Infection Preventionist - Quality Administration - Full Time - Days

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

1. Promotes positive relations when interacting with patients, visitors, families, physicians, providers, customers and co-workers.

2. Conducts investigations according to department procedures to provide management of actual and potential infections.

3. Plans and completes projects and workload in timely and efficient manner by utilizing time-management and prioritization skills to ensure customer satisfaction with product and timeliness of completion.

4. Conducts and communicates findings of annual/biannual on-site visits of clinical and supporting departments according to epidemiological principles and standards of practice to ensure compliance or identify opportunities for improvement. Serves as a resource to hospital or clinic personnel regarding isolation/precaution policy.

5. Designs, plans, presents, and evaluates assigned educational activities to ensure desired objectives and outcomes are met utilizing adult learning principles.

6. Guides the implementation of evidence based practices for identified improvement opportunities related to Infection Prevention across the organization. Utilizes appropriate Performance Improvement principles. MPC & Ambulatory Surgical Center attends system-wide Infection Prevention Workgroup.

Additional NMH Essential Job Functions:

1. Conducts on-going surveillance activities by applying approved criteria to clinical data to ensure identification of healthcare associated infections.

2. Prepares epidemiology reports by utilizing epidemiological and statistical knowledge to aggregate, statistically analyze, synthesize, and interpret surveillance data to ensure accurate, concise, meaningful information.

3. Serves as resource to Health System and community by utilizing current professional journals, professional organization's guidelines/standards, regulatory agencies and accrediting agencies requirements in order to provide a quality infection control program. Assure compliance with JCAHO and OSHA standards as they relate to Infection Control.

Additional MPC & Ambulatory Surgical Center Essential Job Functions:

1. Conducts on-going surveillance activities by applying approved criteria to clinical data to ensure proper infection prevention practices are being followed.

2. Coordinates education and compliance program specific to sterilization and high level disinfection. Also, monitors infection control during construction activity.

3. Assure compliance with healthcare standards as they relate to Infection Control for both the clinics and ambulatory surgical center through consistent rounding, education (from CDC, Department of Health, WHO, etc.), and training, including just in time support.

Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or health-related field recommended.
• Master’s degree in nursing or health-related field, relative to epidemiology responsibilities desired.
• Basic statistics course recommended.
• Successful completion of annual mandatory education requirements.

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Balancing
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Distinguish colors
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Reaching
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking
  • Standing
  • Walking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Rare (1-33%):
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.