Director, Infection Prevention (KFHP/H)

Job Summary

Drives and guides implementation of annual infection prevention and control programs. Integrates finding and develops action plans to address infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics. Identifies and defines strategies for infection prevention and control program improvement. Develops and presents infection prevention and control educational programs on new initiatives and regulatory affairs. Evaluates initiatives to protect and prevent injuries from occupational exposure to infectious disease(s).

Essential Responsibilities

• Prepares individuals for growth opportunities and advancement; builds internal collaborative networks for self and others. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; drives collaboration to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to foster performance improvement. Demonstrates continuous learning; oversees the recruitment, selection, and development of talent; ensures performance management guidelines and expectations to achieve business needs.
• Oversees the operation of multiple units within a department by identifying member and operational needs; ensures the management of work assignment completion; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; ensures products and/or services meet member requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies.
• Educates others on infection prevention and control by: developing and presenting educational sessions on new initiatives and regulatory affairs; ensuring all client and organizational needs are being consistently met and proactively monitoring alignment with KP and national standards; and providing leadership in the development and dissemination of best practices in infection prevention and control.
• Provides expertise in epidemiology by: participating in preparations and responses to emerging infection disease threats and/or exposures and leading response to emerging infection disease threats and/or exposures; and evaluating initiatives to protect and prevent injuries from occupational exposure to infectious disease(s).
• Utilizes epidemiological principles to conduct surveillance by: integrating findings from investigations and interviews and developing action plans to address infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics; facilitating deployment of surveillance programs to monitor infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics.
• Participating in performance improvement initiatives by: providing clinical consultation to identify and define strategies for infection prevention and control program improvement; coordinating and managing projects and ensuring work groups are composed of individuals with appropriate skills and expertise.
• Engages in ongoing surveillance by: driving and guiding implementation of annual infection prevention and control program plan; identifying and defining infection prevention and control program goals and objectives with emphasis on proactive programming.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in infection prevention, clinical quality management, or a directly related field.
• Masters degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, or related field AND eight (8) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum five (5) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field.
• Infection Control Certificate

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Information Gathering; Change Management; Business Documentation; Business Process Improvement; Critical Facility Operations Knowledge; Facilities Management/Operations; Operational Excellence; Preventative Maintenance; Risk Management.