Infection Preventionist

Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Position Summary

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Identifyhealthcare-associated infection risks to patients and personnel through surveillance, observation,and assessment.
• Specialize in developing, implementing,monitoringand reporting infection risk-reduction strategies through collaboration with all levels of medical center personnel.
• Research and develop infection control policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements,nationally-recognizedinfection control guidelines, and recognized best practices.
• Coordinate initial and on-going department-specific and facility-wide educational programs related to infection prevention and control.
• Reports state and federally mandatedhealthcare associatedinfections(HAI).
• Plan and coordinate programs to evaluate andmonitorsterile and aseptic techniques, cleaning procedures, and sterilization processes employed by the medical center.
• Collaborate with and make recommendations to department leadership to reduceor eliminate potentialinfection hazards and toinitiatecorrective action asindicatedthrough infection surveillance and monitoring programs.

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) orcommensuratedegree in a healthcare-related fieldor public health. Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
• Greater than 2 years infection prevention experience in an acute care facility, or must be CIC certified if having less than 2 years of experience
• CIC required or must pass the CIC exam within 6 months of hire
• For Associate Level Infection Preventionist - No experience required, no CIC required

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location

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