Travel Nurse RN - Infection Control

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Health is seeking a travel nurse RN Infection Control for a travel nursing job in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

• Specialty:
  Infection Control
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  02/02/2026
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, days
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Job Description:

SUMMARY

The Infection Preventionist (IP) is responsible for the development, assessment, implementation,

monitoring and management of the infection prevention program in the facility. The IP will work to

identify, investigate, monitor, and report healthcare associated infections and communicable diseases.

The IP collaborates with teams and individuals to create, educate, and sustain infection prevention.

strategies, as well as provide feedback. The IP conducts ongoing staff training and quality assurance

performance improvement monitoring to insure adherence with the organizational standards,

professional guidelines, state, and federal regulations. The IP works collaboratively with the leadership

team in the development and oversight of the facility Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP). The Infection Preventionist reports to the Director of Nursing

DEPARTMENTAL EXPECTATION OF EMPLOYEE

Adheres to MI's Policies and Procedures

Acts as a role model within and outside of MI

Performs duties as workload necessitates.

Maintains a positive and respectful attitude

Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position

Adheres to Department dress code.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Program Management:

• Develop, implement, and evaluate the organizational infection prevention program to include policies

and procedures for surveillance, pandemic preparedness, hand hygiene, standard precautions,

employee and resident infection control education, employee health, outbreak management,

transmission-based precautions and Antibiotic Stewardship.

• Establish routine, ongoing, and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of

surveillance date to identify infections, infection risks, communicable disease outbreaks and to maintain.

or improve resident health status.

• Utilize nationally recognized surveillance criteria such as but not limited to CDC’s National Healthcare

Safety Network (NHSN) or the McGeer criteria to track trends and identify opportunities for

improvement based on data analysis.

• Ensure the ASP program meets all regulatory and reporting requirements.

• Develop an annual surveillance plan based on the population(s) served, services provided, and analysis

of surveillance data.

• Coordinates the facility's annual infection control risk assessment and reports into QAPI committee.

• Evaluate and modify the surveillance plan and infection prevention policies and procedures no less

than annually and as needed.

• Conduct surveillance following current and approved definitions of infection and standard

methodologies for case identification, data collection, and reporting.

• Participates in national collaboratives and external reporting to National Healthcare Network (NHSN)

as required.

2. Design and Deliver Education

• Provide infection prevention education at time of hire, no less than annually and when lapses in

adherences occur.

• Acts as subject matter expert and resource within the healthcare center to residents/families,

partners, providers, visitors, community, and public health regarding infection prevention and control

measures, including identification of infectious disease processes.

• Create a process for demonstrating competencies following each training activity

3. Regulatory Requirements

• Comply with regulatory and mandatory reporting requirements at the local, state and federal levels.

• Maintain current knowledge with CMS, state and federal regulatory agencies and public health

guidelines as it relates to infection prevention.

4. Performance Improvement (PI)

• Participate in interdisciplinary performance and quality improvement process.

• Serve as a member of the quality assessment and performance improvement committee (QAPI)

and reports to the committee on the infection prevention control program on a regular basis

5. Occupational…