Director Infection Prevention Jobs in Renton, WA

SIGN-ON BONUS OF $15,000 AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OF UP TO $15,000 AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE EXTERNAL HIRES!

Kaiser Permanente Washington is seeking a Senior Manager - Infection Prevention for our premier Seattle location-an influential leadership role at the heart of a vibrant, world-class city known for its innovation, natural beauty, and thriving healthcare community. Step into a position where you-ll guide high-performing teams, advance evidence-based prevention programs, and drive excellence across a nationally respected integrated care system, all while working in one of the most dynamic and inspiring cities in the country.

Job Summary:

Ensures implementation of infection prevention and control programs. Evaluates and drives programs to address infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics. Manages and plans data collection efforts to assess effectiveness of infection prevention and control programs. Develops and implements infection prevention and control educational programs. Collaborates with occupational health department to evaluate and refine policies and procedures related to occupational health.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Creates and advocates for developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works with leaders and employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; strategically evaluates talent for succession planning; sets performance management guidelines and expectations across teams / units. Oversees implementation, adapts, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams; motivates teams to meet business objectives. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making; fosters access to stakeholders.

• Manages designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed; partners with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure products and/or services meet requirements and expectations while aligning with departmental strategies. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; assumes responsibility for decision making; fosters direct reports to resolve escalated issues as appropriate. Communicates goals and objectives; incorporates resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans; ensures matrixed resources are fulfilling service or performance requirements across reporting lines. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams and units to operate in alignment with operational and business objectives.

• Educates others on infection prevention and control by: developing and implementing education programs for hospital and clinical staff and patients on infection prevention and control and new patient care equipment; collaborating with leadership teams to ensure learning needs of customers are aligned with KP and national (e.g., Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], National Healthcare Safety Network [NHSN]) standards; and identifying and disseminating best practices in infection prevention and control to key leaders.

• Provides expertise in epidemiology by: implementing recommendations following occupational exposure to infectious disease(s) and leading response to emerging infection disease threats and/or exposures; and collaborating with occupational health department to evaluate and refine infection prevention and control policies and/or workflows related to occupational health.

• Utilizes epidemiological principles to conduct surveillance by: identifying and proactively monitoring infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics; leading and proactively monitoring surveillance programs to monitor infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics; and evaluating and driving program progress to address findings from investigations following infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics.

• Participating in performance improvement initiatives by: managing and planning the data collection to assess the effectiveness of infection prevention and control programs; interpreting and translating strategic initiatives and vision for employees; ensuring infection prevention and control programs encompass the scope of services provided; implementing recommendations to alleviate routine and complex issues or blockers to performance improvement initiatives; and maintaining ongoing communications with internal committees.

• Engages in ongoing surveillance by: ensuring implementation of annual infection prevention and control program plan; directing the development and implementation of organizational infection prevention and control program(s); overseeing the implementation of and communicating infection prevention and control policies and protocols; monitoring routine and specialized on-site visits to assess clinical space and practices related to infection prevention/control (e.g., patient waiting areas, respiratory etiquette station, cleaning procedures, sterilization); and identifying and escalating failure to comply with local, state, and federal regulatory and accreditation standards.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management

• Attention to Detail

• Business Knowledge

• Communication

• Constructive Feedback

• Critical Thinking

• Cross-Group Collaboration

• Decision Making

• Dependability

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support

• Drives Results

• Facilitation Skills

• Health Care Industry

• Influencing Others

• Integrity

• Leadership

• Learning Agility

• Organizational Savvy

• Problem Solving

• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall

• Strategic Thinking

• Team Building

• Teamwork

• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Bloodborne Pathogen Knowledge

• Business Documentation

• Business Process Improvement

• Change Management

• Compliance Management

• Confidentiality

• Consulting

• Critical Facility Operations Knowledge

• Emergency Preparedness

• Facilities Management/Operations

• Hazard Mitigation

• Health Care Compliance

• Health Care Data Analytics

• Health Care Outcome Data

• Information Gathering

• Issues and Crisis Management

• Laboratory Procedures

• Maintain Files and Records

• Operational Excellence

• Patient Safety

• Preventative Maintenance

• Quality Assurance Process

• Risk Management

• Safety and Environmental Health Management

• Trend Analysis

• Written Communication

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) year(s) of experience managing operational or project budgets.

• Minimum five (5) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

• Minimum three (3) years of experience in infection prevention, clinical quality management, or a directly related field.

• Masters degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, or related field AND six (6) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum three (3) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Bachelors degree in Nursing, Public Health, Microbiology, or related field AND minimum eight (8) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum five (5) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Minimum eleven (11) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, or a directly related field.

• Infection Control Certificate

Preferred Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse License in the state where care is provided.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Senior Manager, Infection Prevention (KFHP/H) - Seattle WA

LOCATION: Seattle, Washington

REQNUMBER: 1431244

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.