Infection Control Staff Educator Rn - Philadelphia, United States - Tucker House Nursing and Rehab

Tucker House Nursing and Rehab
Tucker House Nursing and Rehab
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Philadelphia, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Mark Lane

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Description

$10,000 Sign on Bonus **paid over a two year period


Benefits:


  • Medical, Dental, & Vision insurance
  • 401k
  • Paid employee life insurance
  • Direct Deposit
  • Daily pay
  • Paid Time Off
  • Monday through Friday schedule
  • Position advancement opportunities
  • Supplemental benefits


Under the direction of the Director of Nursing (DON), the Infection Control/Staff Development Nurse will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the education program and service for this facility.

Responsible for providing appropriate orientation programs for all newly hired Nursing Department employees. Responsible for the effective direction, management, and operation of the infection prevention department.


Responsibilities:


  • Establishes, implements, and administers infection control goals, objectives, policies and procedures.
  • Develops and coordinates the infection prevention and control program throughout the facility.
  • Responsible for providing educational programs to residents, residents' family members, and other responsible parties based on identified needs and knowledge deficits.
  • Formulates inservice education objectives.
  • Establishes criteria for all inservice education programs, constructing the curriculum, course outlines, objectives, teaching methods, examinations, and evaluation tools for each program.
  • Constructs an annual schedule for presentation of mandatory inservice programs.
  • Plans and implements an orientation program for all Nursing Department personnel and based on identified educational needs, offers individualized counseling and guidance (including infection control and employee health program).
  • Distributes educational materials to facility employees to foster continuing of knowledge.
  • Serves as resource and consultant to any facility employee in order to provide ongoing learning and selfimprovement.
  • As a role model, instills in each employee an appreciation of individual contribution in delivering the optimum quality care in the facility.
  • Submits monthly report to Director of Nursing addressing the facility's inservice education activities.

Job Qualifications:

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Education:Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Strongly recommended that the individual possesses a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S. in Education acceptable).
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Certificate/Licenses:Licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Registered Nurse. Active CPR Certification is required.
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Experience:Two (2) years of professional nursing experience in a long-term care environment. One (1) year education or management experience with direct care staff.

**We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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