Infection Control Specialist

SUMMARY:

Coordinates the hospital’s efforts to control the spread of infectious disease within the facility as required by CMS or OSHA and other licensing, accrediting, or regulatory bodies or statutes. Conducts surveillance of high-risk population. Monitors any outbreaks of communicable diseases, helps identify potential sources within the facility, and coordinates any necessary follow-up activities. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Develops and manages Infection Control programs for assigned service lines to include collection of data, recordkeeping of hospital associated and community acquired infections, interpretation, analysis, and reporting of information, development of interventions and recommendations related and follow up on performance.

Investigates and analyzes clusters of infections or changes in patterns of infection with appropriate interventions.

Applies epidemiology principles to identify population/care based risk factors.