HCA Healthcare

Director of Infection Prevention

HCA Healthcare • $100K — $130K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted 6 days ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Public Health, Nursing, or related field required.
  • CIC certification required within 1 year of service.
  • 5 years of hospital experience in infection prevention and healthcare.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate, implement, and oversee the organization's infection prevention program.
  • Promote infection prevention initiatives across departments.
  • Support nursing staff to protect health, safety, and rights of patients and families.
  • Develop and maintain policies for quality and patient safety outcomes.
  • Identify areas of opportunity for healthcare delivery improvement and coordinate compliance programs.
  • Conduct ongoing surveillance of infectious diseases in the hospital and implement containment measures.

Benefits

  • Incentive eligibility for performance-based compensation.
Full Job Description
This position is incentive eligible.

Job Summary and Qualifications

  • The Director of Infection Prevention is responsible for the coordination, implementation and oversight of the organization's infection prevention program in order to support the mission, vision and values of Medical City Plano.
  • The Director provides leadership and supports departments through promotion of infection prevention initiatives throughout the organization.
  • The Director supports the nursing staff's primary commitment to protect the health, safety and rights of the individual, family or community.
  • The Director will develop and maintain policies and procedures that support successful quality and patient safety outcome.
  • You will provide ongoing improvement in the delivery of healthcare to patients, identify areas of opportunity, and coordinate and execute regulatory compliance programs as related to Federal, State and other agencies.
  • You will provide ongoing surveillance of infection disease present in the hospital and take appropriate steps to contain and prevent the acquisition and transmission of infectious agents in accordance with CDC guidelines and hospital policies.


What qualifications you will need:

Education:

  • Master's Degree in Public Health, Nursing or related field required.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

CIC certification required within 1 year of service.

Experience:

5 years of hospital experience in infection prevention and healthcare.

Medical City Plano opened in 1975 and provides Plano and Collin County with advanced health care. Medical City Plano is a 600+ bed acute care hospital. We have more than 2,000 employees and over 1,400 physicians on staff. Our main campus in Plano has a cancer treatment center and cardiovascular programs. We have The Bariatric Surgery Institute, a Wound Care Center and inpatient rehabilitation. We also offer complete women's and children's services. This includes a high-risk antepartum unit and a Level 3 neonatal intensive-care unit. We were the first hospital in Dallas, Collin or Denton counties to be named a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Medical City Plano was the first Level I Trauma Center in Collin County and The Burn & Reconstructive Center of Texas was the first burn center in Collin County. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals and specialists, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
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Learn more about HCA Healthcare
Size
204,000 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$3.7 billion
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+7.2%
Revenue
$51.5 billion
NASDAQ
HCA
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