Title: Infection Control Professional

Location: Laguna Hills

Department: Quality Assurance

Status: Full-time

Shift: Day

Pay Range*: $114,504.00 - $166,046.40 /annually

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the mission of Saddleback Medical Center. It is expected that the employee demonstrate behavior consistent with our core values: Integrity, Accountability, Best Practices, Compassion and Synergy. The employee shall support MemorialCare Medical Centers’ strategic plan and participate in and advocate performance improvement/patient safety activities.
The Infection Control Professional (ICP) position supports our hospital-wide infection program within the Performance Improvement department at Saddleback Medical Center. The ICP is primarily responsible for daily surveillance, monitoring, and implementation of infection prevention practices to ensure patient and staff safety, as well as regulatory compliance. The ICP works under the guidance of the Infection Prevention Program Manager to ensure adherence to infection control standards, collect and report data, and support outbreak investigations. The ICP focuses on daily surveillance, unit rounds, compliance monitoring and education. The role helps support the infection prevention program strategies, including preventing healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and infection control compliance.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job
1.Works together with the Infection Prevention Program Manager in the identification of infectious disease processes and surveillance activities.
2.Actively participates in prevention and control of transmission of infectious agents, which is in alignment with the Infection Control Plan.
3.Assists Infection Prevention Program Manager with program oversight and ensures compliance with program and medical center policies, protocols, and guidelines.
4.Under the direction of the Infection Prevention Program Manager, uploads and imports accurate data into internal and external databases in a timely manner.
5.Tracks and reports hospital-acquired infection rates and creates data reports for dissemination and analysis.
6.Participates in the outbreak investigations and surveillance process.
7.In collaboration with the Infection Prevention Program Manager, assesses the need for, develops, and presents infection prevention education as needed.
8.Participates in Environment of Care and hospital rounds to ensure compliance with hospital infection prevention and control policies, including monitors compliance of personnel with isolation techniques.
9.Notifies the local public health agencies and/or regulatory bodies of reportable diseases in collaboration with the Infection Prevention Program Manager and department leadership.
10.Serves as a member of both hospital and system-wide meetings as an infection prevention representative.
11.Ability to be at work and be on time
12.Ability to follow company policies, procedures and directives
13.Ability to interact in a positive and constructive manner
14.Ability to prioritize and multitask

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Minimum one (1) year experience in infectious disease prevention at a healthcare organization, preferred.
• Possesses a solid understanding of medical and nursing principles, patient care management, and foundational sciences including microbiology, pathology, and immunology. Demonstrates ability to apply medical statistics and biostatistics in clinical and quality improvement settings preferred.
• Working knowledge of and experience in the practice of epidemiological principles and infectious diseases as related to infection prevention and control preferred
• Knowledge of and ability to demonstrate a comprehension of medical statistics/biostatistics, data analysis, and reporting of metrics to external agencies preferred.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or clinically related field required. A combination of equivalent knowledge and/or relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Post-secondary education in a health-related field including but not limited to medicine, nursing, laboratory technology, public health, or biology, preferred.
• Certification in Infection Control (CIC) completion required within agreed timeframe.