Infection Preventionist Senior

Job Title:

Infection Preventionist Senior

Duties:

Expert Infection Preventionist (IP) responsible for collaborating to develop, implement, and sustain IP strategies. Specific duties:

• Establish, implement and monitor infection prevention and control program and practices
• Synthesize information to effectively communicate program needs
• Align IPE program goals with organizational goals
• Conduct and manage performance and completion of institutional multidisciplinary projects related to prevention of healthcare-acquired conditions. Includes meeting planning, project tracking, data analysis, development of goals, work plans, schedules, project estimates, presentations, and status reports
• Develop opportunities for mentoring and training of associate and intermediate level infection preventionists
• Lead daily departmental huddles and other department-level meetings
• Participate in teaching opportunities in School of Public Health/School of Nursing or related
• Lead infection prevention in collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting surveillance data.
• Evaluate the significance of surveillance and investigation findings to make recommendations for improvements to clinicians and administrators targeted to rescue or eliminate infectious risks in patients and staff
• Apply advanced epidemiologic and surveillance principles to detect clusters or outbreaks of infection
• Lead infection prevention data collection, analysis, and visualization
• Use technology to guide facility strategic planning and resource utilization
• Conduct activities related to exposure of patients and employees to communicable diseases
• Develop, review, evaluate, and implement infection prevention and control policies to improve quality of care
• Observe, advise, and train faculty and staff regarding assessing, preventing, and controlling infection risks
• Consult with department and administrative staff on infection prevention and control issues
• Participate in interdisciplinary quality improvement projects
• Develop routine quality improvement reports for areas of coverage as appropriate
• Conduct rounds and perform coaching on infection prevention priorities such as The Joint Commission and healthcare-associated infection prevention
• Provide liaison to regulatory and accrediting agencies and health departments
• Collaborate with the institutional high-level disinfection project manager on related issues

One remote workday per week permitted.

Minimum Requirements:

Master's degree in Public Health + board certification in Infection Prevention (CIC) + 3 years of infection prevention experience to include: conducting surveillance and data analysis of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance definitions and recommending appropriate actions to patient care teams to reduce or eliminate infectious risks in patient populations.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity employer. Background checks (and pre-employment drug screening, if applicable) are conducted upon acceptance of a contingent job offer.