Job Details

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Involves the implementation of healthcare-associated infection reduction strategies for patients and staff through assessment and risk identification, researching current literature and practice, study development and presentation publication, development, implementation, monitoring and reporting prevention strategies, routine and focused surveillance, policy and procedure development, training and education program development and collaboration with staff in departments across the institution.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Skills in IT as it relates to infection control as well as skills in conducting online research.
• Minimum of 7 years experience as an infection preventionist with demonstrated ability in design, implementation and sustainment of performance improvement activities in a health care setting
• Knowledge of current trends and best practices in epidemiology and infection prevention
• In-depth hospital leadership and strategic planning skills, with expertise in infection control and prevention methodologies and protocols.
• In depth knowledge of relevant regulatory requiremewns, we wll as related legislative, accreditation, licensing and compliance environment.
• Highly advanced anyalytical organizational, and problem-solving skills, with in-depth ability to develop and pursue goal, synthesize data to identify systems vulnerabilities, and develop and apply innovative solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent public speaking skills
• Certification in Infection Control (CIC)
• CPT/HCPC Coding Knowledge
• Bachelors Degree in related field
• Advanced skills in developing strategic plans , creating benchmarks, integrating programs, building staff competencies, organizing operations and fiscal management.
• Advanced leadership, interpersonal and fiscal managements skills, with the ability to create and maintain a goal-oriented climate of teamwork and collaboration with a consistent achievement of objectives.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant healthcare information technology, including infection prevention and control workflows and processes, relevant system and data management techniques and methodologies.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership and management experience in an academic medical center, public health or a large, integrated, tertiary health care setting.