Staff Development Coordinator (Registered Nurse/RN)

Staff Development/Infection Preventionist RN

 Position Summary

The RN Infection Preventionist evalues the quality of resident care and outcomes as they rele to Healthcare Acquired

Infections (HAI) and Community Acquired Infections (CAI) in accordance with all applicable laws, regulions, and Life

Care standards. Collects, prepares, and analyzes HAI da. Presents infection da and makes recommendions for actions.

Monitors associe compliance with infection control standards through use of barriers and infection prevention measures.

Prepares and presents educion for the staff, residents, and families. Serves as a resource to all departments and personnel.

• Reports to Director of Nursing (DON)

Working Conditions

• Attends and participes in continuing educion programs (ex. Infection Prevention and Control)

• Works in department as well as throughout facility

• Subject to frequent interruptions

• Involved with pients, associes, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc. under all conditions and circumstances

• Subject to hostile and emotionally upset pients, family members, etc.

• Works beyond normal working hours, on weekends and holidays, and in other positions temporarily as necessary

• Subject to falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc. throughout the workday

• Possible exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including exposure to AIDS, the hepitis B virus, and

• COVID-19

Educion, Experience, and Licensure/Certificions

• Must possess a nursing diploma (associe's or bachelor's degree in nursing)

• Must be currently licensed/registered in applicable Ste. Must maintain an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in good

• standing throughout employment.

• Must have CPR certificion upon hire or obtain during oriention. CPR certificion must remain current during

• employment.

• Must have completed an approved Infection Preventionist Certificion course (e.g., CIC, CBIC, IP-BC, IPCA, CDC)

• Prior experience with gerirics preferred

• Must have applicable certificions or training per Ste requirements (e.g., Certified TB Nurse)

Specific Requirements

• Serves as designed associe responsible for monitoring Public Health Advisories from local, ste, and federal agencies

• including the CDC

• Serves as the on-site IPC for COVID-19 prevention and response activities, in accordance with current CDC

• recommendions

• Maintains a current knowledge of infection control trends, methodologies, and employee health practices

• Performs work within the scope of his/her license

• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action

• Must be knowledgeable of Infection Prevention and Control practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulions, and

• guidelines governing nursing functions in the post-acute care facility

• Must have the ability to implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the Infection

• Prevention and Control Program

• Must perform proficiently in all applicable competency areas

• Maintains professional working relionships with all associes, vendors, etc.

• Maintains confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential informion

• Must understand and follow company policies including harassment and compliance procedures

Essential Functions

• Must be able to plan, develop, organize, implement, and evalue facility-wide systems for the prevention, identificion,

• investigion and control of infections of residents, staff, and visitors

• Must be able to plan, develop, organize, implement, and evalute a high quality infection prevention and control program

• (IPCP) to prevent, recognize, and control the onset and spread of infection to the extent possible

• Must be able to serve as the educional resource for ensuring the facility is able to properly educe; residents, families,

• associes, consultants, contractors, and volunteers on informion regarding: COVID-19, infectious diseases, outbreaks, and

• infection control practices the facility uses to mitige the spread of infection

• Must be able to monitor usage and burn re of personal protective equipment

• Must be able to regularly review CDC and Ste Health websites for Infection Control Guidance for Healthcare Professionals

• for current informion and ensure associes and residents are upded when guidance changes

• Must be able to complete on-going monitoring of HAI’s (Healthcare Acquired Infections) and CAI’s (Community Acquired

• Infections) including antibiotic use, micro report, line listings, and trending of infections

• Must be able to serve as a QAPI Committee member, with the responsibility of reporting on infection prevention and control

• elements

• Must be able to serve as the chair and prepare the agenda for the Infection Prevention and Control Committee

• Must be able to serve as the PPE coach and complete associe training and competencies reled to approprie PPE use

• Must be able to serve as a resource for all departments, associes, and licensed independent practitioners on infection

• prevention and control mters

• Must be able to conduct outbreak tracking, symptom monitoring, investigion, and reporting in accordance with local health

• and ste agency as required by law

• Must able to initie follow-up on associe/resident exposures to communicable diseases

• Must be able to coordine the development, review, and revision of the Annual Infection Prevention and Control Plan

• Must be able to participe in short- and long-range planning for the Infection Prevention and Control Program

• Must be able to serve as clinical lead in the facility in the implemention and support of the Antibiotic Stewardship program

• Must be able to participe in the ongoing review of facility assessment to ensure identificion of Infection Control resources

• necessary to care for its residents competently during both day to day operions and emergencies

• Must be able to ensure reporting is completed in NHSN in accordance with F885

• Must be able to serve as the clinical lead for Associe Health, Vaccinions, Safer Sharps, and Post Exposure Coordinion

• Must be able to serve as the RPA (Respirory Protection Administror) for the facility and administer respirory fit testing

• as needed

• Must be able to participe in regulory surveys to ensure associes in all departments are being monitored and provide

• assistance in following approprie IPC standard

• Must exhibit excellent customer service and a positive titude towards pients

• Must be able to assist in the evacuion of pients

• Must demonstre dependable, regular tendance

• Must be able to concentre and use reasoning skills and good judgment

• Must be able to communice and function productively within an interdisciplinary team

• Must be able to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language

• Must be able to lift 35 lbs floor to waist, lift 35 lbs waist to shoulder, lift and carry 35 lbs, and push/pull 35 lbs