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Department:
24007980 Organizational Performance
Work Shift:
NMHS System Support. Mainly M-F 8:00-5:00 but hours may vary.
Job Description:
The Infection Prevention and Control Director at
North Mississippi Health Services oversees system-wide infection control
operations, ensuring uniform practices across all facilities. This role is
responsible for developing strategic safety plans in collaboration with Patient
Safety, implementing them through engagement with the infection prevention
committee and staff. This role oversees the entire organization for their
specific function or specialty, contributing to strategic decision-making and
operational excellence across the entire system. JOB FUNCTIONS
Management:
• Oversees the system-wide infection prevention operations; and ensures consistent practices are applied and executed for every NMMC (Baldwyn, BH, WHC etc), Long Term Care (LTC) and NMMCI facility.
• Develops system-wide strategic safety plans and goals in conjunction with Patient Safety with a focus on how they apply to infection prevention.
• Achieves plans and goals by collaborating and sharing with the infection prevention committee and staff.
• Serves as Accreditation team leader for infection control.
• Develops and reviews the infection prevention plans and program for NMHS and leads the infection prevention nurses in improving infection prevention throughout the system.
• Develops and maintains, and in collaboration with leadership, oversees the implementation and execution of infection prevention and control policies, procedures, in order to create system consistency and to limit or eliminate practice variances.
Consultative:
• Works with all departments, including, but not limited to Accreditation, PI, Safety, Employee Health and Nursing to prevent Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) and to comply with all regulatory and accrediting agency standards.
• Serves as leader and consultant to all community hospital infection prevention programs and other NMHS areas.
• For infection prevention oversight, collaborates with the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the Infection Prevention/Control Committee.
• Formulates surveillance plans and infection control PI activities based on appropriate data.
• Leads and mentors others on identifying infection risks to patients and visitors throughout the hospital and system.
• Provide consultation advice on infection prevention program, practice, policy, and educational issues; assures infection control training is provided according to policy and TJC requirements.
Education:
• Provides education and training and acts as an expert resource on infection prevention and control issues and policies and on healthcare epidemiology.
• Develops, maintains and evaluates educations programs, tools and resources for infection prevention.
• Ensures that evidence based practice are the basis and foundation of the infection prevention program.
Supervision:
• Plans, organizes, and manages the infection prevention program and supervises the infection prevention and control staff.
Staffing:
• Assures adequate numbers of competent staff for monitoring the prevention, control, and surveillance of HAIs, working in conjunction with all clinical and non-clinical departments.
Budget:
• Works with the Organization Performance Administrator in preparing, maintaining expenses related to infection prevention within budgetary allowances.
Clinical Practice:
• Serves as a consultant to all appropriate levels of staff and ensures compliance with all state, federal, accrediting and regulatory IC standards.
• Serves as Departmental Safety Officer (DSO)serves as the CDC National…