"Infection Prevention Manager 1 - Infection Prevention - FT Days"

Infection Prevention Manager 1 - Infection Prevention - FT Days

Req ID: 110395

Location: Orange, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Infection Control

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $132,600.00/Yr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $259,800.00/Yr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Infection Prevention Manager - UCI Health, Orange

UCI Health is seeking a highly experienced and knowledgeable Infection Prevention Manager to oversee the daily operations of the inpatient infection prevention team at UCI Health - Orange. This is a critical leadership role that will provide direct support to the inpatient infection prevention team and serve as the on-site resource for complex challenges as they arise.

Key Responsibilities and Expected Behaviors:

• Lead and manage the inpatient infection prevention team, ensuring effective and efficient daily operations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, providing consultation and guidance on infection prevention practices.
• Proactively recognize challenges and communicate a plan for resolution to the leadership team.
• Mentor and support a highly skilled and collaborative team, fostering professional growth.
• Partner with interdisciplinary teams by remaining highly visible in the patient care spaces to advance patient safety and infection prevention goals.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of infection prevention activities and regularly communicate with the leadership team.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills to prioritize and balance competing initiatives.
• Seek to understand the challenges faced by the inpatient team, effectively remove barriers, and communicate priorities to the team

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care and safety while working with a dynamic, expert team in a leading academic health system.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills and attention to details
• Strong knowledge of all relevant healthcare information technology and infection control workflows and processes.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a management or leadership role within a hospital or health care organization
• Five years experience in a healthcare or public health setting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft office applications
• Bachelor's degree in nursing, public health, or related area, and / or equivalent combination of experience / training.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms