Infection Control Preventionist

Company: Huntington Hospital
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: January 15, 2020

Job Description:

When you join Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of care. Our focus on delivering quality, service, and cutting edge care, enables Huntington Hospital to be an organization committed to patient outcomes-not the bottom line. More importantly, it empowers you to enact change and deliver the results that continuously improve our ability to provide our community with care.

The Infection Control Preventionist is trained in hospital epidemiology principles and is responsible for the surveillance, analysis, interpretation and reporting of hospital acquired infections (HAI); educating employees about infection control prevention; and the development of health system policies and procedures to insure rigorous infection control standards that meet TJC, OSHA, CMS, CDC/NHSN, California statutes and other nationally organized recommendations and requirements. This position requires completion of an Infection Control Program training and CIC. This position is required to be on-call.

Experience/Training:

Minimum 1 year experience in Infection Control required. Knowledge of NHSN reporting required.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Nursing or B.S. Medical Technology, or B.S. Biology-Medical Technology required. Master's or doctoral degree preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

Current CA RN license required for Nurses. CIC required within 3 years of hire.

Skills:

Computer literacy. Proficiency in use of electronic health records and infection control databases. Competent in Microsoft Office.

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