RN - Infection Preventionist

RN - Infection Preventionist at Providence Mount St. Vincent

Schedule: Full time, Day shift

Job description:

The Infection Prevention Specialist is considered an Infection Prevention Practitioner. An IP Specialist is expected to work autonomously and should not require mentorship in their role.

Providence’s Post-Acute Care facilities offer a sense of community and home to all our resident patients. Join our team to become a part of fostering a special environment that supports the happier, healthier lives of elders in your community.

Benefits and perks:

• Competitive pay (including holiday pay & shift pay differentials)

• Best-in-class benefits – full medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day

• 401(k) plan with employer matching & complementary retirement planner

• Generous paid time off for vacation, sick days and holidays

• Tuition reimbursement & student loan forgiveness programs

• Wellness & mental health assistance programs

• Back-up child & elder care to help with care disruptions for your family

• Voluntary benefits, like pet, auto and home insurance, and more!

Highlights of working at Providence Mount St. Vincent:

• Easy commute – we’re across the street from a major bus line & 5 minute from the freeway

• Down-to-earth leadership with high engagement and an open door

• Onsite childcare (baby through preschool) at a 20% discount

• Work with a diverse, multigenerational group of caregivers

• Spend your workdays in a beautiful facility with a gorgeous view

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Lab Sciences, Microbiology or related health science field or equivalent educ/experience

• National Certified in Infection Control - Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology within 1 year of hire

• 1 year of Healthcare Experience

• 1 year of Epidemiology Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Lab Sciences, Microbiology or related health science field or equivalent educ/experience

• 4 years of Healthcare Experience

• 2 years of Epidemiology Experience

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

About the Team

Providence Home and Community Care (HCC) is a service line within Providence with over 8,000 caregivers and 2,000 volunteers serving nearly 200,000 people a year, in their homes, in clinics and in a variety of congregate living ministries across our seven-state footprint.

HCC provides a full range of services and support for people of all ages, especially those facing chronic or life-limiting illnesses. Our core competencies include restorative care, longitudinal care and care through the end of life. Our service lines include assisted living/skilled nursing/rehabilitation, home health, home infusion/pharmacy services, home medical equipment, hospice and palliative care, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), personal home services/private duty care and supportive housing.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.