Sr Infection Preventionist

Sr Infection Preventionist

Department: CORP | Infection Prevention

Location:

Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm

Category:
Nursing

Posting #: 1055884

Employee Type:
Full-Time

A Senior Infection Preventionist at Phoenix Children’s collaborates with the leadership team, quality, medical and nursing staff to develop strategies to reduce the risk of infections and achieve top decile performance for key infection prevention measures. Initiates and leads teams to address improvement efforts across the organization. Demonstrates expertise in infection prevention core competencies--prevention, surveillance, and control. Performs surveillance by utilizing available electronic tools to collect data, applying critical thinking to interpret the data, and submitting reliable data to the National Healthcare Surveillance Network (NHSN).

Able to apply adult learning principles to educational strategies, materials, and presentations. The Senior Infection Preventionist must be self-directed and self-motivating, plans and conducts work with minimal direction. This role also serves as a mentor to the team and provides feedback and guidance for professional development.

• Conducts surveillance activities
• Applies standardized case finding methods to HAI (healthcare-associated infection) definitions, expanding surveillance principles to diverse populations.
• Skilled at using NHSN (National Healthcare Surveillance Network) to report HAIs and able to validate NHSN surveillance conducted by others.
• Independently performs electronic surveillance and applies data mining principles for comprehensive reporting.
• Applies principles of information management to emerging technology.
• Uses advanced statistical tools (SIR, P values and standard deviation).
• Provides reports to stakeholders in the form of graphic data displays.
• Understands rate comparison and benchmarking and can integrate analysis into strategic programs for Phoenix Children's.
• Initiates collaborative efforts around process improvements identified from surveillance outcomes.
• Serves as a leader to coordinate and aggregate pertinent data that is focused, succinct and effective for use by leadership.
• Proactively assesses program, service, and functional effectiveness.

• Manages daily infection prevention and control related activities
• Serves as an expert for internal projects and initiatives using evidence-based protocols and best practice from other national initiatives.
• Uses professional judgement and decision-making skills to prioritize work, initiatives, and streamline processes.
• Utilizes infection control electronic data-mining system to identify abnormal laboratory findings with infection prevention implications.
• Monitors and supports isolation activities.
• Possesses advanced knowledge of epidemiology and study design and conducts epidemiologic investigations.
• Uses literature review as a tool for learning best practices and can interpret research findings and identify study limitations and bias.
• Able to interpret research data and apply findings to current practice.
• Independently uses process improvement tools, utilizing approaches appropriate to stakeholder needs.
• Designs complex interventions, applying principles of change management and process improvement to daily operations and special projects.
• Writes Phoenix Children's policies and procedures based on understanding of regulatory / accreditation requirements and participates in local, regional, national policy review.
• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with staff and clinicians that enhance coordination, standardization, and continuity of infection prevention activities.
• Keeps abreast of public health issues that impact infection prevention activities.
• Collaborates with state and…