Job Description
This position is incentive eligible.
Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Division AVP Infection Prevention you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join MountainStar Healthcare which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
**Job Summary and Qualifications**
**Serves as a leader in aligning HCA Healthcare's key strategies in reducing infections as well as a primary support for the division and all of its entities. Responsible for establishing mission, vision, goals and direction for effective infection prevention and control programs for hospitals and outpatient services for the division. Functions as main source of IP contact for division and corporate offices. Serves as the division's infection prevention officer.**
Major Responsibilities:
+ Provides the mission and strategic approach to developing, operationalizing, and sustaining a strong infection prevention program for the Division. Creates a safe environment for all division entities, free from infections by integrating leadership skills with expert knowledge.
+ Directs and coordinates infection prevention and control program division-wide through a variety of activities involving medical staff and personnel to ensure protection of patients, families, visitors, employees and healthcare personnel.
+ Assists with and provides administrative direction and organization for all epidemic investigations occurring at facilities related to healthcare associated or community-acquired infections and/or occupational exposures in order to assure necessary patient safety and risk management practices are addressed following current evidence-based approach and regulatory requirements.
+ Provides guidance for the coordination, development and education and educational materials regarding disease transmission and practices for infection prevention and control for all system entities.
+ Provides leadership and consultation to medical staff (MEC) and leadership at all levels
+ Directs division performance improvement process and reporting for infection prevention and under DVPQ/DCMO leadership Coordinates medical and hospital research projects within the division regarding infection prevention and control issues, outcomes and cost-benefit studies. Actively participates in HCA supported research projects, assigning resources and coaching participating study units.
+ Assists with human resources management within areas of responsibility to achieve quality services and maintain positive employee relations for facility infection preventionists.
+ Promotes professional development of self and division entities
+ Provides direction for fiscal management for division operations to ensure proper utilization of financial resources across IP programs within the division. Maintains a working knowledge of and provides information to ensure compliance with rules, regulations and recommendations from Federal, State, and accrediting agencies as they relate to infection prevention and control across division entities.
What qualifications you will need:
+ (CIC) Certified in Infection Control
+ Masters Degree or higher in a healthcare clinical or healthcare administration field
+ Occasional/ Intermittent Required
+ 5 years experience Required
**Benefits**
MountainStar Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
+ **Comprehensive benefits** for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
+ **Wellbeing support,** including free counseling and referral services
+ **Time away from work** programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
+ **Savings and retirement resources** , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
+ **Education support** through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
+ **Additional benefits** for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
**_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._**
HCA's Mountain Division (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/mountain-division) offers careers within 11 respected and integrated hospitals within Utah, Idaho and Alaska. While each site is unique in location, size, and community, all Mountain Division facilities share commonalities of compassion, patient-focused, quality care and collaborative teamwork. We know that together, we're greater. We know that what makes us better makes our patients better. That's why our facilities consistently receive national recognition for top quality and exceptional safety.
HCA's Mountain Division hospitals are part of HCA Healthcare - a network of more than 300 affiliate hospitals, outpatient centers and business offices across the country - offering employees the opportunity for travel and relocation. HCA facilities are all about caring for people, and that care extends to patients, families and employees.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Division AVP Infection Prevention opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. **Unlock the possibilities and apply today!**
**We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.**