Infection Control & Wound Care RN — $10K Sign-On

Garden Healthcare; Lewistown (Mifflin County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $10,000

Job summary

Garden Healthcare is seeking a registered nurse to lead infection control and wound care initiatives in a full-time, day-shift role at Greenwood Village. The position requires overseeing the infection control program, ensuring compliance, and guiding staff through surveillance, training, and incident response.

The selected candidate will monitor practices, analyze data, prepare reports, and provide epidemiology consultation to improve patient outcomes in long-term care settings.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience as a registered nurse in an LTC setting preferred.
• Infection Prevention training strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of infection control guidelines, OSHA, regulatory, and CDC requirements.
• Ability to multitask.
• Surveils activities to decrease healthcare-associated infections and improve patients' outcomes.
• Reviews and exercises discretion and judgment when investigating trends, clusters, outbreaks, and unusual events.
• Identifies and tracks nosocomial infections.
• Reports communicable diseases and outbreaks to regulatory agencies.
• Provides consultation on epidemiology issues.
• Performs medical record review to determine if variations from quality criteria exist and to determine if further peer review is required.
• Participates in data collection and analysis to facilitate effective quality outcomes.
• Analyzes statistical reports and develops reports that identify compliance or areas for improvement.
• Develops, implements, and maintains policies and procedures per evidence-based standards.
• Provides effective survey preparation and coordination.
• Provides consultation, education, and training to healthcare personnel.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, organizes, implements, and evaluates the infection control program.
• Researches current literature and technical reports to ensure that the facility's infection control processes and procedures are maintained to appropriate standards.
• Communicates compliance-related issues to appropriate parties.
• Monitors, through surveillance and inspection, as appropriate, to ensure that proper infection prevention procedures are being followed consistently and within quality standards.

Skills

Infection control

Nursing (RN)

OSHA/CDC guidelines

Surveillance

Data collection & analysis

Education & training

Multitasking

Education

RN license

Job description

Garden Healthcare is seeking a registered nurse to lead infection control and wound care initiatives in a full-time, day-shift role at Greenwood Village. The position requires overseeing the infection control program, ensuring compliance, and guiding staff through surveillance, training, and incident response.

The selected candidate will monitor practices, analyze data, prepare reports, and provide epidemiology consultation to improve patient outcomes in long-term care settings.