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About North Vista Hospital

North Vista is a close-knit, 177-bed facility in North Las Vegas. We strive to give quality medical care to the North Las Vegas community and all other visitors.

We Offer….

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Great Benefits
• Growth Opportunities
• Challenging and rewarding work environment

Responsibilities

• Supervises, assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the hospital surveillance, prevention/control of infection management.
• Assists with policy and procedure development and implementation while maintaining CDC, OSHA, TJC or AOA HFAP/DHS/CMS and other regulatory agency directives. 
• Acts as a primary education consultant to hospital employees, physicians, patients, volunteers, and visitors in safe Infection Control/Prevention practices. 
• Coordinates all hospital infection control activities and interventions with the Pharmacy, Therapeutics, Nutrition, and Infection Control (PTNIC) Committee, Medical Staff, and hospital employees. 
• Responds to potential exposures by communicating with patients, physicians, employees, and regulatory agencies. 
• Supervises the Employee Health Nurse and assists in coordinating the hospital employee health and workman’s comp program. 
• Performs safety rounds of the physical plant to ensure basic Infection Control/Prevention and safety practices are adhered to in all hospital departments in order to maintain a safe environment for patients, physicians, volunteers, visitors and hospital employees.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing, epidemiology, microbiology, public health or other life science related field. Masters degree preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in acute care setting with at least one (1) year in infection control or employee health, required.
• Current BLS (AHA or ARC) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• APIC membership or other Infection Prevention Organization required upon acceptance.
• Successful completion of formal APIC courses in Infection Control desirable
• Behavioral Violence Prevention Training within 6 months of hire and maintain current annually.