Infection Prevention Nurse (LVN) – Full-Time
Willow Creek Health Care Center
Pay Range: $35.00–$39.00 per hour
Lead Infection Prevention and Resident Safety
Willow Creek Health Care Center is seeking a knowledgeable, organized, and proactive Full-Time Infection Prevention Nurse (LVN) to lead our facility’s infection prevention and control program.
Reporting to the Director of Nursing, this position monitors infection trends, promotes evidence-based practices, provides staff education, supports regulatory compliance, and collaborates with every department to protect residents, employees, and visitors.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Infection Prevention and Surveillance
Plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the facility’s infection prevention and control program.
Promote compliance with applicable CDC, OSHA, public health, and facility requirements.
Conduct surveillance to identify, investigate, document, and report resident and employee infections.
Maintain accurate infection logs, exposure records, line listings, and surveillance data.
Review laboratory reports, clinical documentation, and resident conditions for signs of infection.
Analyze infection patterns and prepare monthly reports, summaries, and recommendations for the Administrator and Director of Nursing.
Investigate healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections and recommend corrective action.
Report communicable diseases to appropriate public health agencies as required.
Monitor isolation precautions, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, and aseptic practices.
Make regular rounds to evaluate infection prevention, environmental sanitation, and isolation procedures.
Ensure contaminated materials, sharps, infectious waste, laundry, and equipment are handled and disposed of safely.
Assist with outbreak investigations, exposure management, contact tracing, and response planning.
Maintain current infection prevention policies, procedures, educational resources, and reference materials.
Clinical and Interdisciplinary Responsibilities
Collaborate with the Director of Nursing, physicians, laboratory providers, and the interdisciplinary team.
Assist with developing and updating care plans for residents on isolation or infection control precautions.
Review nursing documentation to ensure infection-related care and resident responses are recorded accurately.
Explain isolation and infection prevention precautions to residents and families.
Monitor medication passes and treatments for appropriate hand-hygiene and infection prevention practices.
Obtain culture samples and provide direct nursing care when necessary and within the LVN scope of practice.
Assist with admission and discharge planning for residents with infectious or communicable conditions.
Collaborate with Environmental Services, Laundry, Maintenance, Dietary, Rehabilitation, and other departments.
Participate in quality assurance, performance improvement, safety, and survey-readiness activities.
Employee Health and Education
Assist with employee health surveillance, exposure reporting, and required testing.
Support TB screening, vaccination education, and bloodborne-pathogen programs.
Provide confidential counseling and follow-up related to employee exposures.
Educate new employees regarding hand hygiene, standard precautions, personal protective equipment, and infection prevention responsibilities.
Develop and conduct ongoing infection prevention in-services and competency training.
Assist with annual OSHA, TB, hazard communication, and bloodborne-pathogen education.
Identify performance concerns and collaborate with department leaders on corrective education.
Maintain accurate employee training and infection prevention records.
Committee and Administrative Functions
Participate in Infection Prevention, Quality Assurance, and other assigned committee meetings.
Present infection data, trends, investigations, corrective actions, and recommendations.
Recommend policy, practice,…