Director of Infection Prevention

Do you want to work at one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the nation? We are guided by our values of Love and Excellence and are passionate about delivering health, not just health care. Come join us at ChristianaCare!

ChristianaCare is seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Infection Prevention to manage and supervise our infection prevention strategies across all campuses. The successful candidate will be a dynamic leader responsible for directing all infection prevention activities, ensuring a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff across our multi-campus system.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, and innovating to make high-quality care more accessible and affordable. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,430 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.

ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work. ChristianaCare is rated by Newsweek as one of the World's Best Hospitals and is continually ranked among the best in the U.S. in national quality and safety ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 300 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

The Director of Infection Prevention is responsible for the direction, supervision, and coordination of the activities of the Infection Prevention department. This includes oversight of the day-to-day operations for all components of the department and integration into the healthcare's network, planning, budgeting, clinical review, and committee structure. Maintains a key leadership role in planning and initiation of new programs that support infection prevention and patient safety within the department and throughout the healthcare system.

• Directs activities within the ChristianaCare Infection Prevention department.

• Ensures all infection prevention and control activities at ChristianaCare sites meet local, state, and national infection prevention and safety requirements.

• Completes an annual risk assessment of the Infection Prevention surveillance program with final approval from the Infection Prevention Executive Steer Committee.

• Ensures all short- and long-range goals and objectives for the Infection Prevention Department/program are met.

• Aligns the general mission and philosophies of the department with the organization's mission and goals.

• Ensures that policies and procedures meet regulations and recommended best practices.

• Supports and ensures the orientation and educational programs for the department meet the specifications for each job role.

• Analyzes and applies infection-related process and outcomes data to improve infection prevention practices within the organization and shares as appropriate.

• Approves the capital and operating budgets and ensures that expenditures for the department are justifiable and within the scope of the program.

• Ensures that new products and equipment that have been evaluated by infection prevention meet all safety and infection prevention standards. Supports new products system-wide that will improve patient outcomes and support a culture of safety.

• Directs hiring of new department personnel and oversees the process to determine individuals' assignments within the department.

• Completes the employee performance review and other HR-related requirements for the Infection Prevention Manager and Infection Prevention data analyst.

• Supports the Manager and staff to achieve top staff performance, accountability, and ensure customer satisfaction.

• BSN or BS required. Master's degree in nursing, Epidemiology or related field preferred. Demonstrated experience in infection prevention and control.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in managing an Infection Prevention department.

• Certification in Infection Prevention required (CBIC).

• Strong professional, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with teams, physicians, committees, and senior management.

• Knowledge of personnel, budget, operations, and facility management principles.

• In depth knowledge of infection prevention and control standards, policies, practices and data management

• Knowledge of nursing, state, federal, local and other regulatory standards and regulations

• Knowledge and skills of performance improvement activities and outcomes

• Proven leadership capabilities

• Ability to make independent decisions

• Ability to elicit and utilize input from all levels of staff and physicians

• Ability to utilize computerized information systems and data programs to access and retrieve information

When you become an employee at ChristianaCare, you are joining a robust healthcare organization that truly cares about their patients and their caregivers. For the second consecutive year, Forbes magazine has ranked ChristianaCare as one of the best large health systems to work for in the United States! Guided by excellence and love, our Caregivers enjoy a multitude of employee benefits that include:

• Competitive Salary

• Management Incentive Plan (MIP)

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision and other insurance benefits

• 403 (b) with an employer match

• Diverse and Inclusive culture

• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out

• 12 week paid parental leave

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/