Infection Control Practitioner, Department of Infection Control

Overview This position, under the direction of the director of infection control, is responsible for educationof hospital personnel and consultation with the organization, CDC, and the county and state health departments. The responsibilities encompass compliance with Joint Commission (JC) standards, CMS, OSHA, and state regulations, and outbreak investigation Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors and other employees. Interacts professionally, courteously, and appropriately with patients, visitors, and other employees. Behave in a manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of Bronxcare Health System and its employees.
• Contributes to and participates in the Performance/Quality Improvement activities of the assigned department.

Contribution and participation includes data collection, analysis, implementation of and compliance with risk management and claims activities, support of and participation in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams, consistent adherence to the specific rules and regulations of the BronxCare Health System (a) Safety and Security Policies, (b)

Risk Management:

Incident and Occurrence Reporting, (c) Infection Control Policies and Procedures and (d) Patient and Customer Service.

• Presents analysis of surveillance data to the Infection Control Committee.
• Assists in developing procedures to prevent nosocomial infections that are based on sound epidemiological principles.
• Takes necessary action to ensure compliance with established standards of Infection Control procedures on a hospital-wide basis.
• Serve as a resource person through role modeling and consultation to contribute to the creation of environment conducive to the learning of new concepts and skills in preventing infections among hospitalized patients and hospital employees.
• Introduces changes by influencing attitudes and introduces new approaches to prevent infection in the ambulatory clinics, in the hospital and among personnel.
• Institutes control measures during an outbreak or other emergency situations after consultation with the Director or Coordinator.
• Reports communicable diseases to the New York City Department of Health.
• Assists with employee in-service training and orientation in all departments of the hospital and primary care sites.
• Assist each department in the identification and implementation of quality control measures that relate to Infection Control.
• Responsible for Environmental Rounds at the Practice Sites, the Hospital and the Fulton Division. Qualifications
• Considerable experience in medial/surgical nursing. Demonstrates competence in principles of epidemiology, knowledge of microbiology, a general understanding of antibiotics, competence in presenting formal lectures related to Infection Control, good communication skills and commitment to continuing professional development.
• Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Pharmacy, Biology, Epidemiology, Nursing or Environmental Science.
• Formal training in epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or comparable program
• Competence in working with all groups of personnel and patients
• Computer literate