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Patient Safety and Infection Control Nurse
MicrroHealth is seeking a
Patient Safety and Infection Control Nurse
to support our DHA NCR Network HQ Medical Affairs Clinical Quality Management Program Management Services contract providing patient safety guidance, clinical reviewing current practices and making recommendations on best practices for healthcare using health care data analytics.
This position will report onsite at Bethesda MD
Secret Clearance Required
Responsibilities:
Implement patient safety and infection prevention policies and activities developed by the Military Health System Patient Safety Program and DHA. Exercises broad oversight and coordinates efforts with senior leadership, clinical leaders, and frontline staff. Plan, develop, and implement a clinically based patient safety program designed to provide high quality. Identify problems with care that put patients at risk and recommend alternatives to improve them. Identify and report patient safety issues to senior leadership. Provide timely feedback to staff members who submit patient safety reports and plans. Ensure all patient safety action plans are implemented, evaluated for effectiveness, and communicated to the appropriate entities. Keep current on public policies, Army regulations and guidance, and legislative and care trends that have the potential to impact the safety of patient care activities. Implement initiatives and/or changes to meet patient needs in a quality conscious, resource efficient manner. Participate as a member of interdisciplinary teams/committees in support of patient safety related goals. Assists in recognition of other team members to improve patient care. Maintain patient safety program requirements/validation criteria. Review materials regarding compliance with standards. Coordinate patient safety incidents requiring a standard of care determinations or potentially compensable events (PCEs) to the Risk Manager. Establish administrative controls aimed at ensuring approved recommendations from completed aggregate analysis and Root Cause Analyses (RCAs). Analyze patient safety findings and follows up on actions through referral to appropriate staff members/teams for corrective action. Monitor and analyze changes in mission/goals to assess the impact these changes might have on work methods/procedures. Recommend patient safety initiatives to be considered during strategic planning. Plan, develop, implement, evaluates, and continually monitors a comprehensive infection prevention and control program. Ensures the Infection Prevention and Control Program complies with the guidelines and recommendations of the CDC, EPA, FDA, OSHA, or other relevant agencies. Ensure treatment facilities comply with inspection and certification requirements. Develop and provide initial and recurrent training on infection prevention and control for staff. Respond to infection control issues and provide necessary follow-up to determine root cause and recommendations for corrective actions. Prepare written and oral reports as needed on infection prevention and control policy and practices. Provide program direction, expert advice, and consultative assistance in infection prevention and control. Advise Leaders and staff on methods of improving the quality and effectiveness of infection prevention and control performance in patient care. Responsible for the development and updates of Infection Prevention and Control and Exposure Control Plans. Serves as the SME and considered a technical authority for all aspects of Infection Prevention. Required Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Degree must be obtained through an accredited institution. 5 years of experience in healthcare organizations to include infection control. Knowledge of military healthcare business rules, operations, and needs. Ability to analyze workflow, healthcare data, and business processes in organizations. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee may lift or move objects up to 5 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. MicroHealth will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to hr@microhealthllc.com with your request and contact information.
Can you reliably commute to this job location 5x a week? * Do you currently possess an Active Secret clearance? * Are you a Registered nurse? * Do you currently possess a CIC certification? * The following questions are entirely optional.
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A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985. I IDENTIFY AS ONE OR MORE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROTECTED VETERAN LISTED ABOVE I AM NOT A PROTECTED VETERAN I DON’T WISH TO ANSWER
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MicrroHealth is seeking a
Patient Safety and Infection Control Nurse
to support our DHA NCR Network HQ Medical Affairs Clinical Quality Management Program Management Services contract providing patient safety guidance, clinical reviewing current practices and making recommendations on best practices for healthcare using health care data analytics.
