Infection Preventionist

Duties:

• Under varying levels of supervision, conducts, facilitates, develops, and monitors activities and functions relating to surveillance, investigation, analysis, interpretation, reporting, prevention, and control of infections and communicable diseases.
• Participates in assessing, implementing, and maintaining a culture of safety across the continuum of care, by performing a wide range of prevention and control functions.
• Supports the delivery of safe patient-centered, quality care and collaborates with various departments across the health care setting to facilitate improved outcomes and patient experience.
• Acts in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations and infection control standards.

Skills:

• EPIC Bugsy experience is required & IP experience in a hospital setting required
• Department of Health Reporting is preferred.

Education: .

• Holds Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) issued by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC);
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Nursing or a related discipline, and four (4) years of satisfactory clinical experience or experience working in infection prevention and control, health care epidemiology or a related field in a hospital or a health care setting, preferred , OR
• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Nursing or a related discipline, and five (5) years of satisfactory experience working in infection prevention and control, health care epidemiology or a related field in a hospital or a health care setting, preferred .

Schedule Notes:

• 8-week initial contract
• M-F no weekends required.
• Candidate expected to be On-site.
• 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Hours Per Day:

• 8.00

Hours Per Week

• 40.00

Department:

• INFECTION CONTROL

ATD Technology, LLC is a certified minority woman owned business that creates opportunities to match qualified individuals with client programs while meeting all parties' financial and technical goals. ATD is a full service provider with offerings in Contract, Permanent and Temp-to-Perm staffing solutions. We serve Fortune 1000, mid cap and small cap companies in the Commercial, Public and Government sectors.