Manager, Infection Control

Company: Huntington Hospital
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: January 8, 2021

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 Manager of Infection Control will have the authority and 24 hour responsibility for ensuring strategies are implemented to prevent avoidable healthcare associated infections, maintaining compliance with national standards and regulatory agencies including but not limited to TJC, OSHA, CMS, CDC/NHSN, California statues and other nationally organized recommendations and requirements, coordination and management of activities and resources for infection prevention and control. The Manager is trained in hospital epidemiology principles and is responsible for the department's functions related to surveillance, analysis, interpretation and reporting of healthcare associated infections; educating employees about infection control prevention; the development of health system policies and procedures. Education:Bachelor's in Nursing or other related clinical field required. Master's degree in Nursing or Health related field required. Experience/Training:Minimum 3 years Manager level experience in Infection Control required. Licenses/Certifications:Current active unrestricted RN, CLS, MD or RCP license issued by State of California required. CIC required. Skills:Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, electronic medical records and infection control databases. Experience in handling budgets, recruitment/retention and other staff related competencies. #LI-AS1

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