Registered Nurse Infection Control Coordinator

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Education support

PTO & leave programs

401(k) matching

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare West is seeking a Registered Nurse Infection Prevention Coordinator to ensure high-quality, efficient patient care. You will join an amazing team that values collaboration and patient safety while supporting Environmental Health programs across departments.

Responsibilities include identifying risk factors, coordinating reporting of communicable diseases, and serving as a key infection prevention resource for patients, families, staff and physicians.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a healthcare related field is required.
• One year recent clinical experience is requested.
• Excellent computer skills including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Office.

Responsibilities

• Identify health and safety risk factors in hospital settings affecting patients and healthcare workers.
• Assist with Environmental Health Programs across departments and hospital committees.
• Serve as infection prevention resource for patients, families, employees and physicians.
• Coordinate follow-up and reporting of communicable diseases and illness patterns as assigned by Environmental Health Manager.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses and other clinical staff in patient care decisions.

Skills

Infection prevention knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree (healthcare)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Ready for a role that supports your unique calling in patient care and fits your life? At HCA Houston Healthcare West, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certification support, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources you need to build the career of a lifetime.

Job Summary And Qualifications

We are seeking a Registered Nurse Infection Prevention Coordinator for our facility to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other, and we are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do.

What you will do in this role:

• You are responsible for identifying health and safety risk factors associated with a hospital environment which may impact illnesses or injuries associated with patients and/or healthcare workers.
• You will assist with administering Environmental Health Programs in collaboration with all departments, Management Leadership, and designated hospital committees.
• You will demonstrate strong knowledge set in regard to infection prevention and will be a point of contact resource for patients and/or family members, employees, and physicians.
• You will coordinate appropriate follow-up and reporting of communicable diseases, patterns of illnesses, and injuries for both the healthcare worker and the patient as assigned by the Environmental Health Manager.
• You will collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other clinical disciplines in making decisions regarding patient care.

What qualification you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a healthcare related field is required.
• If a nurse, Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Preferred Board Certification in Infection Control or degree in Public Health
• One year recent clinical experience
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Office

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare West is a full-service, 300+ bed hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the West Houston communities for over 30 years. We proudly provide Houston residents with exceptional healthcare, including a vast-array of medical services from board-certified doctors and nationally accredited departments. We are recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and under an affiliation agreement with The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, we are able to bring our community The Woman’s Hospital of Texas at West Houston, a three-story cardiac and critical care tower. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

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We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Infection Control Coordinator opening.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.