Job description
- Identifying infectious disease processes
- Gathering, analyzing, and presenting infectious data, facts, and trends to other healthcare professionals and medical staff
- Educating and training healthcare staff in protocol to limit and contain infectious pathogens
- Decreasing rates of infection within a facility
- Conducting research studies on infectious agents and diseases
- Determining the origins of infectious disease and pathogen outbreaks
- Developing and implementing plans to prevent patients from spreading communicable diseases throughout the hospital and community
- Implementing and enforcing infection control practices and guidelines set forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Educating patients
- Reviewing and assessing occupational and employee health
- Working alongside research scientists and doctors in order to develop new methods for treating infectious disease
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Critical & Intensive Care
- Wound Care
Physical setting:
- Long term care
- Nursing home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Infection control: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
About Cassena Care at Norwalk
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: Unknown
Type: Subsidiary or Business Segment
Website: cnwnrc.com