Nurse Educator/Infection Preventionist

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating nursing in-service education programs as well as coordinating and leading the facilities' Infection Prevention and control programin a positive, empathetic, and professional manner at all times. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Essential Functions

• Assess educational needs and develop/coordinate necessary education programs.
• Coordinate orientation programs for new clinical staff.
• Act as a general resource for nursing staff.
• Educate direct patient care staff in the use of equipment, supplies, and coordinate in-service training and annual competencies.
• Provide facility wide infection surveillance, prevention per facility guidelines and best practices.
• Prevent and control health care associated infections, including auditing of adherence to infection prevention and control policies and procedures by facility staff, including medical staff.
• Gather and interpret data and keep accurate records of all infections.
• Compile and present Infection Reports to the Safety/Infection Control Committee and the Performance Improvement Council at assigned intervals.
• Inspect environment and observe personnel activities for the purpose of detecting infection hazards.
• Train facility staff and medical staff on infection prevention and control protocols.
• Assess and re-enforce infection prevention practices.