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The mission of the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is to prevent and control the transmission of infections to patients, visitors, and staff at OHSU hospitals and clinics. The Department of Infection Prevention and Control provides infection-related surveillance and guidance to Oregon Health & Science University hospitals and clinics. The department also provides consultative services to the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing, the Primate Center/West Campus, and OHSU research programs.
The Infection Preventionist is instrumental in the implementation of OHSU's healthcare mission, vision, goals, and objectives, providing clinical infection control expertise and helping to ensure safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable, patient-centered care. The Infection Preventionist implements OHSU’s Strategic and
Organizational Infection Control Plan through leadership, consultation, facilitation, education, investigation, data collection, and analysis, reporting, and research. The Infection Preventionist functions as a change agent in planning, leading, and evaluating infection prevention and control practices, in surveillance-based
performance improvement activities directed to identify and reduce the risks of acquiring and transmitting infections, and in assisting with organizational regulatory compliance. Consultative services directed to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases are provided to OHSU services outside the scope of OHSU-HC, including the Schools of Nursing, Dentistry, and Medicine, and the West Campus. Shares on-call responsibility with other members of the Department of Infection Prevention and Control. The Infection Control Manager may assign other infection prevention and control (IPC) activities and duties as needed.
Leadership
Consultation
Facilitation
Education
Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
Prevent Infection Transmission
Research
Compliance with Code of Conduct, Respect in the workplace and Applicable policies, procedures and agreements related to position, department or OHSU as a whole
Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation
Salary Range: $89,793.60 - $143,416.00 per year (Commensurate with qualifications, experience and internal equity)
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