Infection Control Nurse RN/LPN

Atlas Healthcare, LLC; Fairfield (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Healthcare, LLC seeks an Infection Control Lead to plan, organize, and direct the facility's infection control program in accordance with federal, state, and local standards. You will monitor infections and environmental conditions, enforce isolation precautions and aseptic techniques, and participate in policy updates with Nursing Services.

The role includes acting as a resource for staff education, reporting statistics to the NHSN and coordinating visits from Infection Disease

Qualifications

• Surveillance of infection incidence and environmental infection risk.
• Implementation of isolation policy, aseptic technique and staff health program.
• Education and training for facility staff on infection control importance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and direct the infection control program per federal, state, and local standards.
• Monitor infections in residents and environmental conditions to prevent outbreaks.
• Maintain infection control policies and participate in annual revisions with Nursing Services.

Job description

To plan, organize, develop, coordinate and direct the infection control program and its activities in accordance with current federal, state and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern such programs. In addition, operate an environmental surveillance program in order to maintain a safe environment for facility residents and personnel.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

1. Implements under the direction of the Infection Control Committee, standards for surveillance of incidence of nosocomial infections, community acquired infections, conditions predisposing to infections and periodic review of the clinical use of antibiotics.

2. Implements a mechanism for monitoring and reporting infections in residents and environmental conditions with infection potential.

3. Implements control measures including isolation policy, aseptic technique, and a personnel health program.

4. Institutes isolation precautions as necessary.

1. Acts as a resource person for all facility staff in regard to personnel educational needs ad awareness of the importance of infection control.

2. Detects, records, and monitors nosocomial infections/communicable diseases and reports them to the Director of Nursing Services.

3. Maintains Infection Control Policies and procedures and participates in annual review revisions of these in cooperation with the Director of Nursing Services.

4. Attends Medical Staff meetings. Develops written agenda for Infection Control Committee meetings, keeps minutes of meetings and makes reports to the Director of Nursing Services.

5. Conducts environmental surveillance rounds and reports findings in writing to the Administrator. Discusses problematic areas with appropriate department heads.

6. Reports statistics to the appropriate state agency, NHSN

7. Coordinates Infection Disease Consultant visits.