Travel Nurse RN - Infection Control
Springdale, AR
Access Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days

Job Opportunity: Infection Preventionalist (Travel)

Location: Springdale, Arkansas
Employment Type: Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks (approximately 3 months)
Shift: Monday to Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM

Job Description

As an Infection Preventionalist, you will be responsible for a wide range of infection control duties, including but not limited to:

Daily Responsibilities

• Manage COVID inpatient lists and trackers
• Conduct rounds and phone calls related to isolation orders
• Ensure proper isolation procedures and manage isolation orders
• Address patient issues and respond to call lights
• Review cultures and infection dashboards
• Identify and report healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
• Communicate with unit directors and leadership regarding infection control issues
• Update various COVID and infection control trackers and reports
• Monitor staff COVID positive cases and potential outbreaks
• Investigate water intrusion and sign off on Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA)
• Field calls from Department of Health regarding communicable diseases
• Interfacility infection reporting and follow-up
• Answer staff questions related to infection control
• Perform daily nursing-related infection control tasks (e.g., Foley catheter orders, C. diff monitoring)

Weekly Responsibilities

• Update COVID vaccine data and ventilator event tracking
• Conduct environmental and EVS rounds
• Perform central line and PIV dressing audits
• Participate in Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) meetings and review HACs
• Attend optional IP office hours for information sharing

Biweekly Responsibilities

• Participate in orientation and skills lab sessions

Monthly Responsibilities

• Benchmark surgical data into NHSN (including hysterectomies, knees, hips, cardiac, colon, open heart surgeries)
• Enter denominator data and patient encounter statistics into NHSN
• Attend various committee meetings (APIC, Patient Safety, Quality Council, EOC, Critical Care, Pulmonary, Directors)
• Conduct hand hygiene and device day audits
• Observe scope cleaning and audit sterilized instruments
• Participate in corporate infection prevention calls

Quarterly Responsibilities

• Conduct and prepare minutes for Infection Control Committee meetings
• Ensure QAPI data entry by units
• Participate in Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) committee and present infection cases
• Support LeapFrog data reporting through NHSN

Annual Responsibilities

• Develop and update Infection Control Plan and Risk Assessments (internal and external)
• Prepare annual reports including antibiotic stewardship and employee vaccination data
• Review policies every two years
• Submit annual NHSN survey and update TB risk assessment
• Review equipment cleaning policies with Nurse Managers

Ongoing Duties

• Manage HAI reporting and policy updates
• Run data reports as needed
• Handle Health Alert Network (HAN) alerts and outbreak investigations
• Monitor biological monitoring reports for laundry services

Current Projects

• Red bag waste reduction
• IV dressing kits improvements
• Transition to new dressing products (e.g., 3M CHG dressings)
• Implementation of device huddles with nursing staff
• SPD water/steam quality initiatives and potential RO system installation

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year clinical experience in infection prevention
• Certification: Infection Preventionist Certified (CIC)
• Experience with infection control reporting platforms such as Sentri7, PA-NEDSS, NHSN, and others

Additional Information

• EMR system used: Cerner and teletracking
• Work schedule: Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
• This is a travel assignment with a contract length of approximately 13 weeks

This role is ideal for healthcare professionals with infection prevention expertise looking for a travel opportunity with a comprehensive scope of infection control responsibilities in a hospital setting.