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**City/State:** Belleville, Illinois

**Categories:** Nursing Services

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 98060

**Pay Range:** $69,326.40 – $112,860.80 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

+ Full time, Salaried

+ Primarily Monday - Friday, daytime hours

+ On Call Commitment

Additional Preferred Requirements

+ Experience using MS Office programs such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Overview

**BJC HealthCare** is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

BJC’s patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital with the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, which consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the country.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Responsible for providing a safe environment where risks for infection are identified and minimized for patients, employees and visitors at all BJC patient care delivery sites. Provides surveillance programs, data reporting, data analysis and intervention development aimed at reduction of healthcare acquired infections in patient and employees. Ensures appropriate communication and information exchange with all levels of the organization hospital regulatory compliance, legal, or risk management to accomplish infection prevention goals. In the absence of the immediate department manager, will assume leadership and coordination of all infection prevention events and processes

Responsibilities

+ Instructs, coordinates, and monitors the work activities of department staff, managing the work schedule for departmental projects and events.

+ Coaches department and hospital staff in best technique for infection prevention practices through example, advice, just in time education and routine training and communication.

+ Leads and supports programs that maximize employee's protection against infectious diseases.

+ Assures compliance in all aspects of infection surveillance, prevention and control and serves as an Infection Control resource.

+ Develops and maintains best practices and standardized procedures to conduct ongoing surveillance for detection of nosocomial infections.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ Bachelor's Degree - Nursing/Healthcare related

Experience

+ 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

+ No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

+ CIC

Preferred Requirements

Education

+ Master's Degree - Nursing/Healthcare related

Experience

+ 5-10 years

Licenses & Certifications

+ RN

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our** **Benefits Summary** **.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer