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Overview:
Location: 530 S. Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202
Shift: Full Time
About Us
UofL Hospital, a 404-bed academic teaching and research hospital, is at the heart of the Louisville Metro area in downtown Louisville. UofL Hospital offers a second-to-none cancer center, world-renowned trauma team and a uniquely streamlined, nationally accredited stroke center—the latest innovations in a history of world-class care. UofL Hospital is the only adult Level I Trauma Center in the region, which includes the only dedicated burn center in Kentucky.
Our Mission
As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
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We are Hiring at UofL Health-University Hospital!
Location: 530 S. Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202
Shift: Full Time
About Us
UofL Hospital, a 404-bed academic teaching and research hospital, is at the heart of the Louisville Metro area in downtown Louisville. UofL Hospital offers a second-to-none cancer center, world-renowned trauma team and a uniquely streamlined, nationally accredited stroke center—the latest innovations in a history of world-class care. UofL Hospital is the only adult Level I Trauma Center in the region, which includes the only dedicated burn center in Kentucky.
Our Mission
As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
Job Summary
The Infection Preventionist (IP) is part of a team responsible for the implementation of the infection prevention program and will perform ongoing surveillance and epidemiologic review of patients, employees, and the environment.
The IP uses epidemiological principles and methods for identification and prevention of infectious diseases to patients and healthcare workers. Using surveillance to identify areas of risk and develop evidence-based strategies to prevent the development of hospital acquired infections, the IP guides, studies, and serves as a resource on all aspects of hospital functions related to prevention and control of infections for all patient populations.
The IP works collaboratively to coordinate data collection and analysis and assists in the overall risk assessment of the inpatient and outpatient populations. The IP also provides support in implementation of guidelines, policies and initiatives. The IP adheres to reporting standards as set forth by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other regulatory bodies and enters this information into the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system. The IP works with local and state health departments to identify trends in reportable diseases and reports such diseases according to 902 KAR 2:020.
Responsibilities:
Infection Prevention & Control: Administrative Oversight
- Assists with development, implementation, and evaluation of the Infection Prevention program
- Assists with development and implementation of the infection control risk assessment and goals
- Provides suggestions for revising the surveillance program based on the facility risk assessment and national practice standards
- Ensures Infection Prevention program compliance with local, state and federal guidelines
- Accepts delegated authority to monitor and resolve issues related to infection prevention
- Applies infection prevention-related measures to ensure full compliance with regulatory & accrediting standards
- Coordinates the planning and implementation of infection control risk assessment related to facility projects, construction, and other activities
- Participates in and promotes antimicrobial stewardship to encourage optimal antimicrobial use
Surveillance, Monitoring and Performance Improvement:
- Performs surveillance for evidence of healthcare acquired infections (HAIs)
- Reviews laboratory results and demonstrates ability to determine infection prevention and control implications
- Assists with the coordination of outbreak investigations, communicable disease exposures and potential transmission
- Identifies the need for special epidemiologic studies, as well as setting standards, evaluating compliance and ensuring follow up
- Participates in environment of care rounding
- Provides analysis and dissemination of infection prevention and control data
- Ensures data reliability and validity and monitors for variations
- Utilizes evidence-based practice for process improvement initiatives
- Coordinates infection prevention & control improvement efforts with leaders across facilities
- Provides epidemiological support in trending/tracking organisms and/or infections
Consultation, Education & Support:
- Collaborates with facility and department leaders to implement best practices
- Serves as Infection Prevention liaison to employee health (EH) for EH and safety education, evaluation of exposures, preventive measures, and risk assessment
- Collaborates with other infection preventionists
- Promotes involvement in local, state, and/or national forums
- Reviews and evaluates products for healthcare use
- Serves as infection prevention subject matter expert to plant facilities/engineering and contractors on indoor air quality, construction, and new facility development
- Serves as infection prevention subject matter expert in the development of infection prevention and control educational topics
- Supports infection prevention and control operations throughout the organization
- Collaborates with facility departments in reviewing policies, procedures, and processes related to infection prevention and control
- Works with facility departments in reviewing policies, procedures, and processes related to infection prevention and control
- Must be available to work off shifts, flexible dates and flexible start/end time
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in healthcare-related field (required)
- Master’s degree in Public Health (preferred)
Experience:
- Three (3) years of experience in healthcare, microbiology or public health epidemiology (required)
- Acute care experience (preferred)
Certification:
- Certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology (CIC) preferred (required within 3 years of hire)
- Basic Life Saving (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)
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