Infection Prevention & Nursing Education Leader

Lincoln County Public Hospital District 1; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental, Vision & Medical plans

HSA and FSA options

6 paid holidays and generous PTO/EIB

Job summary

Lincoln County Public Hospital District 1 in the Washington, DC area is seeking an Infection Prevention & Clinical Education Leader (RN) for a full-time day schedule with flexible options. The base pay ranges from $43.47 to $74.95 per hour, DOE, with a union CBA.

The role leads the infection prevention program, collaborates with hospital leaders, and drives risk assessments, notifiable disease reporting, and ongoing staff education. A monthly education program will be developed and implemented.

Qualifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) with state registration.
• Minimum 3 years of clinical experience with increasing responsibilities.
• 2+ years in a lead or management role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead infection prevention initiatives and ensure the plan is implemented.
• Educate clinical staff on regulatory requirements and monthly education program.
• Collaborate with medical staff and hospital leaders on safety and quality.
• Monitor infection data, surveillance, and notifiable disease reporting.
• Support risk assessments and environment of care improvements.

Skills

RN

Leadership

Infection prevention

Clinical education

Healthcare operations

Education

RN license

Job description

Infection Prevention & Clinical Education Leader (RN) - F/T Days Flexible Scheduling available 32+ Hours Weekly

Base Pay $43.47 - $74.95/hour DOE, plus Applicable Shift Differentials Union CBA position

Primary Focus:

The Infection Prevention & Clinical Education Leader ensures the Hospital's Infection Prevention Plan is implemented robustly to ensure the safety of patients, staff, and visitors. This includes the management of risks associated with communicable disease transmission, medical procedures, equipment and devices, and barriers to continuous improvement in clinical outcomes.

Essential Functions:

Work focuses on all aspects of quality, safety, and performance improvement and is conducted in accordance with professional standards, organizational objectives, and applicable regulatory/accreditation requirements.

This leader collaborates with medical staff, hospital leaders, and staff along with community providers in carrying out infection prevention initiatives related to patients, staff, and volunteers. Considerable understanding of the importance of data to infection surveillance and outbreak management (e.g., establishing baseline, providing objective measurement, determining the degree of the problem, showing variation/causes of variation, identifying root causes, developing appropriate solutions, etc.) is also required. Duties performed involve weighing and evaluating many factors requiring judgement, analytical ability, and problem solving in dealing with complex data and situations.

Patient-focused functions include comprehensive annual and on-going risk assessments and risk reduction strategies related to infectious disease transmission, construction/renovation projects, waterborne and airborne illness events, hospital-acquired infections, surveillance for and containment of pathogens of concern, environment of care risks, staff and patient education, and ensuring notifiable diseases are reported according to application regulations.

The Infection Prevention & Clinical Education Leader is in frequent communication with leaders to provide timely feedback and to develop and implement pro-active, preventative, and/or corrective action plans in response to actual and potential infection prevention and safety issues.

This position will educate clinical staff on skills, documentation, and ever-changing regulatory requirements. In addition, will be responsible for developing and implementing a monthly education program.

This position may be asked to work a shift on the acute/emergency department or the long-term side as needed.

Benefits:

• Dental, Vision and Medical that includes prescription coverage.
• These employee plans are covered 90% by OMHC and we offer additional dependent coverages up to 70%.
• We have HSA and FSA plans; you choose what suits you best, with Employer Contributions up to $1,200 for Employee Coverage/$3,200 Family.
• We have 6 paid holidays a year, as well asGenerous paid PTO vacation time along with EIB sick leave, with PTO Cash back availability.
• We also offer a generous retirement program, as our 401(k) match is up to 6%, after meeting vesting requirements which is vested after12 months or 1,000 hours worked.
• We offer an EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) for you and your eligible dependents at no cost to you.
• We offer AFLAC supplemental insurance, andOMHC provides Life and AD&D insurance for you.
• Additional coverage is available for you and your dependents.

Requirements:

• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) WA Listed on the WA state Registry
• A minimum of 3 years of clinical experience along with 3 years of progressively responsible and recent related healthcare work experience demonstrating attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities
• A minimum of 2 years of clinical experience in a lead or management role is strongly preferred