Infection Preventionist - Skilled Nursing

Job Description

Griffith Park Healthcare Center is an award winning family company providing healthcare services including skilled nursing, assisted living and senior living communities. Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, coordinate, and direct the facility's infection control program in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern nursing care facilities. Ensure compliance with CDC, OSHA, and local regulations concerning infection control or standard/universal precautions. Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Administrator concerning the infection control program. Develop, maintain, and periodically update infection control precautions and aseptic technique. Ensure residents with communicable or infectious diseases are placed in isolation or on infection control precautions. Monitor medication passes and treatments to ensure appropriate hand washing/hand hygiene techniques are being followed. Review nurses' notes of residents in/on isolation precautions to ensure they are informative and descriptive. Assist nursing service personnel in performing nursing care procedures as necessary.