System Infection Prevention Consultant RN

Company: Children's Health
Location: Dallas
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Job Title & Specialty Area: System Infection Prevention ConsultantDepartment: Infection Prevention ControlLocation: This position is based in Dallas, and provides support system wideShift: Mon - Fri 8:00 am to 4:30 pmJob Type: On Site (requires travel)Why Children's Health?At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.Summary:In collaboration with the Senior Director of Infection Prevention, the Enterprise Infection Prevention Consultant will develop programs that guide the planning and coordinating of infection prevention and control activities throughout the Children's Health Enterprise (including inpatient and ambulatory areas), leveraging current infection prevention and control science to provide a safe environment for patients, healthcare workers, and visitors. The Enterprise IP Consultant facilitates and/or collaborates with teams throughout CHST to prevent and control hospital-acquired infections and maintain a constant state of regulatory readiness in alignment with The Joint Commission Infection Control standards. Using advanced epidemiological knowledge, the Enterprise IP consultant serves as a subject matter expert and consultant on various infection prevention issues, according to all hospital and legislated standards.Responsibilities:

• Creates innovative surveillance strategies for the inpatient and ambulatory settings, including collection, analysis, and feedback of infectious outcomes in patients, healthcare workers, and visitors. Using advanced analytics, identifies trends and patterns in surveillance data, develops or consults on the development of conclusions and designs appropriate interventions to improve patient outcomes to various teams and committees.
• Prepares and presents enterprise-level data in a variety of narrative and visual formats taking the audience into consideration.
• Maintains understanding of regulatory standards and guidelines from authoritative agencies including Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, and collaborates with other departments to facilitate compliance with these standards.
• Develops and consults with education of healthcare workers on Infection Prevention topics upon hire, annually, and on an as-needed basis.
• Develops processes for monitoring compliance with established infection prevention standards through rounding and auditing.
• Consults and serves as the evidence-based practice expert in the creation and revision of evidence-based hospital-wide Infection Prevention policies and procedures.
• Consults on construction and renovation projects, and participates in pre-planning, construction, and pre-occupancy activities in collaboration with Project Management, Engineering, and Facilities Services departments.
• Consults and serves as a subject matter expert for recognition and investigation of clusters and outbreaks of epidemiologically significant organisms; collaborates and communicates with state and local health departments in the investigation of diseases with public health impact.
• Serves and provides insight as an expert resource for infectious diseases and actively prepares for new and emerging infectious diseases as well as known high-consequence infectious diseases.
• Serves on and chairs various internal and external committees, meetings, and collaborations.
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.WORK EXPERIENCE* At least 5 years clinical (nursing) experience required* Incumbent will have at least 2 years of experience working in infection preventionEDUCATION* BSN requiredLICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS* Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas Upon Hire required* Certification in Infection Control within 2 years of hire requiredJOB PROFILE
• Requires depth within a specialized, critical discipline and/or breadth of substantive professional knowledge that crosses disciplines within the professional field.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.NON-MANAGEMENT SKILLS
• Maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Use appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interact with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one's intentions.
• Meet patient and patient family needs; take responsibility for a patient's safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; use appropriate interpersonal techniques to resolve difficult patient situations and regain patient confidence.
• Ensure that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; craft and implement service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs.
• Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions; use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
• Take prompt action to accomplish objectives; take action to achieve goals beyond what is required; be proactive.
• Deal effectively with others in an antagonistic situation; use appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people.
• Effectively manage one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Accomplish tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Set high standards of performance for self and others; assume responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-impose standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
• Assimilate and apply new job-related information in a timely manner.
• Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.A Place Where You BelongWe put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities, and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.Holistic Benefits - How We'll Care for You:

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure.
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks).
• Caregiver Leave.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.
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