Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

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Job Posting Title:

Infection Prevention Nurse

Location:

Dallas - Hospital

Additional Posting Details:

Monday - Friday

7 am - 3:30 pm

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensure hospital compliance with the Joint Commission and other regulatory standards for Infection Prevention and Control

• Perform infection surveillance including medical record review, data collection, aggregation, analysis, and trend identification

• Conducts outbreak investigations and initiates control measures

• Oversees the monitoring of infection prevention practices for all departments and personnel

• Reports communicable diseases to the state as required by law

• Initiates, reviews, and revises infection prevention risk assessment, plan, policies, and procedures

• Serves as Chair for the Infection Prevention subcommittee and reports to the QAPI committee

• Provides educational offerings for new employee orientation and ongoing in-services

• Communicate regularly with the Infection Control Medical Advisor regarding individual infection cases, identified trends and other infection control matters

• Consults with department heads and physicians as needed to improve care

• Initiates follow-up on employee/patient exposures to communicable diseasesand employee compliance

• Serves as a resource for all departments and staff as needed

• Participates in performance improvement activities

• Performs other duties as directed

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  Required Skills/Abilities

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing

• Holds current Texas RN license from the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners

• Certified Infection Control certification required or must be obtained within 12 months of employment

• BLS is required

• Minimum 5 years of recent clinical experience required

• Minimum 3 years of infection control experience preferred

• Understanding of statistical analysis preferred

• Ability to problem solve and develop action plans that will prove helpful in achieving measurable objectives

• Ability to work with EMR, spreadsheets, databases, and application of basic software: MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.

• Strong facilitation and collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary groups

• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, good organizational and time management skills ​

At Scottish Rite for Children, we work together with the common goal of helping give children back their childhood. Scottish Rite is a unique place to work because we believe in a collaborative approach, utilizing the care and expertise from all departments. We are always looking for caring, energetic individuals to join our team. We currently have locations in Dallas and Frisco and is an equal opportunity employer.

For questions, contact careers@tsrh.org.