This position will report onsite at Bethesda MD
Secret Clearance Required
Responsibilities:
Implement patient safety and infection prevention policies and activities developed by the Military Health System Patient Safety Program and DHA. Exercises broad oversight and coordinates efforts with senior leadership, clinical leaders, and frontline staff. Plan, develop, and implement a clinically based patient safety program designed to provide high quality. Identify problems with care that put patients at risk and recommend alternatives to improve them. Identify and report patient safety issues to senior leadership. Provide timely feedback to staff members who submit patient safety reports and plans. Ensure all patient safety action plans are implemented, evaluated for effectiveness, and communicated to the appropriate entities. Keep current on public policies, Army regulations and guidance, and legislative and care trends that have the potential to impact the safety of patient care activities. Implement initiatives and/or changes to meet patient needs in a quality conscious, resource efficient manner. Participate as a member of interdisciplinary teams/committees in support of patient safety related goals. Assists in recognition of other team members to improve patient care. Maintain patient safety program requirements/validation criteria. Review materials regarding compliance with standards. Coordinate patient safety incidents requiring a standard of care determinations or potentially compensable events (PCEs) to the Risk Manager. Establish administrative controls aimed at ensuring approved recommendations from completed aggregate analysis and Root Cause Analyses (RCAs). Analyze patient safety findings and follows up on actions through referral to appropriate staff members/teams for corrective action. Monitor and analyze changes in mission/goals to assess the impact these changes might have on work methods/procedures. Recommend patient safety initiatives to be considered during strategic planning. Plan, develop, implement, evaluates, and continually monitors a comprehensive infection prevention and control program. Ensures the Infection Prevention and Control Program complies with the guidelines and recommendations of the CDC, EPA, FDA, OSHA, or other relevant agencies. Ensure treatment facilities comply with inspection and certification requirements. Develop and provide initial and recurrent training on infection prevention and control for staff. Respond to infection control issues and provide necessary follow-up to determine root cause and recommendations for corrective actions. Prepare written and oral reports as needed on infection prevention and control policy and practices. Provide program direction, expert advice, and consultative assistance in infection prevention and control. Advise Leaders and staff on methods of improving the quality and effectiveness of infection prevention and control performance in patient care. Responsible for the development and updates of Infection Prevention and Control and Exposure Control Plans. Serves as the SME and considered a technical authority for all aspects of Infection Prevention. Required Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Degree must be obtained through an accredited institution. 5 years of experience in healthcare organizations to include infection control. Knowledge of military healthcare business rules, operations, and needs. Ability to analyze workflow, healthcare data, and business processes in organizations. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee may lift or move objects up to 5 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. MicroHealth will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to hr@microhealthllc.com with your request and contact information.
Can you reliably commute to this job location 5x a week? * Do you currently possess an Active Secret clearance? * Are you a Registered nurse? * Do you currently possess a CIC certification? * The following questions are entirely optional.
To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affirmative Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more . Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985. I IDENTIFY AS ONE OR MORE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROTECTED VETERAN LISTED ABOVE I AM NOT A PROTECTED VETERAN I DON’T WISH TO ANSWER
Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305 OMB Control Number 1250-0005 Expires 04/30/2026 Why are you being asked to complete this form? We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualifiedpeople with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says wemust measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disabilityor have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years. Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one whomakes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If youwant to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract CompliancePrograms (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp . How do you know if you have a disability? A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever hadsuch a condition, you are a person with a disability.
Disabilities include, but are not limited to: Alcohol or other substance usedisorder (not currently usingdrugs illegally) Blind or low vision Cancer (past or present) Cardiovascular or heartdisease Celiac disease Cerebral palsy Deaf or serious difficultyhearing Diabetes Disfigurement, for example,disfigurement caused by burns,wounds, accidents, or congenitaldisorders Epilepsy or other seizure disorder Gastrointestinal disorders, for example,Crohn's Disease, irritable bowelsyndrome Mental health conditions, for example,depression, bipolar disorder, anxietydisorder, schizophrenia, PTSD Missing limbs or partially missing limbs Mobility impairment, benefiting from theuse of a wheelchair, scooter, walker,leg brace(s) and/or other supports Nervous system condition, for example,migraine headaches, Parkinson’sdisease, multiple sclerosis (MS) Neurodivergence, for example,attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), autism spectrum disorder,dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learningdisabilities Partial or complete paralysis (anycause) Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, forexample, tuberculosis, asthma,emphysema Please check one of the boxes below:
YES, I HAVE A DISABILITY, OR HAVE HAD ONE IN THE PAST
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