Who We Are:

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is the only hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved populations of the Rockaways and Five Towns in southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County, New York. Celebrating over 110 years of community care, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay.

Come Grow With Us!

Type: Full Time

Shift: Days

Hours: 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Pay: $180,000 - $195,000

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Chief Quality Officer, provide leadership on the establishment and implementation of the infection prevention and control program, surveillance, and implementation of the IPC plan.
• Co-Chair the Infection Control Committee alongside the Chief of Infectious Disease. Work collaboratively to provide guidance and drive organizational improvement activities
• Provide oversight and liaison with all regulatory bodies from NYCDOHMH, NYSDOH, CDC and other agencies related to surveillance, reporting and all requirements
• Coordinate the data analysis obtained from surveillance activities and prepare the results for distribution to the appropriate committees, authorities, and staff;
• Provide leadership to the Infection Preventionists who conduct epidemiologic investigation of clusters, out breaks or potential outbreaks of infection, and make recommendations for prevention and control measures;
• Participate in the development, review, and revision of Infection Control policies of the hospital, specific clinical departments, and hospital support services;
• Collaborate with hospital leaders including senior management, department directors (nursing, physician and ancillary) to execute evidence-based infection control practices to meet institutional compliance to regulatory agency requirement and safety
• Serves as reference resource to clinical and ancillary staff in defining which situations require barrier precautions and rationale for precautions
• Collaborates with the Laboratory to monitor trends in multi-drug resistant bacteria
• Facilitate Root Cause Analysis of events and facilitate corrective action plans.
• Coordinates and documents surveillance activities in NHSN for the NYSDOH mandated reporting: HAIs; SSIs; C diff; CRE; MRSA, CLABs, and CAUTIs
• Collaborates with Occupational Health Service in the prevention and management of employees who have been exposed to communicable diseases
• Reports “Notifiable Diseases and Conditions” to the Department of Health using the computerized reporting system
• Review plans for new construction and renovation and advise on matters of infection control;
• Ensure compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC), Center for Medicaid & Medicare services (CMS) and related regulatory agencies
• Participates in survey preparedness through Tracer/EOC activities
• Participate in educational programs for medical staff and other employees in matters of infection control;
• Participate in activities or committees related to product evaluation, Performance Improvement, Environment of Care and Antibiotic Stewardship committees.

Requirements:

• Masters Degree in Nursing, Health Care Administration, Public Health or related
• Minimum 5 - 10 years of experience of progressive infection control, infectious disease or epidemiology experience in clinical practice
• Minimum 5 – 10 years supervisory, teaching and/or administrative experience, required
• Excellent Communication skills
• Supervisory experience in infection prevention and control
• Certification in Infection Control (CIC)