Registered Nurse - RN - Manager - Infection Control

Dove Healthcare•Eau Claire, WI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to take the next step on the career ladder? Dove Healthcare is looking for you to join our team today as an RN Infection Control Manager. This person will oversee the infection control programs at both of our Dove Healthcare - West Eau Claire and Dove Healthcare - South Eau Claire locations. Not sure if you are ready to take that next step? Dove Healthcare will provide peer-to-peer training and work with you every step of the way until you feel ready to take over. Do what you love, feel good about where you work and be surrounded by people who share your passion. As the facility RN Infection Control Manager, you will: collaborate with appropriate staff to assure tracking of infection control screening and employee illness and assure compliance with return to work policies and procedures perform surveillance of facility infectious disease and antibiotic use coordinate and manages the facility annual influenza program conduct annual TB risk assessments and N95 fit testing for staff members collaborate with Director of Nursing to assure current infection prevention and control standards for residents and employees are present in the facility and are in compliance provide information related to new standards and changes in infection prevention and control practices to the facility management team communicate state alerts, regulation changes, and CDC information as appropriate, to the Director of Nursing and facility staff manage residents on precautions and assure they have interventions in place pertinent to their infectious process manage outbreaks in the facility, lead outbreak meetings, and set parameters appropriate to control outbreaks in the facility coordinate and manage the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program perform quality improvement audits/competencies for all staff to assure compliance with facility policy and State and Federal regulations develop action plans to address any trends identified in the above audits in conjunction with the appropriate department head perform skills check-offs and training for employees

Requirements

current licensure in the state of Wisconsin as a Registered Nurse
degree from an accredited school of nursing
effective problem solving and communication skills and a passion to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
strong organization skills
CDC Infection Prevention online course (will be provided if not already certified)

Responsibilities

collaborate with appropriate staff to assure tracking of infection control screening and employee illness and assure compliance with return to work policies and procedures
perform surveillance of facility infectious disease and antibiotic use
coordinate and manages the facility annual influenza program
conduct annual TB risk assessments and N95 fit testing for staff members
collaborate with Director of Nursing to assure current infection prevention and control standards for residents and employees are present in the facility and are in compliance
provide information related to new standards and changes in infection prevention and control practices to the facility management team
communicate state alerts, regulation changes, and CDC information as appropriate, to the Director of Nursing and facility staff
manage residents on precautions and assure they have interventions in place pertinent to their infectious process
manage outbreaks in the facility, lead outbreak meetings, and set parameters appropriate to control outbreaks in the facility
coordinate and manage the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
perform quality improvement audits/competencies for all staff to assure compliance with facility policy and State and Federal regulations
develop action plans to address any trends identified in the above audits in conjunction with the appropriate department head
perform skills check-offs and training for employees

Benefits

choose your own health insurance - our benefit design offers the flexibility to choose the plan that works best for you and your family!
company paid life and AD&D insurance
dental and vision Insurance
wellness incentives, including onsite gyms, health club reimbursement, weight loss program reimbursement
supplemental benefits, including short-term disability, life insurance, critical illness, accident coverage, hospital indemnity, cancer
paid time off (PTO)
floating holiday
employee assistance program (EAP)
early wage access through DailyPay
childcare assistance - up to 20%
401k, with company match
financial planning resources
referral bonus - up to $700 per referral
tuition reimbursement / scholarship opportunities
continuing education
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