Staff Nurse - RN - Infection Control jobs in La Crosse, WI

Infection Control
Registered Nurse
1.0 FTE, 80 Hours Per Pay Period
Shifts: Typically standard business hours, with need for flexibility for occasional meetings/trainings, may include weekend needs

The RN-Infection Control is for all surveillance, study, and coordination regarding all aspects of hospital functions as related to the prevention of and control of infection.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Integrates surveillance findings into the organization's plan for improvement of practice and patient outcomes.
2. Reviews, analyzes and applies existing regulations, standards and/or guidelines of applicable professional organizations and governmental agencies.
3. Recommends new or revised practices or procedures based on currently accepted, evidence based infection prevention and control strategies.
4. Integrates relevant public health issues into practice.  Is in frequent contact with the Minnesota Department of Health.
5. Conducts surveillance and investigations by using epidemiologic principles. Uses appropriate statistical techniques to describe the data, calculate rates, and critically evaluate significance of findings.
6. Uses a systematic approach to surveillance to monitor the effectiveness of prevention and control strategies that are consistent with WH's Mission, Vision, and Values.
7. Serves as an educational resource for infection prevention, infection control and health care epidemiology. Performance improvement: coordinates WH's infection prevention and control improvement activities. Serves on the Infection Control Management team.
8. Provides data by tracking and trending infections.
9. Notifies Department Manager or other appropriate manager/supervisor of identified infections. 

Essential Skills & Experiences:

1. Minimum 2 years of recent Registered Nurse acute care experience, clinical experience in public health setting, and/or infection prevention and control/epidemiology experience.
2. Current Minnesota License to practice as a Registered Nurse. An emphasis on infection surveillance and prevention preferred.
3. Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) required within 24 months of hire date.
4. Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) training course or equivalent desired 

Internal Applicant Policy:

It is the policy of Winona Health to work with employees in an equitable fashion regarding promotions, transfers and position reclassifications.
 
Any employee wishing to apply for another available position at Winona Health must submit an application for consideration through the internal application portal. Employees requesting to change positions should have successfully completed at least six (6) months in their current position. Employees currently in the formal disciplinary process may be required to meet with the Director of Human Resources to determine eligibility to request transfer. The employee’s past performance, experience, training and qualifications will be considered in transfer/hiring decisions. Consideration for transfer or promotion is not a guarantee of transfer or promotion. Employees may be given a chance to interview for a position when they meet the minimum position qualifications.

Disclaimer:

Winona Health is an equal opportunity employer. Winona Health does not refuse to hire, discharge, or discriminate against a person with respect to tenure, compensation, terms, upgrading, conditions, facilities, or privileges of employment because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, membership in a local discrimination commission, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other prohibited basis of discrimination under applicable local, state, or federal law. Winona Health does not tolerate retaliation against any employee, patient/resident, physician, or other individuals pursuing concerns regarding Civil Rights issues. Winona Health adheres to ALL pertinent governmental policies and legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, as amended, and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.