Senior Staff Nurse - Infection Control

Staff Nurse - Nursing 38862

Job Purpose                                  

Qualification:

Graduate; 1st division in 10th, 12th and GNM Nursing/BSc Nursing/M.Sc Nursing

Relevant Experience:    

4 + years of experience in field of Nursing, Infection control nurse helps to prevent healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) by isolating sources of infections and limiting their spread; systematically collects, analyzes and interprets health data in order to plan, implement, evaluate and disseminate appropriate health practices; and trains healthcare staff through instruction and dissemination of information on infection control practices.

Responsibilities

• Conducts rounds, discussing and monitoring infection control practices with
• Collects infection data from departments, maintaining records for each case;
• Trains staff on implementation of infection control practices.
• investigates incidents of infection and reports such incidents to the director of nursing.
• Ensures availability of supplies required for infection control.
• Facilitates the operation of the hospital Infection Prevention/Control Program and supports continuous quality improvement.
• Supports hospital CQI activities with data support, analysis, and internal consulting.
• Identifies, investigates, reports, health care associated infections among patients and personnel through ongoing surveillance.
• Maintains logs with infection surveillance data.
• Maintains current knowledge of CDC guidelines and recommendations for infection prevention/control and definitions of health care associated infections.
• Calculates infection rates using the CDC's recommended denominator data, prepares and presents reports.
• Collaborates with HR and provides direction regarding employee health issues such as exposures, vaccines or vaccine preventable diseases, communicable diseases and other infection prevention/control related issues involving hospital employees.
• Makes recommendations regarding real or potential problems/improvement opportunities, including desirable approaches toward resolving them.
• Collaborates and reports to appropriate agencies / regulatory organizations -National Health regarding communicable diseases -State reporting requirements and initiatives.

Requirements and skills

• Interpersonal relationship skills
• Listening
• Team building
• Perceptual
• Communication
• Coordination and cooperation
• Initiation
• Moral support and physical approach to patient
• Computer literacy
• Grievance redressal
• GNM Nursing/BSc Nursing/M.Sc Nursing

Experience Level