JOBS

DuPage County Health Department’s Quality and Compliance team is excited to announce a new position. They are looking for an Infection Preventionist to join their team. In this role you will be responsible for planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating organizational infection prevention and control (IPC) activities. You will need to have the ability to interpret regulatory and accreditation requirements, standards, and recommendations in order to develop and implement IPC-relevant policies, procedures, and associated protocols.
This is a full-time position with great benefits to include 12 paid vacation days, 5 personal days, accrued sick leave, 12 Federal paid holidays, health insurance and tuition reimbursement. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm and is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement.
Some responsibilities are the following:

• Manages the agency infection prevention and control program, monitors compliance with federal, state and local regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
• Keeps up to date on laws and regulations that may affect policies and procedures and develops recommended updates.
• Recommends and implements strategies to promote compliance pertaining to infection prevention and control.
• Conducts and coordinates internal auditing of infection prevention practices, liaises with Human Resources or designee for employee health-related activities based on identified needs.
• Provides consultation, education, and training for DCHD staff on IPC related issues.
• Develops processes to ensure that all DCHD healthcare personnel understand and are competent to adhere to infection prevention requirements as they perform their roles and responsibilities.
• Supports ongoing updates to agency plans; ensures fulfillment of reporting requirements.
• Participates in licensing and accreditation activities as assigned.
• Implements strategies for continuous quality improvement; provides support and direction to IPC activities for all DCHD clinical programs and settings, including reporting of and response to notifiable cases, clusters, and outbreaks.
• Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• Considerable knowledge of the recommendations, regulations, and accreditation standards pertaining to infection prevention and control.
• Considerable Knowledge of reporting and data analysis.
• Working knowledge of continuous quality improvement tools and methods.