Infection Control Professional

TITLE: Infection Control Professional

HOURS: Monday through Friday 9am-5pm

ASSIGNMENT TYPE: Temporary

LOCATION: (3) Openings - Syracuse, New Rochelle, Albany

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

This individual will support in investigating reports of communicable disease, working from a designated office. This person will be responsible for conducting the prescribed investigations when assigned a report in community settings, nursing homes, hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers, assisted living or adult homes, shelters, schools, day care centers, etc.

DUTIES:

1. Off-site Investigations

• Direct communication by telephone and email with the reporting facility, local health department, and other staff

• Maintain frequent communication with the facilities, local health departments and other programs or agencies involved in the investigation

• Coordinate and provide written summaries of all outbreak-associated conference calls

• Regularly monitor the outbreak until its end

• Responsible for Unit Completions i.e. reports, summaries, data analysis, etc.

• Development of recommendations

• Provisions of technical consultation and assistance

• Development of guidelines, educational tools, evaluation tools, etc.

• Provisions of training and education

1. On-site Investigations

• All steps involved in and Off-Site Investigation Unit, AND:

• Coordinate planning and travel to the site to conduct reviews (with investigation team if indicated)

• On-site assessments as clinically indicated

• Send on-site assessment findings and supervisor approved recommendations to the facility in writing no later than 10 business days of the on-site evaluation

• Responsible for Unit completion including close out reports and summary reports

1. Extended On-site Investigations (multiple on-site evaluations)

• All steps involved in an Off-Site Investigation AND:

• All steps involved in an On-Site Investigation AND:

• Continual monitoring and consultation with internal and external partners to determine if additional units using all steps in on-site investigations are necessary

• Responsible for Unit completion including close-out/final report and summary reports

1. Other duties as may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Ability to work independently with little supervision.

1. Excellent communication skills both written & verbal

1. Experience with report writing

1. Infection control experience

1. Ability to provide training and education as a technical consultant

1. Ability to travel, required.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

1. A Bachelor’s degree in a medical or public health related field with course work completed in the study of microbiology, immunology, or infectious disease, required. A Master’s degree in a medical or public health related field (as noted above), preferred.

1. A minimum of two (2) years epidemiology, infection control, investigation of communicable diseases, or public health experience, required.

1. Experience in Infection Control and Certification in Infection Control (CIC), preferred.

1. Will consider a NYS Licensed Registered Nurse with communicable/infection control experience.

1. Experience or course work completed in the study of emerging diseases such as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, enterovirus D68, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, preferred.