Infection Preventionist

Infection Preventionist I

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• Department: CORP | Infection Prevention
• Location:
  
  Phoenix
• Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm
• Category:
  Nursing
• Posting #: 1000701
• Employee Type:
  Full-Time

Novice Infection Preventionist (IP) coordinates learning and ongoing competency within the comprehensive organization-wide infection surveillance, prevention and control program in accordance with current requirements of regulatory, government and accrediting/licensing agencies and organizational policies and procedures. Duties include learning surveillance for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting of surveillance data, outbreak investigation, and program evaluation.

• Become familiar with plan for infection surveillance, prevention and control activities based on the facility risk assessment.
• On-going learning of epidemiologic principles to conduct surveillance and ability to independently initiate a risk assessment with pertinent issues identified for further improvement.
• Evaluate and modify the surveillance plan as necessary.
• Assist with implementation of infection prevention and control policies and protocols.
• Learn to communicate infection prevention and control information and data to various committees and healthcare workers across the organization as assigned.
• Stay current on infection prevention and control regulatory and accreditation standards and maintain compliance.

• Learn to 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 and continuous improvement of processes, products, and services.
• Monitor and analyze process and outcome measures to evaluate effectiveness and sustainability.
• Participate in PI committees, teams and initiatives as indicated.
• Identify barriers for implementation and develop strategies to minimize or remove barriers.
• Implement strategies to sustain efforts such as audit tools and meaningful feedback.
• Rounds daily or monthly, depending on needs per Unit/Department.

• Pursue professional growth and development of required knowledge and skills.
• Create a study plan for Certification in Infection Control.
• Establish at least one professional goal per year.
• Advocate for patient safety, health worker safety, and safe practices.
• Sign up and participate in an infection prevention and control professional organization/association (e.g., APIC).
• Consult and collaborate as needed with local, state, and federal public health officials and community health organizations.
• Involve multidisciplinary teams to ensure changes are vetted by all stakeholder groups.
• Bring enthusiasm, creativity and innovation to practice.
• Work collaboratively with others, providing direction when necessary.
• Readily share knowledge and expertise.
• Prepare and deliver infection prevention presentations to external groups.

• Learn to integrate evidence-based practices into policies, guidelines, protocols and educational strategies.
• Identify barriers for implementation and develop strategies to minimize or remove barriers.
• Implement strategies to sustain efforts such as audit tools and meaningful feedback.
• Be an active member of relevant professional organizations.

• Assess and address learning needs individually and 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.

• Perform miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

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