Infection Control Preventionist Full Time Days - Hi-Desert Continuing Care Center
Joshua Tree, CA
About the Job
Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from:
A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals
Position Summary
The Infection Control Preventionist coordinates a comprehensive infection prevention and control program in accordance with current requirements of regulatory, government, and accrediting/licensing agencies and organizational policies and procedures. Duties include surveillance for health care-associated infections (HAIs), collection, analysis, and interpretation of surveillance data, outbreak investigation, and program evaluation. The Director is also responsible for the day-to-day administration of the infection prevention and control program.
Working Conditions:
• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases
• Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes
• Occasional exposure to unpleasant patient or unit elements
• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases
Shift: Days
Hours:
Days Off:
2403030872Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.