Infection Control Nurse

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PLEASE NOTE - This position may require temporarily relocation to other TONHC Facilities:
Sells Hospital, Santa Rosa Health Center, San Simon Health Center, and San Xavier Health Center.

Provide comprehensive management of the Tohono O'odham Nation Hospital Health Care (TONHC) Infection Control Program and manage the employee health program as needed.

This position is located in the Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care Sells Hospital. The goal of the surveillance, prevention, and control of infection function is to identify and reduce the risks of acquiring and transmitting infections. Will assist with employee health function is to coordinate the employee health program as needed. Works under the general supervision of the Director of Quality Management.

• Develops and manages Infection Control programs for assigned service lines to include collecting data, recordkeeping of hospital-associated and community-acquired infections, interpretation, analysis, reporting of information, development of interventions and recommendations, and follow-up on performance.
• Investigates and analyzes clusters of infections or changes in patterns of infection with appropriate interventions.
• Interprets and applies state, county, and federal requirements and other appropriate guidelines related to Infection Control and Environment of Care issues; assists with or develops programs to implement guidelines; informs authorities of reportable diseases.
• Participate in the development and implementation of infection control procedures.
• Coordinates and carries out surveillance, prevention, and control of infection activities.
• Communicates and works with external organization support systems such as local, state, tribal, and other Federal agencies to reduce the risk of infection from the environment.
• Chairs or Co-chairs of the infection Control Committee prepares agendas and coordinates meetings, minutes, and departmental reports.
• Serve as a safety committee member and liaison between the safety committee and other unit departments and programs on infection control matters.
• Initiates and completes follow-up action on the clinical and patient-related incident and accident reports related to Infection Control.
• Notes and corrects any potential patient and staff safety and infection control hazards; prepares reports for corrective action.
• Initiate follow-through with surveillance and recordkeeping of patients with nosocomial infections with TONHC departments and community agencies.
• Maintain resource library of standards, legislation, text, and journals related to infection control and risk management.
• Prepares and presents in-service education and orientation relating to infection control risk management for all Service Unit employees.
• Maintain records of nosocomial infections and presents a summary report for the Executive Committee, including the number and type of nosocomial infections.
• Prepares and coordinates activities/assignments related to submission of bi-annual Governing Body Infection Control report.
• Provide consultation and advice on patient placement, policy and procedure revision, isolation, decontamination, and disease prevention measures.
• Orders supplies and equipment as needed for infection control.
• Assist individual patients to maintain safe and infection-free environments at home.
• Report information about infections both internally and to public health agencies.
• Services as the TONHC contact person for all employees for on-the-job occupational disease or illness related to Infection Control/Safety.
• Assists employees, supervisors, and others to file reports and specific forms for reporting.
• Coordinate different aspects of the TONHC's risk management program.
• Provides direct professional nursing care for patients as required.
• May be required to act on behalf of the Director of Quality Management as delegated.
• Assists with management and coordination of all aspects of the TONHC's employee health program; develops policies, goals, and objectives as needed or in the absence of an…