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CMSS is a nonprofit organization providing a continuum of care and residences committed to empowering each person we serve to live their best life, while embracing the needs of a diverse and evolving community. Join our family today!

CMSS offers the following benefits to our amazing employees:

• Nurse to Resident Ratio 1:16
• Competitive pay based on years of experience and or Non-benefit option 
• 403B and Roth
• Sick, Vacation and Holiday Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• STD, LTD, Basic Life
• EAP
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Red line access
• CTA walking distance 
• Free lunch and dinner

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Oversight of the IPCP, which includes, at a minimum, the following elements:

• A system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable diseases for all residents, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing services under a contractual arrangement based upon the facility assessment

• Written standards, policies, and procedures for the program, which must include, but are not limited to:

• A system of surveillance designed to identify possible communicable diseases or infections before they can spread to other persons in the facility;

• When and to whom possible incidents of communicable disease or infections should be reported;

• Standard and transmission-based precautions to be followed to prevent spread of infections;

• When and how isolation should be used for a resident; including but not limited to:

• The type and duration of the isolation, depending upon the infectious agent or organism involved, and

• A requirement that the isolation should be the least restrictive possible for the resident under the circumstances.

• The circumstances under which the facility must prohibit employees with a communicable disease or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents or their food, if direct contact will transmit the disease; and

• The hand hygiene procedures to be followed by staff involved in direct resident contact.

• A system for recording incidents identified under the facility’s IPCP and the corrective actions taken by the facility.

• Personnel must handle, store, process, and transport linens so as to prevent the spread of infection.

• The facility will conduct an annual review of its IPCP and update their program, as necessary. (§483.80[a]–[f]) Must perform the following duties and responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the facility leadership and the medical director to develop, implement, and evaluate the annual infection prevention goals and action plan

• Partner with facility leaders, physicians, and local, state, and national agencies on activities related to infection prevention

• Establish a facility-wide system for the prevention, identification, investigation, and control of infections of residents, staff, and visitors, including surveillance designed to identify possible communicable diseases or infections before they spread

• Conduct outbreak investigations

• Maintain a system for reporting possible incidents of communicable diseases to local, state, or national agencies as required

• Oversee the antibiotic stewardship program and monitor residents’ antibiotic use

• Assess the need for, develop, and present IPCP in-service education for individual departments, general orientation, and annual review as needed; education includes but is not limited to:

• Assess the need for, develop, and implement written policies and procedures for infection control, including those for standard precautions and for transmission-based precautions, including when these should be used, the duration of use, and the type of precautions needed for a particular infection or organism

• Enforce policies prohibiting staff with communicable diseases or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents and their food, and enforce hand hygiene policies consistent with accepted standards of practices

• Serve as a member of the quality assessment and assurance committee

• Be accountable for surveillance of healthcare-acquired and community-acquired infections for residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors

• Maintain current knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations and ensure that the facility leaders are informed of appropriate issues; understand and comply with infection control, safety, and OSHA procedures and regulations

Minimum Qualification:

•  RN State of Illinois (3) years of professional nursing experience, of which included one (1) year in a long-term care/skilled nursing facility and an additional one (1) year in the practice of infection prevention/control and wound care treatment

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• RN license