
Maintain a rotational on-site presence across hospitals, ambulatory locations, and post-acute facilities.
Advise executive and clinical leadership on emerging infectious threats, epidemiologic trends, disease burden, and exposure risks.
Lead governance structures integrating infection prevention with quality, patient safety, and enterprise risk management.
Serve as the accountable executive for system-level infection prevention risk mitigation.
Collaborate with Population Health, Public Health agencies, Laboratory, Pharmacy, and clinical service lines.
Use surveillance data and antibiograms to address antimicrobial resistance and strengthen antimicrobial stewardship.
Ensure compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission standards, NHSN requirements, and applicable state and federal regulations.
Provide executive oversight for regulatory surveys, tracers, audits, and unannounced regulatory visits.
Partner with Quality, Risk, Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Data, and Patient Safety leaders to monitor and reduce Healthcare-Associated Conditions.
Develop evidence-based interventions designed to reduce variation in care, improve outcomes, and protect reimbursement under value-based purchasing programs.
Lead and mentor infection prevention leadership and professional staff across the system.
Establish succession planning and competency-development programs.
Foster a culture of accountability, psychological safety, professional development, and high performance.
Partner with Finance, Communications/Marketing, Quality leadership, and Chief Medical Officers to communicate infection prevention performance and its organizational and financial impact.
Integrate infection prevention standards into employee onboarding, annual competencies, leadership education, and ongoing professional development.
Serve as the escalation authority for complex infection prevention matters, outbreak responses, and cross-disciplinary issues.
Facilitate evidence-based solutions and ensure lessons learned are translated into sustainable organizational practices.
Maintain oversight of infection-prevention-related performance expectations and metrics associated with clinical contracts.
Promote and facilitate research and continuous improvement initiatives related to infection prevention and patient care.

Leadership Profile:

The ideal candidate will be:

A strategic thinker who can connect…