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Axelon

New York, NY

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$25–$30 Per Hour
SKILLS
Behavioral Health, Communication Skills, Content Management Systems (CMS), Health Department, Health Education, Healthcare, High School Diploma, Hospital, Infection Control, Interpersonal Skills, Mobile Plant/Equipment, Multitasking, Organizational Skills, Patient Care, Quality Assurance, Staff Training, Team Player, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
New York, NY
POSTED
3 days ago
Job Title: Infection Prevention Liaison
Location: New York
Local, Remote or Hybrid: Local
Schedule: Part Time - Up to 21 hours per week. Scheduled is 8AM-5PM, Weekends included
Contract: 16W
Important Call Outs: MUST be willing to travel to all facility locations (8 campuses). NYC (Allen, Columbia, Cornell, Brooklyn Methodist, Lower Manhattan) and Westchester campuses (Westchester & Westchester Behavioral Health)
Job Code: J34

**Client is seeking new grads or college students seeking to start healthcare experience. Those who have an interest in infection control**

Required Qualifications
Education:
High School Diploma or GED with matriculation in a two or four year college program
Experience:
Strong interpersonal skills, highly organized, excellent communication and multi-tasking skills, ability to work with diverse community groups
Excellent communication skills to convey mission and purpose to internal and external stakeholders
Someone with a non-clinical background as the Liaison will be assisting Infection Preventionist



Key Responsibilities:

Infection Prevention Liaisons (IPLs) monitor hand hygiene practices, staff compliance with isolation precautions and personal protective equipment and conduct quality assurance checks for share mobile equipment in various areas in the hospital across all eight NYP campuses. IPLs are trained and validated to conduct direct observations, which is the gold standard in monitoring hand hygiene and other infection prevention practices. In addition to conducting hand hygiene observations, they also educate healthcare workers about any missed hand hygiene or other infection prevention opportunities. After educating HCWs about missed opportunities, IPLs document and communicate the results of their observations to supervisors, managers and Patient Care Directors (PCDs), medical directors and other hospital leaders. IPLs report directly to the Program Manager for Infection Prevention & Control Department.

Infection Prevention & Control Liaisons conduct direct observations, which is the gold standard in monitoring hand hygiene and other infection prevention practices to satisfy Joint Commission, CMS and the Department of Health standards.

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