Infection Prevention Specialist - Bozeman
Company: Billings Clinic
Location: Bozeman
Posted on: January 21, 2023
Job Description:
Youll want to join Billings Clinic for our outstanding quality
of care, exciting environment, interesting cases from a vast
geography, advanced technology and educational opportunities. We
are in the top 1% of hospitals internationally for receiving Magnet
Recognition consecutively since 2006.And youll want to stay at
Billings Clinic for the amazing teamwork, caring atmosphere, and a
culture that values kindness, safety and courage. This is an
incredible place to learn and grow. Billings, Montana, is a
friendly, college community in the Rocky Mountains with great
schools and abundant family activities. Amazing outdoor recreation
is just minutes from home. Four seasons of sunshine!You can make a
difference here.About UsBillings Clinic is a community-owned,
not-for-profit, Physician-led health system based in Billings with
more than 4,700 employees, including over 550 physicians and
non-physician providers. Our integrated organization consists of a
multi-specialty group practice and a 304-bed hospital.Learn more
(https://www.billingsclinic.com/about-us/) about Billings Clinic
(our organization, history, mission, leadership and regional
locations) and how we are recognized nationally for our exceptional
quality.Your BenefitsWe provide a comprehensive and competitive
benefits package to all full-time employees (minimum of 24
hours/week), including Medical, Dental, Vision, 403(b) Retirement
Plan with employer matching, Defined Contribution Pension Plan,
Paid Time Off, employee wellness program, and much more.Click here
(https://www.billingsclinic.com/careers/employee-benefits/) for
more information ordownload the Employee Benefits Guide
(https://ncstoragemlbillings.blob.core.windows.net/public/2021%20Billings%20Clinic%20Staff%20Benefits%20Guide.pdf)
.Magnet: Commitment to Nursing ExcellenceBillings Clinic is proud
to be recognized for nursing excellence as a Magnet-designated
organization, joining only 97 other organizations worldwide that
have achieved this honor four times. The re-designation process
happens every four years. Click here
(https://www.billingsclinic.com/campaign-landing-pages/magnet/) to
learn more!Infection Prevention Specialist - Bozeman BOZEMAN
AMBULATORY - 8998 (BILLINGS CLINIC BOZEMAN AMBULATORY)
req2957Shift: DayEmployment Status: Full-Time (.75 or greater)Hours
per Pay Period: 1.00 = 80 hours (Exempt)Starting Salary DOE
Infection Prevention Specialist is a position within the Patient
Safety Department and Transformation Division of Billings Clinic.
The Infection Prevention Specialist serves as a subject matter
expert regarding the surveillance, prevention, and control of
healthcare-associated infections. The Patient Safety Specialist in
Infection Prevention and Control provides consultative services
focused on providing the highest quality and safest care to
patients while decreasing risk to the organization.Essential Job
Functions
- Assists the Director of Infection Control & Patient Safety in
the development of organization-wide infection prevention and
control policies and procedures.
- Participates in both short and long-term planning for the
department; Identifies need and sets goals for own growth and
development in collaboration with the Director of Infection Control
& Patient Safety.
- Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental, and
outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards
relevant to job performance.
- Interprets, supports, and models behaviors consistent with the
mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic.
- Supports patient safety activities and practices through
utilizing the knowledge of the infection prevention and control
science, process improvement principles, high reliability
organizing, behavioral sciences, and quality standards for
improving patient care and services.
- Effectively builds and maintains relationships with colleagues
from key departments, including environmental services, safety,
emergency preparedness, facility services, construction management,
pharmacy, nursing, nursing leadership, surgery leadership, sterile
processing, quality, medical staff, risk management, linen
services, materials management, volunteer services, human
resources, organizational development, professional development,
operational leaders, executive management, and other stakeholders
through positive interaction, problem identification, and
resolution.
- Reviews, analyzes, and applies existing regulations, standards,
guidelines of applicable professional organizations and
governmental agencies. Integrates regulatory requirements and
current infection prevention and control practice into
organizational standards and practices.
- Reviews, analyzes, and applies pertinent information from
current scientific literature and publications. Integrates relevant
public health issues into practice.
- Assists in the development of methodologies to fulfill the
organizations strategic initiatives for infection control program
management and improvement.
- Educates and assists medical, nursing, and other clinical
staff, management, and senior executive leadership, in identifying
and capitalizing upon opportunities for improvement and facilitates
cross-functional team development, when appropriate.
- Standardizes processes to optimize learning from infection
control risk assessments, safety assistance team rounds, infection
prevention rounds, and Infection Control Commissioning of newly
constructed or renovated areas.
- Assists in the development of infection prevention and control
education for new employee orientation, annual training, and
in-service programs to departments. Provides education in infection
prevention and control principles and practices related to emerging
infectious diseases.
- Participates in preparation of the annual Infection Program
Risk Assessment and Plan. Selects indicators and designs
surveillance based on projected use of data.
- Partners with Pharmacy and assists in meeting antimicrobial
stewardship program requirements. Assists in publishing the annual
system-wide antibiogram. Works with Infectious Disease Pharmacist
in identifying needs for antimicrobial stewardship program and
assists with annual goal setting to meet CMS Core Measures.
- Conducts surveillance activities and outbreak/exposure
investigations by using epidemiologic principles.
