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Registered Nurse - Infection Preventionist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Infection Prevention and Control Nurse is a professional registered nurse who is accountable for the multiple facets of the Puget Sound VA Healthcare System Infection Prevention Program. The nurse utilizes effective prevention and control activities that are specific to the practice setting, the population served, and the continuum of care.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Reviews and analyzes existing regulations, standards, and/or guidelines of applicable professional organizations and government agencies and ensures medical center programs comply with regulatory agency requirements as related to Infection Prevention and Control.
- →Applies epidemiological principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification, to identify target populations, analyze trends and risk factors, and design and evaluate prevention and control strategies.
- →Uses a systematic approach to surveillance to monitor the effectiveness of prevention and control strategies that are consistent with the organization's goals and objectives.
- →Uses standardized definitions for the identification and classification of events, indicators, or outcomes.
- →Performs medical record reviews, data abstraction, and data collection to identify HAI and determine if HAI prevention measures were adhered to.
- →Performs routine audits of professional practices related to infection control.
- →Identify barriers to compliance with procedures and involve HCWs within the organization.
- →Uses appropriate statistical techniques to describe data, calculate rates and critically evaluate the significance of findings as compared to internal and external benchmarks.
- →Utilizes findings to implement and evaluate infection prevention strategies.
- →Reviews and analyzes current scientific literature and publications and recommends new or revised practices or procedures based on currently accepted, evidence-based infection prevention and control strategies.
- →Use data from surveillance findings to identify the need for change and propose intervention/improvement projects.
- →Provides consultation to administration, committees, staff, and managers on issues regarding infection prevention and control.
- →Serves as an educational resource for all employees and clinical staff on all infection prevention & control related topics.
- →Participates in the organization's multidisciplinary performance improvement strategies.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 925dc0c3-822e-4d2e-9d5d-b5848bf45e3d
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