Infection Prevention Leader — MDRO & Healthcare Epidemiology

Veterans Health Administration (DOVA); Albuquerque (NM); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 118.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Veterans Health Administration (DOVA) in Albuquerque, NM seeks a Health Science Specialist to lead MDRO infection prevention and control efforts, providing expert guidance and program leadership.

The role focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies to reduce MDRO transmission, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote patient and staff safety within a complex healthcare system.

Aufgaben

• Reviews, analyzes, and applies information from current scientific literature to identify populations at high risk for infection and applies principles of public health to practice.
• Applies epidemiological principles and statistical methods to identify target populations, analyze trends and risk factors, and design prevention and control strategies including surveillance and investigations.
• Uses a systematic surveillance approach to monitor the effectiveness of prevention strategies and helps develop surveillance guidelines to track nosocomial infections.
• Meets with Medical Center committees to discuss laboratory findings, clinical significance, and infection prevention and control measures.
• Serves as an educational resource for infection prevention and health care epidemiology, reviewing products for cleaning and disinfection of equipment and surfaces.
• Acts as liaison to public health officials and collaborates with the Infection Prevention and Control team in all program activities.
• Provides leadership in addressing ethical issues affecting clients and staff and coordinates problem solving with services outside the responsible area.
• Collaborates with others in research activities to improve care and MDRO infection prevention and control practice.

Jobbeschreibung

Veterans Health Administration (DOVA) in Albuquerque, NM seeks a Health Science Specialist to lead MDRO infection prevention and control efforts, providing expert guidance and program leadership.

The role focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies to reduce MDRO transmission, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote patient and staff safety within a complex healthcare system.