OverviewDominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive CareDominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.ResponsibilitiesPosition Summary:Coordinates all infection prevention related activities associated with surveillance, performance improvement, and education which are intended to ensure that the facility’s patients, personnel, and visitors will be protected from transmission of diseases and infection within the facility’s environment, as identified in the core competency model by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).Position Description:
Responsible for the oversight of daily operations of the infection Prevention Department in regards to the facility compliance with Hospital Accreditation Standards, State and CMS regulations.
Identifies and implements updates to the Infection Prevention Program when new regulations and/or professional guidelines are published.
Serves as the content expert in all infection prevention matters in support of clinical staff, performance improvement teams and hospital committees.
Ongoing assessment and development of programs, policies and procedures, and forms to address the infection prevention needs of employees, volunteers, contract workers, independent contractors, physicians, registry workers and students in accordance with the guidelines established by the regulatory agencies.
Works in collaboration with Hospital Administration to develop and manage an Infection Prevention Program that incorporates essential facility strategic plan elements that align with the goals, objectives, and risk assessments of the Infection Prevention Program.
Provides expert consultation and education, as needed, and as related to Infection Prevention.
Develops and operationalizes the Infection Prevention Program’s annual risk assessment, annual plans, and annual evaluations.
Identifies and implements updates to the Infection Prevention Program when new regulations and /or professional guidelines are published.
Ensures all functions of the Infection Prevention Program are conducted including surveillance, rounds to inpatient and outpatient units including perioperative, procedural and ancillary departments, and mandatory reporting to local and state health departments, NHSN, CMS, etc.
Maintains current knowledge of infection prevention professional society guidelines, best practices and regulatory requirements as demonstrated by attending infection prevention conferences and workshops, reviewing current infection prevention literature, guidelines and national standard and networking with Health System and external Infection Prevention Specialists.
QualificationsExperience/Education:
Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field with (5) years of experience or an Associate’s degree in a healthcare-related field with seven (7) years of experience
Three (3) years of experience as an Infection Preventionist in an acute care facility
Licensure/Certification:
Certification in Infection Prevention and Control by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC) to be obtained during the first two (2) years of hire.
Pay Range$62.69 - $90.91 /hourWe are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.