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General Information

Work Location: West Hills, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
Posted Date
03/03/2025
Salary Range: $112900 - 256900 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
22834

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 West Valley Medical Center, you can do all this and more. 

You will play a key role in the hospital-level implementation of our infection prevention program. This will involve educating health care providers, consulting with leadership and hospital staff regarding infection prevention issues, and communicating and implementing effective evidence-based infection prevention practices. You will collaborate with physicians, department directors, and clinical staff to support infection prevention improvement projects across the hospital. You will also help identify, analyze, and report healthcare-associated infections while driving performance improvement and patient safety. You will be responsible for reporting all healthcare-associated infections within the hospital as required by relevant regulatory agencies (e.g., DHS, CDPH, Cal-OSHA, Center of Medicare and Medicaid, etc.) and monthly operating reports. 

Salary Range: $112,900-$256,900/annually

Job Qualifications

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

  • Bachelor's degree in a health-related field and/or equivalent combination of experience/training
  • Master’s degree is highly desired
  • Certification in Infection Control & Epidemiology (CIC) is required
  • Three or more years of experience in a clinic/hospital setting
  • In-depth knowledge of clinical and operational issues in infection control, including policies, regulatory requirements, surveillance, and
  • investigation methodologies, data collection, epidemiology, microbiology, patient care, and related nursing issues
  • Thorough understanding of data management, analysis, research, reporting, and documentation methods used in infection control
  • Ability to contribute to studies, investigations, reports, presentations, and the development of new infection control protocols and policies
  • Strong organizational, prioritizing, and time-management skills
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to provide advice and recommendations on complex issues of functionality, clinical quality, efficiency, and program development

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.