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INFECTION PREVENT CLINICAL- Full time Day shift
Job Description
City/State
Charlottesville, VAOverview
Work Shift
First (Days) (United States of America)Join a team that has a Mission to improve health every day, join the Sentara Team!
Our Caring Workplace Environment
- Our Caring Tradition of serving Charlottesville for 100+ years providing personalized care tailored to the needs of each patient
- Free and convenient parking
- Collaboration and shared governance
- CMS 5-Star and Magnet designated hospital
- Staff resiliency program and EAP
Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Tuition Assistance - $5,250 year
- Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Emergency Backup Care – 10 days
- Paid Parental Leave – up to 4 weeks
- Family Caregiver Leave – 2 weeks
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Job Summary
Responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of site-specific infection prevention and control initiatives, and for the support of surveillance activities at the division and system level. Responsible for ensuring state, federal (i.e. Centers for Disease Control), regulatory and accreditation standards are met to include required communicable disease reporting. Provide leadership and expertise to site-specific administrative and clinical staff leadership through rounding, staff education and training, and promotion of evidence-based/best practices to improve quality outcomes.Individuals who hold a license or certification are required to hold and maintain that credential. Expert knowledge of infection preferred. Local travel preferred. On-call schedule experience required. Prevention & control experience preferred. Project management experience preferred.
Bachelors degree preferred from an accredited university or college with emphasis in Nursing, clinical quality improvement, microbiology, epidemiology or related field. Must possess expert knowledge of infection surveillance, prevention, and control standards and initiatives, as well as performance/process improvement concepts. Certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology (i.e. Certification in Infection Control, or CIC, preferred. Required within on year of eligibility.
Qualifications:
BLD - Bachelors Level Degree (Required)Certified in Infection Control (CIC) - Certification - Other/NationalHealthcare, Infection Prevention & ControlSkills
Communication, Complex Problem Solving, Coordination, Critical Thinking, Leadership, SpeakingSentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,†this is a tobacco-free environment.
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