Nurse Educator​/Infection Control

Quail Run Hospital is a 115-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona. Quail Run features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. On average, over 10,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Quail Run Behavioral Health. Website:

Nurse Educator is a registered professional nurse who will facilitate orientation for all new staff, teaching and assessing many competencies and passing new staff off to mentors who will oversee the completion of the orientation competencies. Assist with formulation and implementation of training in areas identified as requiring follow-up and/or refresher education including annual competencies. Evaluates patient care through collaborative efforts with health team members in accordance with the nursing process and the standards of care and practices;

addresses assessed needs with education programs when appropriate. Oversee Health Stream education for Nursing Department staff, uploading required education monthly for staff to complete. Carries out periodic inspections to ensure that procedures for the control of infections are being followed correctly. Collects and maintains statistical data of value in the identification and control of infections.

The Infection Control Nurse is a Registered Nurse who is responsible for coordinating the activities of the Infection Control Program, assuming direct responsibility for infection surveillance and reporting, and providing technical support and education for the hospital staff.

• Education:
  
  Assist in implementing unit policies and procedures, providing in-the-moment education as needed and serve as a resource to the staff. Evaluate the effectiveness of treatment planning and offer education courses and/or in-the-moment education as it is determined necessary. Work with CNO to provide education and training as identified in any roost cause analysis and/or intensive analysis.
• Teaching:
  Provide staff with material to be used for patient education. Develop a comprehensive orientation for all new hires. Create and monitor nursing department competencies to be completed within 30 days of hire AND before they can function independently. Develop monthly staff education calendar for ongoing education/supervision needs of nursing department staff including Handle With Care, Verbal De-escalation, and Basic Life Support (BLS).
  
  Understand, plan, and implement Health Stream education for all staff. Develop core curriculum for Population Based Competencies for the unique needs of patient population groups. Assist with formulation and implementation of training in areas of multi-cultural awareness.
• IC Surveillance:
  Develops and maintains a method of identifying and recording known or suspected infections in patients and employees. Carries out periodic inspections to ensure that procedures for the control of infections are being followed correctly. Collects and maintains statistical data of value in the identification and control of infections. Maintains close liaison with the public health service and local physicians to identify patients with infections that become apparent after discharge from the hospital.
• IC Reporting:
  Prepares monthly reports to the Infection Control Committee that includes data on infection rates by nursing unit and type of infection. Reports unusual clusters or outbreaks of infection to the Committee and conducts investigations as appropriate. Monitors employee illnesses and reports number and type to the Infection Control Committee.
• IC Controlling:
  Identifies the needs for intervention…