Manager, Infection Control

Role Overview:

• Provide support required to monitor and maintain the Infection Prevention and Control Program.
• Coordinate infection prevention activities in perioperative care settings.
• Supervise and train perioperative infection preventionists (IPs).
• Act as administrator for the National Healthcare Surveillance Network (NHSN), a national database for infection data.
• Develop surveillance indicators for each site based on site-specific risk assessments.
• Coordinate all scheduled visits to perioperative sites by IPs and review compliance data.
• Identify practice gaps and facilitate performance improvement initiatives with leaders and key stakeholders.
• Present cohesively on environmental rounds and improvement initiatives to the infection prevention and control committee.
• Oversee all perioperative Infection Control Risk Assessments.

Key Qualifications:

• Certification in Infection Control required.
• A cultivator of innovation who builds and cultivates new ways for the organization to be successful.
• A good decision-maker, with proven success in making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• A provider of work directives, delegating responsibilities as necessary and removing obstacles to get work done.
• Skilled in building effective teams where members apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Adept at building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives and goals.

Core Skills:

• Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Flexible in approach and demeanor to align with the shifting demands of evolving circumstances.