Infection Prevention LVN Lead — Full-Time Resident Safety

PACS; Clovis (CA); Sur place; USD 48 000 - 54 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

Willow Creek Health Care Center seeks a Full-Time Infection Prevention Nurse (LVN) to lead the facility’s infection prevention and control program. You will monitor infection trends, provide staff education, ensure regulatory compliance, collaborate across departments to protect residents, employees, and visitors, and drive continuous improvement.

Required: California LVN license, CPR, and infection prevention experience. Pay range: $35.00–$39.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited vocational nursing program.
• Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse license in good standing.
• Current CPR certification.
• Two or more years of nursing experience preferred, ideally in skilled nursing or long-term care.
• Infection prevention experience in a healthcare environment strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of epidemiology, microbiology, infectious diseases, surveillance, isolation precautions, and aseptic technique.
• Formal infection prevention education, training, or certification preferred.
• Experience with PointClickCare or another electronic health-record system preferred.

Responsabilités

• Plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the facility’s infection prevention and control program.
• Promote compliance with CDC, OSHA, public health, and facility requirements.
• Conduct surveillance to identify, investigate, document, and report resident and employee infections.
• Maintain accurate infection logs, exposure records, line listings, and surveillance data.
• Review laboratory reports, clinical documentation, and resident conditions for signs of infection.
• Analyze infection patterns and prepare monthly reports, summaries, and recommendations for the Administrator and Director of Nursing.
• Investigate healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections and recommend corrective action.
• Report communicable diseases to appropriate public health agencies as required.
• Monitor isolation precautions, hand hygiene, PPE, and aseptic practices.
• Make regular rounds to evaluate infection prevention, environmental sanitation, and isolation procedures.
• Ensure contaminated materials, sharps, infectious waste, laundry, and equipment are handled and disposed of safely.
• Assist with outbreak investigations, exposure management, contact tracing, and response planning.
• Maintain current infection prevention policies, procedures, educational resources, and reference materials.
• Collaborate with the Director of Nursing, physicians, laboratory providers, and the interdisciplinary team.
• Assist with developing and updating care plans for residents on isolation or infection control precautions.
• Review nursing documentation to ensure infection-related care and resident responses are recorded accurately.
• Explain isolation and infection prevention precautions to residents and families.
• Monitor medication passes and treatments for appropriate hand-hygiene and infection prevention practices.
• Obtain culture samples and provide direct nursing care when necessary and within the LVN scope of practice.
• Assist with admission and discharge planning for residents with infectious or communicable conditions.
• Collaborate with Environmental Services, Laundry, Maintenance, Dietary, Rehabilitation, and other departments.
• Participate in quality assurance, performance improvement, safety, and survey-readiness activities.

Connaissances

Infection prevention

Staff education

Communication

Analytical skills

Epidemiology

Documentation

Formation

Vocational nursing program

California LVN license

CPR certification

Outils

PointClickCare

Description du poste

Willow Creek Health Care Center seeks a Full-Time Infection Prevention Nurse (LVN) to lead the facility’s infection prevention and control program. You will monitor infection trends, provide staff education, ensure regulatory compliance, collaborate across departments to protect residents, employees, and visitors, and drive continuous improvement.

Required: California LVN license, CPR, and infection prevention experience. Pay range: $35.00–$39.00 per hour.