Manager Infection Prevention

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A Brief Overview
This role will lead components of the infection prevention program and oversee members of the infection prevention team. The Infection Prevention and Control Program is an enterprise-wide team working to improve patient care and prevent infections across the continuum of care in all CHOP locations.

This role is responsible for the hiring, recruiting, training and performance of their team while cultivating partnerships with key stakeholders throughout the system to support infection prevention practices. Responsibilities include daily infection prevention operations such as consultation, education, liaison with key stakeholders, planning and development, and staff supervision. Under the direction of the Medical Director(s) and System Director, the manager will guide, direct, and implement appropriate infection prevention and control measures to assist in achieving the overall strategy and goals of the infection prevention and control program.

What you will do

• Creates and maintains cost effective systems to ensure adequate staffing for the infection prevention and control program.
• Assigns coverage of units/departments to staff and appoints staff representatives to organizational committees.
• Responsible for working with Talent Acquisition to hire, recruit talent to support Infection Prevention Programs across the continuum of care.
• Manages performance, goal setting and development of direct reports to achieve and sustain a high performing team.
• Supports regulatory and accreditation activities, including participation in surveys and responses to findings as an IPC team lead
• Manages a portfolio of work to support organizational goals to reduce healthcare associated infections and improve patient safety
• Provides feedback and input on targeted improvement activities to improve infection prevention practices
• May provide clinical coverage of units/departments on an interim or permanent basis
• Supports IPC on call and/or IPC Leader Resource on call on a rotational basis
• Facilitates multidisciplinary risk assessments to identify gaps in infection prevention and control and ages of priority
• Tracks infection trends and escalates findings with suggestions for immediate response
• Provides leadership support for the planning and response to outbreak and exposure investigations
• Serves as a subject matter expert in healthcare associated infection prevention improvement work, reprocessing, construction, data analytics, and/or product evaluation.
• Assists in the development and delivery of education and consultation to healthcare providers, providing leadership support to content developers
• Develops, reviews, implements and maintains infection prevention policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree in healthcare related field Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least seven (7) years of infection prevention / control experience Required and
• At least three (3) years of leadership, management, or supervisory experience Required

Skills and Abilities

• Substantial knowledge of regulatory and accreditation requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong facilitation skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong conflict resolution skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Strong change management skills
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to accept and provide feedback in a constructive manner
• Ability to influence others to accomplish tasks outside of the direct span of control
• Ability to develop, plan and execute business goals

Licenses and Certifications

• Certification in Infection Control (CIC) - Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology - within 12 months - Required
• Fellow of Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (FAPIC) - Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology - upon hire - Preferred
• Long-Term Care Cert Infection Prevention (LTC-CIP) - Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC) - upon hire - Preferred

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

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SALARY RANGE:

Salary ranges are shown for full-time jobs. If you're working part-time, your pay will be adjusted accordingly.

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