Per Diem, Infection Preventionist

Description:
Could you be our next Per Diem Infection Preventionist at Main Line Health?

Why work as a Per Diem, Infection Preventionist with Main Line Health?

• Make an Impact! Make an Impact! As an Infection Preventionist, you will be responsible for infection prevention and control components including conducting surveillance, leading investigations of outbreaks, and education of healthcare providers and consultation with healthcare providers & other professionals. You will have a primary focus on consulting and educating healthcare providers, patients, and families on the practical methods of preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases with a particular focus on healthcare acquired infection prevention. In addition, you will also help with the education program design, policy and procedure development, auditing of high level disinfection and sterilization practices, and program support of performance improvement activities to promote patient safety. The work you do makes a tremendous impact!
  
  
• Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.
  
  
• Position-Specific Benefits include: We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors... And employee parking is always free!
  
  

Position: Per Diem, Infection Preventionist
Shift: Variable, 8 - 16 Hours/Week

Experience:
1. A minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a healthcare professional is preferred.
2. Minimum of two years infection prevention and control experience preferred.
3. Familiarity with basic Windows applications, e-mail, and MS Office Suite products.

Education:
BSN, MT, or other similar bachelors degree in a health-care related field, from an accredited program is preferred.

Licensures/Certifications:
Required:
Certification in Infection Control (CIC) as offered by CBIC is required by January 2021 for Infection Preventionist (IP) hired prior to 2019. IPs hired after 2019 must obtain CBIC within 2-3 years of hire date (as determined by the Manager at the time of hire).

Preferred:
Pennsylvania Nurse Licensure as an RN, registered by American Society Clinical Pathologists as a Medical Technologist, registered Pharmacist, or having an advanced degree in a scientifically relevant field (e.g. MPH, MS in Clinical Microbiology, MSN, etc.)