Corporate Infection Prevention Coordinator, Clinical Quality
Full time, 80 hours per pay period, Day shift
Covenant Health Overview:
Covenant Health is the region’s top-performing healthcare network with 10 hospitals, outpatient and specialty services, and Covenant Medical Group, our area’s fastest-growing physician practice division. Headquartered in Knoxville, Covenant Health is a community-owned integrated healthcare delivery system and the area’s largest employer. Our more than 11,000 employees, volunteers, and 1,500 affiliated physicians are dedicated to improving the quality of life for the more than two million patients and families we serve every year. Covenant Health is the only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named a Forbes “Best Employer” seven times.
Position Summary:
Responsible for identifying, investigating, monitoring, and reporting healthcare-associated infections. Supervises and helps manage the infection prevention teams at each of the Covenant Health facilities. Collaborates with the manager, facility, and system stakeholders including administration, physicians, and others to develop a comprehensive infection prevention plan for Covenant Health. The coordinator, in collaboration with others, will be responsible for determining, organizing, and completing infection prevention functions that are completed centrally (e.g., reporting infections to required state entities, infection data reporting, and developing, editing, and promoting system infection prevention policies). Additionally, will be responsible for consulting on best practices to proactively prevent healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs).
Recruiter:
Susanna Mcguinn ||smcguinn@covhlth.com || 865-374-5377
Minimum Education:
Baccalaureate or Associate degree in nursing, public health, epidemiology, clinical laboratory science, medical technology, or related field.
Minimum Experience:
Three (3) years’ experience in designated specialty area.
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology (i.e., CIC© preferred) within two (2) years of employment.
If the applicant is a nurse, must have and maintain Tennessee State nursing licensure.
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