Director of Staff Development LPN

Avalon Care Center Northpointe in Spokane is now hiring a Director of Staff Development to join our outstanding team!

Wage: $44.00 - $49.95/hr

The Staff Development nurse is responsible to plan and implement facility orientation, job skills training, in-service education and a Certification Training Program (if applicable) for the nursing assistants as required by regulations.

Full-time Are Eligible For

• 401K
• Medical, Dental & Vision
• FSA & Dependent Care FSA
• Life Insurance
• AD&D, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity
• Legal Benefits, Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance and Auto/Home Insurance.
  
  

Part-time are eligible for all of the above except Medical. On Call are not eligible for any of the above except 401k

**Placement within the wage range for this position is determined by years of experience, qualifications, and demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions.**

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Collects infection data, maintains records for each case of healthcare- associated infection
• Conducts outbreak investigations
• Trains clinical facility leaders on implementation of infection prevention practices
• Investigates incidents of infections and reports such incidents to the appropriate person/department, and identifies supplies required for infection prevention activities
• Responsible for the following:
• The prevention and control of infection on a 24-hour basis
• Providing direction regarding the management of infectious patients/residents and other infection prevention issues
• Directing the infection control risk assessment in conjunction with the executive and clinical leadership teams
• Developing and implementing the annual infection prevention plan
• Evaluating the annual plan for goal achievement in conjunction with the IPC
• Conducting surveillance of infections
• Directing and monitoring audits regarding the implementation of and compliance with policies
• Providing education and training
• Liaise with clinical teams regarding the development of standards, audits, and research
• Works with the federal, state and county departments of health regarding infectious and communicable disease reporting
  

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• Current LPN licensure
  
  

Preferred Education And Experience

• Current certification in Infection Control preferred
• Bachelors degree
• Post-acute care work experience
  
  

Avalon Health Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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