Infection Control Coordinator, Full Time - La Porte Hospital

The Infection Control Coordinator coordinates, facilitates, implements and participates in quality improvement initiatives/teams across Northwest Health La Porte/Starke in assigned geographical areas.  Develops process improvement plans with leadership and departments throughout the organization to analyze, monitor, and ensure high levels of quality and performance.  Identifies opportunities for improvement, makes recommendations for change, and leads the implementation of best practices to meet established goals.  Promotes cross-departmental communication, collaboration, and performance improvement as a means of achieving cost-effective, high quality care.  

Education: 

• ASN required. BSN preferred

Certifications/Experience: 

• Previous acute care clinical experience required. Quality and/or Performance Improvement Experience preferred
• RN license required

General Responsibilities:

1. Performs duties assigned as established by Hospital policy. Functions within the limits of the applicable state Nurse Practice Act.
2. Supports medical record and data review and analysis for all external reporting bodies and for tracking and trending purposes internally
3. Leads and supports all organizational survey readiness activities to promote continuous survey readiness including both hospital onsite and off site locations
4. Promotion of  collaborative relationships with medical staff, nursing leadership, and ancillary department leaders to drive department Quality/Risk/Infection Prevention initiatives.
5. Provides observation, education, and surveillance activity  in clinical departments for patient safety and quality related data collection and initiatives
6. Performs concurrent review for Quality/Risk Management/Infection Prevention Improvement initiatives, tracking, and trending
7. Reports deficiencies to immediate supervisor. Prepares reports for Director of Quality/CQO.
8. Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to Performance Improvement activities, Infection Control Surveillance or other duties as needed.
9. Attitude - Provides highest quality service and meeting customers' needs with utmost kindness, care, compassion, courtesy, empathy, respect and friendliness. Always acknowledges and serves customers with a friendly, open smile and direct eye contact.
10. Appearance - Takes pride in personal appearance, the facility and its surroundings.
11. Commitment to Coworkers - Recognizes we are linked to one another by a common purpose; serving our patients and our community, that we are team members with our physicians and co-workers, and that we each deserve respect and support.
12. Communication - Listens attentively to our customers to fully understand needs. Pays close attention to both verbal and non-verbal communication. Is committed to exceeding customers' expectations and providing more than what is expected.
13. Customer Waiting - Provides prompt service, keeps customers informed regarding the time in which the service will be performed and makes customers comfortable while they are waiting.
14. Privacy – Maintains customer privacy and confidentiality
15. Responsiveness - Acknowledges every approaching patient or family member. Responds in a way that demonstrates the care, courtesy and respect our customers deserve.
16. Safety Awareness - Ensures an accident-free environment. Establishes, promotes and monitors a proactive innovative approach to enhance hospital and patient safety. Adheres to and ensures compliance with Joint commission Patient Safety Goals and hospital safety policies.
17. Sense of Ownership - Demonstrates a sense of ownership in their job, takes pride in what they do, and how they do it. Accepts responsibility for and is in control of the job that needs to be done
18. Team Member is accountable for areas of responsibility meeting regulatory requirements including but not limited to maintaining annual TB testing, completing annual mandatories (ALC and competency), and maintaining current registration/certification/licensures as appropriate to position requirements.