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.

Job Description & Requirements

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 MIs 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 facilitys 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 Health

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