RN, Infection Control/Quality/Education

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Gundersen Health System is seeking a full-time, salaried Infection Preventionist/Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement/Education RN for Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, MN.

What you will do:

• 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week), day shift
• Provide infection surveillance and management, staff education and monitoring of required education, assist with care center surveys, and lead quality improvement activities.
• Back-up floor nursing coverage/cover on-call every 3rd weekend

• Associate Degree in Nursing
• Minnesota RN License
• 1 year of long-term care experience, RN experience preferred
• Infection Preventionist certificate required within 3 months of hire
• Basic Life Support CPR
• Obtain CPR Instructor within 3 months of hire.

• Gundersen's generous compensation and benefits package, including our top-rated retirement plan
• Be a part of a small, rural community that provides quality care to their residents.

Gundersen Health System Hospital and Clinics comprises 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. We bring care close to home for our patients in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it love + medicine and it's more than our practice. It is who we are.

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Major Responsibilities:

Infection Prevention and Control duties:

• Infection surveillance
• Handle Outbreaks
• Principles of standard precautions (e.g., content on hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, injection safety, respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette, environmental cleaning and disinfection, and reprocessing reusable resident care equipment),
• Principles of transmission-based precautions,
• Resident care activities (e.g., use and care of indwelling urinary and central venous catheters, wound management, and point-of-care blood testing),
• Water and linen management,
• Preventing respiratory infections (e.g., influenza, pneumonia) and tuberculosis prevention,
• Occupational health considerations (e.g., employee vaccinations, exposure control plan, and work exclusions),
• Antibiotic stewardship,
• Care transitions
• Remain current with infection prevention and control issues and be aware of national organizations' guidelines as well as those from national/state/local public health authorities (e.g., emerging pathogens).

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)

• utilize team building, listening, communication, conflict resolution, effective use of resources, and conflict resolution skills on a regular basis.
• Will assure the improvement activities are documented and reported within the organization and externally as appropriate.
• Will assist with any MDH survey as it might occur and assist with MDS/CASPER report analyses.
• monitoring and documentation of infections for the residents and staff in facility including regular evaluations for trends. If trends are found, these should be reported to the Director of Nursing, safety committee and reviewed during the quarterly QA meeting.
• Will monitor and oversee TB testing for all residents and staff to ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
• Will also monitor and oversee the influenza vaccination program for staff and residents.
• Position will establish policies and procedures to reflect regulatory requirements and or best practices and routinely surveillance practices and implement changes based on findings.

Education RN

• Serve as a staff educator in specific topics identified in the facility
• Provide oversight of the online educational course assignments and monitoring for staff completion.
• Liaison/trainer for MN On Track CNA certification program
• Support new hire orientation
• Support staff competency testing
• Mentor staff for performance improvements
• Perform training related to specific organizational programs

Responsible for maintaining current CPR certifications for staff

Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.
Personally interacts, engages with and cares for patients.
Ensures patient safety.

Education and Learning:

REQUIRED

Associate Degree in Nursing

DESIRED

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Project Management experience/PDSA

Specialized training in Infection prevention and control or Certification of Infection Prevention and Control (CIC)

Work Experience:

Preferred: One year Long Term Care experience

License and Certification

Current Valid Minnesota Registered Nurse License

Infection Preventionist certificate required within 3 months of hire

Current CPR certification or able to obtain in 3 months. Able to obtain CPR Instructor within

3 months of hire.

HOURS OF WORK:

Full-time, M-F, days;

Additionally, this role participates in a rotation that serves as back up for floor nursing, and must be able to be on call during weekends, holidays,

Age Specific Population Served:

Adult (18 - 64 years)

Geriatric (65 years & older)

OSHA Category:
Category I - All Employees in this job title have a reasonably anticipated risk of occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.

Environmental Conditions:
Exposed to infectious diseases.

Physical Requirements/Demands Of The Position:
Sitting Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Walking/Standing Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)
Stooping/Bending Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Squatting Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Kneeling/Half Kneel Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Reaching - Shoulder Level Continually (67-100% or 8 hours)
Reaching - Below Shoulder Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Reaching - Above Shoulder Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)
Repetitive Actions - Pinch Forces Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours) Pounds of force 0-25
Repetitive Actions - Grip Forces Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours) Pounds of force 0-25
Repetitive Actions - Fine Manipulation Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)
Balance - Right Leg Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Balance - Left Leg Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)
Lifting - Other Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours) Number of lbs 0-25
Carrying - Short Carry Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours) Number of lbs 0-25
Push/Pull (Static Force) Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

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