Manager, Infection Control in East Orange, New Jersey at CareWell Health

Job Summary

The Manager of infection prevention and control guides all activities related to monitoring and investigating of known or suspected sources of hospital and community acquired cases of infections in order to control and prevent further infections.

Essential Functions

• Review sterilization and disinfection techniques and recommends changes as needed.
• Assists in providing related education to staff.
• Knowledgeable with a variety of infection prevention and control principles, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Analyzes and report data on healthcare acquired infections from all hospital departments and evaluates each case.
• Leads regularly scheduled hospital infection control meetings.
• Create and review infection prevention and control policies to meet regulatory requirements.

• Ensures that all required Hospital and Dialysis regulatory data needs are met and ensures the accuracy of the data
• Works with Chief Medical Officer to identify quality issues that require action or further study.
• Leads and participates on all assigned projects. Meets long-term and short-term deadlines
• Provides leadership with internal and external surveys
• Participates actively and positively in all meetings
• Is a source of information on Joint Commission and Conditions of Participation standards in regard to Infection Prevention
• Leads the Infection Prevention presentation for the Joint Commission Survey, as well as the group interview. Contributes to all other Infection Prevention Joint Commission projects as needed.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Education/Certifications
Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Related Field.

Certification in Infection Prevention required (CIC).

Minimum Work Experience
Two years of Infection Prevention experience and one year of management experience.

In-depth knowledge of Joint Commission Standards and CMS Conditions of Participation, as well as New Jersey regulations.

CareWell Health provides a salary/hourly rate range for all open positions to comply with New Jersey Law. The rates listed for each position is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity). The salary range does not include bonuses/incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation which can be discussed in detail with your talent acquisition specialist.

The salary/hourly rate range for this position is:

Salary ranges shown on third-party job sites may not accurately reflect ranges provided by CareWell Health. Candidates should discuss salary/hourly compensation and details of our comprehensive benefits with our talent acquisition specialist if selected for an interview.

We offer an excellent benefit package including but not limited to the following benefit offerings:

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
Basic Life and Disability Insurance
Whole Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program
401(k)
Paid Holidays and a generous Paid Time Off Plan