Manager Infection Prevention

Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital is Yolo County’s largest health care provider, serving the community since 1905. Woodland Memorial Hospital is a 108-bed acute care facility offering the most comprehensive range of health care services in Yolo County, including inpatient and outpatient surgical services, family birth center/labor and delivery, emergency services, home health services, palliative care, inpatient mental health services, sleep disorders center and cancer care services. With strong ties to our community, we believe in providing compassionate, high-quality health care to you and your family, close to home. Woodland Memorial Hospital is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems with a 22-state network. For more information, please visit our website here at www.dignityhealth.org/woodland.

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Coordinates all infection prevention related activities associated with surveillance, performance improvement, and education which are intended to ensure that the facility's patients, personnel, and visitors will be protected from transmission of diseases and infection within the facility's environment, as identified in the core competency model by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

• Responsible for the oversight of daily operations of the infection Prevention Department in regards to the facility compliance with Hospital Accreditation Standards, State and CMS regulations. Identifies and implements updates to the Infection Prevention Program when new regulations and/or professional guidelines are published. Serves as the content expert in all infection prevention matters in support of clinical staff, performance improvement teams and hospital committees.
• Ongoing assessment and development of programs, policies and procedures, and forms to address the infection prevention needs of employees, volunteers, contract workers, independent contractors, physicians, registry workers and students in accordance with the guidelines established by the regulatory agencies.
• Works in collaboration with Hospital Administration to develop and manage an Infection Prevention Program that incorporates essential facility strategic plan elements that align with the goals, objectives, and risk assessments of the Infection Prevention Program. Provides expert consultation and education, as needed, and as related to Infection Prevention.
• Develops and operationalizes the Infection Prevention Program’s annual risk assessment, annual plans, and annual evaluations. Identifies and implements updates to the Infection Prevention Program when new regulations and /or professional guidelines are published.
• Ensures all functions of the Infection Prevention Program are conducted including surveillance, rounds to inpatient and outpatient units including perioperative, procedural and ancillary departments, and mandatory reporting to local and state health departments, NHSN, CMS, etc.
• Maintains current knowledge of infection prevention professional society guidelines, best practices and regulatory requirements as demonstrated by attending infection prevention conferences and workshops, reviewing current infection prevention literature, guidelines and national standard and networking with Health System and external Infection Prevention Specialists.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in a healthcare related field and minimum of five (5) years clinical experience or
• Associates in healthcare related field and seven (7) years of experience and three (3) years of experience as an Infection Preventionist in an acute care facility. 

Licensure:

• Certified in Infection Control within 24 months