References must be from 2 different places of employment within the past 3 years.

Required Skills/Experience:
Conduct analysis and formulate conclusions.
Identify occurrences, reservoirs, incubation periods, periods of communicability, modes of transmission, signs and symptoms, and susceptibility associated with the infectious disease process.
Interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests.
Differentiate between colonization and infection.
Differentiate between prophylactic, empiric, and therapeutic uses of antimicrobials.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
Previous experience in infection prevention and control in the acute or public health setting preferred.

Required Credentials:
Primary professional training in nursing, medical technology, microbiology, epidemiology, or other related field and completed specialized or equivalent on-the-job training in infection prevention and control.
Post-secondary education in a health- or science-related field.

Preferred Credentials:
MLT or MT with lab certification preferred.

Special Requests:
Call-off policy: 3 occurrences per 13 weeks.

Unit Details:
The Infection Preventionist is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing systems for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable diseases for all patients, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing services, following accepted national standards.
Oversees the organization's hand hygiene program, including the sustainment of an active surveillance program.
Conducts outbreak investigations.
Establishes and maintains surveillance systems for hospital-acquired conditions, including CAUTI, CLABSI, SSI, hand hygiene, isolation precautions, and use of PPE.
Collaborates with pharmacists, medical staff, laboratory, and infectious disease teams to support a comprehensive antibiotic stewardship program.
Assesses the need for, develops, and presents infection prevention education for medical staff, organizational leaders, individual departments, general orientation, and annual review, including hand hygiene; cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization; use of isolation/barrier precautions when indicated; environmental hazards; use of patient care products and medical equipment; and immunization programs.
Prepares and presents surveillance data, communicable disease data, hospital-acquired conditions data, and employee illness and injury data to internal and external stakeholders and regulatory agencies.
Coordinates and facilitates the Infection Control Committee in collaboration with the medical staff chair, laboratory, and pharmacy.
Serves as a member of the Environment of Care Committee or subcommittee, Accreditation Committee, and Quality Management Committees.

Shift & Scheduling:
The schedule is Monday-Friday.
Overtime starts after 40 hours.
Orientation is 12 hours.

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

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