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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

24

💙 Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

 

🌟 Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.

- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules

- Retirement savings with employer match

- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

- Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs

- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

The Infection Preventionist is responsible for surveillance and analysis to identify, investigate, prevent, and control infections in both patients and staff. The Infection Preventionist interacts with patients, hospital staff, physicians, and others including community agencies and health departments. This occurs through department rounds, meetings, and referrals. The Infection Preventionist participates in the education of all hospital employees regarding infection control and prevention and complies with the requirements of regulatory and accreditation organizations and communicates pertinent information to members of the management team.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description:

Infection Control Program Management & Implementation
Execute the hospital-wide infection control program in providing surveillance, monitoring, and documentation of St. Elizabeth's infectious disease program, and provide resource assistance for patient, family, and staff education pertinent to infectious and communicable diseases.
Report cases of communicable diseases to appropriate health authorities.
Identify hospital acquired infections and conduct root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences.
Identify the occurrences of outbreaks/clusters of infectious diseases, intervening as necessary in-patient care activities to prevent transmission.
Ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards that pertain to the practice of infection control.
Review medical records, laboratory results and physician orders to ensure patients with infectious or communicable diseases are identified and proper isolation precautions are implemented.
Contact physicians or nursing personnel as necessary to elicit cooperation in patient placement or isolation precautions, or exchange information on resistant organisms, patient status, and so forth.
Provide guidance in infection prevention and control related issues.
Identify opportunities for improvement in Infection Control and work with Quality Improvement team to implement improvement plans.
Education
Educate employees on Patient Safety and Infection Control policies and procedures.
Quality / Risk Collaboration
Participate in hospital committees, task forces, and teams representing infection control as needed.
Report Development / Compliance
Generate standard infection control reports, in collaboration with Infection Control Team and Infection Control/Patient Safety Director
Measure System-wide compliance with infection control expectations, in collaboration with Infection Control Team and Infection Control/Patient Safety Director
Deliver on goals and targets, in collaboration with Infection Control Team and Infection Control/Patient Safety Director


Education, Credentials, Licenses:
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
If eligible, must have a Compact (multi-state) License in their primary state of residence.
Current license as a registered nurse in the state where work is being performed.
Current Certification in Infection Control or attain within 2 years in the Infection Preventionist role.
Specialized Knowledge:
Basic computer knowledge, including Microsoft Office suite of products, including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, TEAMS.
Knowledge of principles of epidemiology, microbiology, and infectious disease, including key causes of hospital acquired infections and mitigation strategies / processes.
Ability to analyze, manipulate, and maintain databases.
Ability to communicate effectively to hospital employee, community agencies, and health departments.
Ability to assess problems and identify solutions while working collaboratively with quality improvement project teams.
Ability to easily adapt to new programs and technology.
Commitment to quality and always putting the patient first.
Professional competencies:
Infection Control
Project Management
Performance Analysis and Reporting
Relationship Management
Execution Against Plans
Kind and Length of Experience:
Three to five years of healthcare related experience

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.