With a legacy that spans over 150 years, Bon Secours is a network that is dedicated to providing excellent care through exceptional people. At every level, everyone on our teams have embraced the call to provide compassionate care. Here, you can work with others who share common values, and use your skills to help extend care to all of our communities.

SUMMARY

Responsible for implementing system infection prevention strategies, policies and practices at the market/site level. Leads market integration and standardization ensuring compliance with State and Federal regulatory requirements. Serves as subject matter expert for infection prevention. Leads, coaches and mentors the site and/or market-based infection prevention team(s).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Manages the operation of the Infection Prevention and Control Program at the Market level to ensure patient and personnel safety, in alignment with system goals, and compliance with State and Federal regulatory requirements.
• Provides leadership and management of key infection and control initiatives to reduce healthcare acquired infections through application of epidemiologic principles and statistical methods.
• Provides oversight for the identification of complex infection control problems, inter-relationships of problems, and sources of infection. Oversees the identification of infection risks and trends.
• Provides oversight for the development and review of the annual infection control plans, risk assessments and surveillance indicators. Coordinates the collection and analysis of data from the indicators.
• Responsible for coordinating, analyzing and evaluating Market based infection prevention and control practices for hospitals and affiliate/outlying clinics.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation agency standards.
• Provides oversight and guidance for complex construction and renovation infection control risk assessments.
• Promotes and facilitates continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities to achieve a multi-disciplinary approach to infection control.
• Leads and participates as necessary in the day to day infection prevention activities including surveillance, rounding, preparing and dissemination of reports and communication as needed.
• Leads and implements strategies in the event of communicable disease outbreaks within the health care facilities and/or community.
• Participates in and contributes to the system wide infection prevention initiatives through implementation of performance improvement projects and policy/procedure development.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education Qualifications
Required Minimum Education: Bachelors Degree Nursing or healthcare related field
Preferred Education: Masters Degree Nursing or other health related field

Licensure/Certification

Required: Certification in Infection Control (CIC), awarded by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC), within 3 years

Preferred: Completion of advanced education in Infection Prevention

Minimum Years and Type of Experience

5-7 years of demonstrated progressive leadership

Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:

Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
Prescription drug coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance w/AD&D
Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
Paid time off
Educational Assistance
And much more

• Benefits offerings vary according to employment status

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employers, please email recruitment@mercy.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com