Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
Company: ScionHealth
Location: South Amboy
Posted on: June 25, 2025
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Job Description:
Description Job Summary Functions in the role of expert
Infection Control Clinician, consulting with physicians, nursing
leadership, managers to ensure effective management of infectious
and/or immuno-suppressed patient for assigned market hospitals.
Manages the staff for Infection Control ensuring effective care for
patients and staff. Essential Functions - Responsible for the
direction and oversight of the Infection Control practices and
procedures for each assigned market hospital. - Serves as a
resource to departmental, interdepartmental, administrative and
clinical operations leadership teams. - Responsible for assessing
staff competence in respective area (IC). - Ensures infection
control departments are effectively staffed. - Manages all areas of
coaching, counseling and disciplinary matters for his/her
respective staff, in a professional manner and in accordance with
the handbook, policies and procedures. - Performs as Co-Chair for
ICP meetings with physicians. - Provides approved clinical services
within the scope of practice. - Develops, reviews, and makes
necessary changes to departmental policies and procedures, and
reports updates and changes directly to physicians and staff
accordingly. - Ensures hospital wide compliance with IC program. -
Develops hospital wide annual IC Plan and performs assessment of
prior year's plan. - Oversees the orientation of newly hired
employees and ensures the respective competencies related to IC in
the assigned hospital are reviewed and completed as appropriate.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Expectations - Must read, write and
speak fluent English. - Must have good and regular attendance. -
Approximate percent of time required to travel: 10% - Performs
other related duties as assigned Salary Range: $102,200 -
$153,300/Annually ScionHealth has a comprehensive benefits package
for benefit-eligible employees that includes Medical, Dental,
Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and
Wellness. Qualifications Education - Bachelor's degree in nursing
or healthcare related field. - Master's degree in clinical
specialty preferred. - Equivalent combination of education,
training, and experience may substitute for education requirements.
Licenses/Certification - Current State RN license as required by
State. - BLS Certification required. - ICP or related certification
preferred. Experience - Minimum of 1-year clinical experience in
medical-surgical or critical care nursing. - Experience in
Infection Control with basic knowledge of the principles of
epidemiology and infections, diseases, sterilization, sanitation,
and disinfection practice preferred.
Keywords: ScionHealth, Danbury , Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Healthcare , South Amboy, Connecticut