- Reviews all clinical microbiologic cultures and related
diagnostic tests to determine if cases meet surveillance
definitions for healthcare-associated infections. Performs analysis
of findings and disseminates key findings to providers to improve
performance.
- Identifies infectious disease processes. Interprets the
relevance of diagnostic and laboratory reports and correlates
clinical signs and symptoms with various infectious disease
processes. Differentiates between colonization, infection, and
contamination. Differentiates between prophylactic, empiric, and
therapeutic uses of antimicrobials.
- Investigates incidents of hospital and community-associated
infections, and reports to appropriate facility staff, leaders, and
public health officials.
- Initiates epidemiologic investigations when unusual organisms
or clusters of infections are observed in the incidence of
healthcare-associated infections. Summarizes findings, reports
findings to healthcare personnel, leadership for corrective action.
Conducts outbreak investigations when indicated and assists in
designing and promoting interventions targeted at the reduction of
increases observed in healthcare-associated infections.
- Maintains accurate record of healthcare-associated infections
(HAI), communicable disease reportable conditions within patient
safety software systems (e.g., National Healthcare Safety Network
(NHSN).
- Assures accuracy of healthcare-associated infection event data
entry into program software and meets deadlines for public
reporting; Prepares regular reports appropriate to the audience;
Provides routine and custom reports to nursing, medical staff,
oversight committees, operational leaders, executive leaders, and
governing board; Assists Director in preparing an annual Infection
Prevention Program report.
- Develops and revises system-wide infection control policies and
procedures, and guidelines. Reviews and assists with evaluation of
various departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines as they
relate to infection prevention and control.
- Reviews, analyzes, and implements regulations, standards, or
guidelines of applicable governmental agencies, accreditation
bodies, and professional organizations.
- Conducts activities to maintain continuous preparedness for
periodic and annual accreditation surveys.
- Provides feedback to regulatory, advisory, and accrediting
agencies regarding opportunities for improvement in standards and
regulations.
- Assesses infection risks of design, construction, and
renovation that impact patient care settings. Participates in the
construction and renovation infection control risk assessment
process. Conducts construction project safety rounds and
participates in construction planning and safety meetings.
- Provides recommendations regarding new construction design,
renovation, and assures compliance with national and professional
standards to reduce the risk of infection.
- Performs surveillance and environment of care rounds. Discusses
and monitors infection prevention practices with staff members and
intervenes when needed to assure appropriate infection prevention
practices are meeting standards.
- Evaluates and approves cleaning and disinfectant products for
the organization.
- Collaborates on the evaluation and monitoring of environmental
cleaning and disinfection practices and technologies.
- Identifies and evaluates critical steps of cleaning, high-level
disinfection, and sterilization practices. Assures processes are
maintained through practice audits and safety assistance team
rounds.
- Serves as the public health liaison and reports communicable
disease conditions to the local and state health departments as
required by law.
- Maintains log of all reportable conditions within department
and assures timely reporting of clusters or trends identified
through routine surveillance methods.
- Collaborates with public health officials in identifying trends
in communicable diseases, planning, and mitigation to address
emerging communicable diseases and epidemics; Collaborates with
community healthcare organizations and other regional infection
preventionists and leaders.
- Collaborates with Employee Health and assist with the
development of policies and procedures related to occupational risk
to infectious disease.
- Work with Employee Health personnel in assessing risk of
occupational exposure to infectious diseases.
- Collaborates with Employee Health regarding counseling,
follow-up and work restriction recommendations related to
communicable disease and exposures.
- Serve as subject matter experts related to infectious disease
processes and assist in maintaining current employee health
communicable disease handbook.
- Cooperates and collaborates regularly with Risk Management for
both risk prevention measures and clinical event
investigation.
- Provides support to Risk Management for resolution of serious
customer complaints and issues related to the quality of patient
care and services and imminent safety/risk situations including
mandatory reporting to FDA for serious patient/employee injury or
death resulting from a medical device.
- Exhibits effort and follow through in resolving customer
problems and needs in a timely manner or keeps customers informed
of status and issues.
- Demonstrates understanding of high reliability organizing (HRO)
principles through use of Universal Skills and behaviors that
promote patient and employee safety.
- Utilizes HRO Universal Skills in daily work.Minimum
Qualifications Education
- Minimum 4 Year / Bachelors Degree in nursing, public health,
epidemiology, clinical laboratory science, medical technology, or
other health related fieldExperience
- Five (5) years of clinical experience, three years in a
hospital setting preferred
- Experience in communicable disease surveillance, formal
leadership, or leading cross-functional teams, is
preferredCertifications and Licenses
- Board Certified in Infection Control and Epidemiology (CIC)
attained within 3 years of hireBillings Clinic is Montanas largest
health system serving Montana, Wyoming and the western Dakotas. A
not-for-profit organization led by a physician CEO, the health
system is governed by a board of community members, nurses and
physicians. Billings Clinic includes an integrated multi-specialty
group practice, tertiary care hospital and trauma center, based in
Billings, Montana. Learn more atwww.billingsclinic.com/aboutus
(https://www.billingsclinic.com/about-us/) Billings Clinic is
committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. All
policies and processes are designed toward achieving fair and
equitable treatment of all employees and job applicants. Employees
are encouraged to discuss any concerns they have in this regard
with their immediate supervisor and/or the Vice President People
Resources. All employees and job applicants will be provided the
same treatment in all aspects of the employment relationship,
regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status,
genetic information or disability.
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