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General Information

Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday- Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm PST
Posted Date
03/03/2025
Salary Range: $92600 - 202200 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
22691

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Play a key role in the delivery of world-class patient care. Continuously elevate the quality of care within an award-winning health system. Leverage your expertise to make a real difference in others’ lives. At UCLA Health, you can do all this and more.


In this important position, you will be responsible for implementing an effective infection prevention program at the hospital level. This will involve educating healthcare providers, consulting with leadership and hospital staff, and implementing and communicating evidence-based infection prevention practices. In collaboration with physicians, department directors, and clinical staff, you will support infection prevention improvement projects across the hospital. You will also assist with the collection, analysis, and reporting of incidents of healthcare-associated infections as you enhance performance improvement and patient safety. In addition, you will be responsible for reporting all healthcare-associated infections within the hospital as required by regulatory agencies (e.g., DHS, CDPH, Cal-OSHA, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.) and monthly operating reports.


Salary: $96,200 -$202,200/annually

Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a deadline-driven, detail-oriented clinical leader with:

• Healthcare-related Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training

• Master’s preferred

• Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC), highly desirable

• In-depth knowledge of the clinical and operational issues in infection control

• Understanding of data management, analysis, research, reporting, and documentation for infection control

• Strong organizational, prioritizing, and time-management abilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to serve as a subject matter expert on complex issues of functionality, clinical quality, efficiency, and program development.

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers, and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.