Infection Prevention Lead – Healthcare Safety & Immunization

Saba Healthcare; Illinois; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Saba Healthcare is seeking an Infection Preventionist to lead prevention and control programs across the facility, partnering with the medical director and nursing leadership to reduce infection incidence and transmission.

The role focuses on strategic planning, education, and collaboration with local, state, and national agencies to implement and evaluate annual infection prevention goals and action plans.

Qualifications

• Have primary professional training in nursing, medical technology, microbiology, epidemiology, or other related field.
• Be qualified by education, training, experience or certification;
• Have completed idph approved specialized training in infection prevention and control.

Responsibilities

• Partners with the medical director for epidemiology infectious disease to develop, implement and evaluate annual infection prevention goals and action plan.
• Partners with facility leaders, physicians, local, state, and national agencies on activities related to infection prevention.
• Oversees the operations of the infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship programs.
• Accountable for surveillance of healthcare acquired and community acquired infections.
• Manages goal setting process for system, unit and physician goals related to healthcare acquired infections and conditions.
• Manages facility immunization programs.
• Leads facility wide interdepartmental infection control program to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, mitigate and control workplace conditions.
• Participates in the national collaboratives and external reporting to cdc nhsn system, and other post-acute care specific quality organizations.

Education

Nursing or related field

Job description

Saba Healthcare is seeking an Infection Preventionist to lead prevention and control programs across the facility, partnering with the medical director and nursing leadership to reduce infection incidence and transmission.

The role focuses on strategic planning, education, and collaboration with local, state, and national agencies to implement and evaluate annual infection prevention goals and action plans.