Infection Control Coordinator jobs in Wilkes Barre, PA

Lakewood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is currently looking for an Infection Control Preventionist RN to join our team!

You'll feel right at home at Lakewood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a nursing home specializing in skilled nursing, long-term care, and rehabilitation services for the Nanticoke, PA community. Join a team of devoted, compassionate professionals dedicated to changing lives.

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• New rates
• Generous Shift Differentials for evenings, nights, and weekends!
• Daily Pay!
• Career Advancement
• Flexible scheduling for a work-life balance
• Health/Dental/Vision benefits package 
• Generous paid time off (PTO) package and paid holidays
• Opportunities for overtime
• Referral bonuses - Get paid to bring your friends and family!
• Weekly employee appreciation events. 
• Comfortable staffing ratios
• FUN and friendly work atmosphere - GREAT leadership team!

Qualifications/Requirements for an Infection Control Preventionist Nurse

• Is a graduate of a state approved school of nursing combined with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Has a valid Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Previous experience in a similar role and healthcare setting. Requires strong leadership abilities.
• Current knowledge of State and Federal regulations with proven ability to apply to day-to-day nursing programs.
• Superior knowledge of quality assurance, quality improvement and clinical components in Post-Acute Care and Skilled Nursing Practices.
• Strong computer skills required including a functional competency with Point Click Care.

Competencies:

• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Shift & Wage:
• Completive Salary  
• Day Shift  and some other shift as needed

Essential Job Functions for the position

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, coordinate, and direct our infection prevention and control program in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern such requirements in nursing care facilities.
•  Ensure that facility is following current CDC, OSHA, and local regulations concerning infection prevention and control.
• Develop, maintain, and periodically update infection prevention and control processes and techniques in accordance with current best practices.
• Review, modify and interpret infection prevention and control policies and procedures as necessary.
• Monitor infection prevention and control practices and procedures to ensure that all personnel are implementing our standard operating procedures for tasks involving exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Represent the Infection Prevention and Control Committee at the facility QAPI Committee.
• Make rounds to nursing units for the purpose of case findings, review of environmental sanitation procedures, and supervision of standard and transmission-based precautions/practices.
• Prepare monthly summaries of all resident/personnel infections, corrective action taken, and the results of the corrective action. Submit copies to the Administrator and Director of Nursing Services.
• Provide the Director of Nursing Services with a report of pertinent findings and recommendations pertaining to communicable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and antibiotic stewardship.
• Maintain a written record of all residents and employees with community or healthcare associated infections.
• Serve on, participate in, and attend Infection Prevention and Control Committee meetings.
• Provide employee orientation, training, and counseling as outlined in our infection prevention and control employee health programs.
• Physical Demands: 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• This position requires a variety of activity levels including frequent standing, walking, bending,
• kneeling, and stooping, crouching, occasional sitting, rarely crawling, and climbing. The employee
• may be required to frequently lift items up to 50 lbs.
• specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
• peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons shall have the opportunity to be considered for employment without regard to their actual or perceived gender, race, color, national origin, religion, age and military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.