Clinical Infection Prevention Specialist
| Company | Corewell Health |
|---|---|
| Location | South Bend, IN, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Nursing, medical technology, or education related to epidemiology.
- 2 years of relevant Clinical or Infection Prevention experience
- LIC-Registered Nurse (RN) – State of Michigan OR
- CRT-Medical Technologist, Certified (MT) – ASCP American Society for Clinical Pathology
- AHA or ARC Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days
Responsibilities
- Utilizes infection prevention information, research and other quantitative data in the analysis and synthesis of plans to mitigate risks related to infections, streamlining of processes or improve performance.
- Serves as an internal consultant by providing guidance on infection prevention, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization practices and products.
- Facilitates quality improvement activities to stabilize processes, reduce variation, and improve outcomes to establish a culture of safe and infection free care.
- Fosters and maintains collaborative relationships with team, internal customers, and external agencies.
- Performs ongoing surveillance, as assigned, utilizing proactive and reactive approaches to identify and mitigate risks related to infections.
- Engages team and leadership in a professional manner, accesses the chain of command as needed, and participates in developing the team culture. May participate in the budgetary, staff recruitment and policy review process.
- Develops and delivers infection prevention education to staff, as needed. Presents on infection prevention topics as requested.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or equivalent experience including Master of Public Health.
- 2 years of relevant experience in participation on improvement initiatives
- CRT-Infection Prevention and Control, Certified – CBIC Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc within 3 years after hire
- CRT-At least one Certification from preferred list – Institute for Healthcare improvement (IHI), IHI Open School