Infection Prevention Expert: Safeguarding Patients

Baystatehealth; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Baystate Health in Massachusetts is seeking an Acute Care Hospital Infection Preventionist to support and promote a comprehensive infection prevention and control program using epidemiology, surveillance, education, and performance improvement strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections and protect patients and staff.

Responsibilities include conducting infection surveillance, investigating outbreaks, analyzing data for leaders and public health, developing and evaluating policies,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Science, or a related healthcare field such as Medical Technologist, or in Public Health/Epidemiology.
• Experience in infection prevention, epidemiology, surveillance, or healthcare quality improvement.
• Ability to enter, analyze, and report infection surveillance data, including NHSN data.

Responsibilities

• Conduct infection surveillance using epidemiologic principles, CDC criteria, laboratory data, and applicable surveillance systems.
• Identify and investigate healthcare-associated infections, outbreaks, clusters, exposures, and emerging infection trends.
• Analyze and report infection prevention data to organizational leaders, committees, regulatory agencies, and public health officials.
• Serve as an infection prevention and control resource to physicians, leaders, staff, patients, families, and healthcare partners.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate infection prevention policies, procedures, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Employee Health and other departments to prevent and manage infectious disease exposures.
• Provide education related to infection prevention and infectious diseases to staff, patients, families, and the community.
• Participate in infection prevention committees and organizational patient safety initiatives.
• Maintain knowledge of current infection prevention practices, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and applicable state and federal regulations.

Skills

Infection control

Epidemiology

Data analysis NHSN

Education/Training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing/Science/related healthcare field

Public Health/Epidemiology background

Job description

Baystate Health in Massachusetts is seeking an Acute Care Hospital Infection Preventionist to support and promote a comprehensive infection prevention and control program using epidemiology, surveillance, education, and performance improvement strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections and protect patients and staff.

Responsibilities include conducting infection surveillance, investigating outbreaks, analyzing data for leaders and public health, developing and evaluating policies,