Job Description

Description

Infection Preventionist Registered Nurse (RN) AdventHealth Care Center Orlando North

• AdventHealth Care Center’s mission to “Extend the Healing Ministry of Christ”
• The opportunity and encouragement to truly care for and love the patients/residents they serve
• The opportunity to work with like-minded co-workers who believe and support the organization’s mission
• The patient-centric focus of meeting the needs of the patient/residents
• Being part of a large healthcare organization where we can be “Greater as a Whole”

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Infection Preventionist will act as facilitator in the Infection Prevention and Control Sub-Committee as a part of the facility’s ongoing Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QA/PI) processes and Quality Assessment & Assurance program to

  accomplish the following:
  1. Assist in the development and implementation of written policies and procedures for the prevention and control of infectious or communicable diseases within the facility;
  2. Assist in the development and implementation of written policies and procedures for techniques and systems for identifying infections within the facility;
  3. Assist in the development and implementation of the content and scope of the employee health program and disseminating current information on health practices to employees;
  4. Identify and coordinate response to actual or potential outbreaks of communicable illness or condition s within the facility related to residents or staff, following established protocols and recognized industry standard of practice for continuous quality improvement, and make recommendations of changes if indicated

Qualifications

• The Infection Preventionist for the facility has the role of coordinating infection prevention and control duties and responsibilities.
• These duties and responsibilities may be in conjunction with other designated roles, depending on facility size and services.
• The duties and responsibilities are areas of accountability to the Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee (QA&A). The Infection Preventionist will coordinate these tasks through the Infection Control Committee.
• Specific surveillance and reporting systems will be developed, implemented, and maintained through the facility Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) processes, and presented to the QA & A Committee monthly.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.