CANDIDATE: Infection Preventionist | RN, MSN, CIC, CPPS

Seeking: Interim Temporary Assignment

Credentials: Doctoral, Dual Certified, RN

Years of Experience: 30

Comfortable in Team to Leadership roles

Certified Infection Control Practitioner. Almost 30 years in healthcare, including fourteen years in infection prevention. Experience includes the development of hospital-wide infection control programs with clearly defined goals; development and institution of policies; monitoring healthcare-associated infections (HAI); facilitating the reduction of HAI through perfor-mance-improvement activities and other initiatives; preparing facilities for H1N1 influenza and COVID-19.

Interim roles have included working as a team member in large trauma/ teaching facilities, as well as leading/ mentoring new preventionists and managing Employee Health. Experience working with Cerner, Meditech, MedHost, Epic, Midas, Sentri7, and Theradoc.

Considerate communicator and calm in nature, extremely focused and goal-oriented; she approaches challenges as a collaborative leader with energy and optimism that engages and motivates others.

References & Reviews:

• “When it comes to her teaching approach, she is definitely a Leader. She loves to learn and finds joy in teaching others. She has developed a team of Infection Control Champions at [the hospital]. She has also developed a standardized infection prevention curriculum for nursing programs.”
• “[IP] is organized, committed and passionate. She sets high standards and never settles for mediocrity.”
• “She has a democratic style of management. She is always very fair and considers input from all. She is very calm, a great listener and really thinks things through before responding.”
• “She has excellent leadership skills and a great way of communicating with others. She is proactive, resourceful, and well-educated. It shows in her management style.”

Skills and Strengths:

• Experience in both acute and long-term care, as well as outpatient and clinic settings.
• Adjectives used by colleagues to describe me include “approachable” and “collaborative.”
• Facilitated a consistent and sustained decrease in central line infections.
• Possess a strong understanding of NHSN definitions and mandatory reporting requirements for CMS. Attended NHSN workshop at the CDC.
• Strongly support an evidence-based and data-driven practice.
• Innovative and proactive; developed a very engaged team of Infection Control Champions, among other initiatives.
• Developed a 3-hour infection control (IC) education class for all nurses upon hire; received consistently excellent reviews from participants. I truly enjoy teaching and holding classes for new-hire CNAs and for all nursing students doing clinicals. Provided IC education at both a local skilled nursing facility and a tech college at their request.
• Participating member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention (APIC).
• Communicates and collaborates well with leadership in all departments, as well as providers, to ensure that infection control goals are met.

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