Nurse Educator/Infection Control Preventionist

American Medical Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

American Medical Associates seeks a Nurse Educator/Infection Control Preventionist for a Long Term Care setting in Queens, NY. Salary up to $120K/year depending on experience. The role drives infection control curricula and liaises with care teams to ensure resident safety.

Responsibilities include education leadership, performing surveillance rounds, reviewing lab outcomes, and coordinating with health departments. NY RN license and LTC experience required, with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must hold current New York RN license.
• Experience in Long Term Care (LTC).
• Experience as a Nurse Educator in long term care/skilled nursing.
• Infection control experience in a long term care setting.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established healthcare setting.
• Assists patients and caregivers with educational needs, problem resolution, and health management across the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff, and unit management in planning, implementing, and delivering educational curricula.
• Performs resident assessments for appropriateness of resident care with regard to infection control and adherence to isolation policies and procedures.
• Performs clinical rounds for surveillance to verify the status of residents, treatment, and necessary follow-up for care needs and staff development.
• Surveillance rounds to examine environmental factors that may impact infection control issues.
• Review lab reports and follow-up procedures.
• Performs surveillance rounds to ensure nursing personnel comply with infection control procedures and standards.
• Investigates outbreaks of infection and assesses cross-contamination presence/absence, and related data.
• Evaluate data for indicators of cause of infection.
• Interacts with nursing and laboratory personnel to coordinate and facilitate services.
• Ensures exchange of essential information for quality resident care in infection control.
• Acts as a liaison with local public health department in reporting infectious disease/infections per Infection Control Manual.
• Maintains all documentation as required by Federal and State regulations and Company policy.
• Attends Infection Control Committee meetings as part of QAA meetings and summarizes infections by type and number.

Skills

RN license

Long Term Care experience

Nurse Educator experience

Infection control

Communication skills

Education

New York RN license

Job description

Nurse Educator/Infection Control Preventionist - LTC - Queens, NY

*salary: up to $120K/ year (depending on experience)*

Requirements

• Must have current New York RN license
• Must have experience in Long Term Care
• Must have experience as a Nurse Educator in long term care/skilled nursing
• Must have infection control experience in a long term care setting
• Must have excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established healthcare setting.
• Assists patients and caregivers with educational needs, problem resolution, and health management across the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff, and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery of educational curricula.
• Performs resident assessments for appropriateness of resident’s care with regard to infection control and adherence to isolation policies and procedures.
• Performs clinical rounds for surveillance to verify the status of residents, treatment, and necessary follow-up for care needs and staff development.
• Surveillance rounds to examine the environmental factors that may impact infection control issues.
• Review lab reports and follow-up procedures.
• Performs surveillance rounds to ensure that nursing personnel is performing in accordance with infection control procedures and standards.
• Investigates outbreaks of infection and assesses presence/absence of cross-contamination, and related data.
• Evaluate data for indicators of cause of infection.
• Interacts with nursing and laboratory personnel to coordinate and facilitate services.
• Ensures the exchange of essential information necessary for quality resident care in the area of infection control.
• Acts as a liaison with the local public health department in reporting infectious disease/infections as defined in the Infection Control Manual.
• Maintains all documentation as required by Federal and State regulations, and Company policy.
• Attends Infection Control Committee meetings as a part of QAA meetings and gives a summary of infections as to type and number of infections acquired by residents and/or employees.