RN Infection Control Coordinator/Educator
Company: UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: September 19, 2023
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Job Description:
DescriptionUC Davis Health Rehabilitation Hospital--is joint
venture--beween Lifepoint Rehabilitation Services, an experienced
post-acute care provider, and UC Davis Health. With 58,000 square
feet of space, the hospital will have 52 patient beds. The new
facility will provide acute adult inpatient care and is the first
free-standing physical rehabilitation hospital in Sacramento.--
LIfepoint--operates 30+--similar rehabilitation hospitals around
the nation - many of them award-winning and recognized for their
high quality of care. The new UC Davis hospital is expected to open
for its first patients in 2023.--Clinical services will include
physical and occupational therapies and speech pathology services.
Therapists, physicians and nurses will help patients regain
physical function and mobility, and the independent capabilities to
do everyday activities and work.--Officials also expect the UC
Davis Rehabilitation Hospital to become a location that offers new,
currently unavailable, treatments to patients, as well as research
opportunities for new treatments led by physician-researchers from
the UC Davis School of Medicine.--
The hospital is located at the corner of Broadway and 49th--Street
in Sacramento. It will cost $60 million to build. Lifepoint will
develop the project, which is expected to create up to 200 new
health care jobs, as well as hundreds of prevailing wage
construction jobs. It will enable rehabilitation care for twice as
many patients as currently can be treated for conditions resulting
from stroke, brain trauma and spinal cord injuries at UC Davis
Medical Center.--
Full Press Release:
JOB SUMMARY:
Develops the annual hospital wide Infection Control Plan; evaluates
the effectiveness of the program and reports findings to leadership
and appropriate committees.-- This is a part time role
initially.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Excercises independent judgement in analyzing and trending
infection data and creates a plan to reduce and prevent
invetions.
Funtions as the content expert on Infection Prevention and Control
for the hospital incuding determining course of action, planning,
implementing and ensuring compliance to the plan.
Develops the annual hospital wide Infection Control Plan; evaluates
the effectiveness of the program and reports findings to leadership
and appropriate committees.
Assures systems are in place to report infection surveillance,
prevention and control information to:
appropriate staff in the hospital
federal, state and local public health authorities in accordance
with law and regulation
accrediting bodies
other referring or receiving hospitals or organizations needing
information regarding the presence of infection in a patient
received or transferred
Assists in identifying, monitoring and controlling outbreaks of
nosocomial infection among patient and hospital personnel.
Maintains surveillance in order to collect, analyze and trend data;
provides accurate and timely reports to the Director of Continuous
Quality and Performance Improvement, leadership and appropriate
committees.
Assures the hospital implements infection prevention and control
activities to reduce the risk of infections associated with medical
equipment, devices and supplies.
Acts as a resource to hospital personnel in implementing isolation
techniques or other infection control measures.
In collaboration with hospital leadership and personnel from
applicable departments or services, reviews and revises the program
to improve outcomes.
Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working
relationship with physicians, departments and staff.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Keywords: UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, Sacramento , RN Infection Control Coordinator/Educator, Healthcare , Sacramento, California
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