What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infection Control Nurse for Long Term Facility position at Ryders Health Management?
Company Description: Lord Chamberlain is a family-owned skilled nursing facility in Stratford, Connecticut with two major units: one with 60 beds, specializing in short-term rehabilitation and a 190-bed unit specializing in long-term care. We are currently hiring a Infection Control Nurse. Come join our team!
Responsibilities:
Benefits: (*applies to 24 hours or more, **Full-Time only)
Requirements:
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a practical system of detecting, evaluating, recording, and reporting infections which originate with facility personnel.
- Assist the personnel director in developing and implementing our employee health services program, to include individual counseling.
- Provide employee counseling as outlined in our infection control and employee health program
- Works in a collaborative effort to evaluate and revise control practices and aseptic technique to ensure continued sanitation practices are maintained throughout the facility.
- Establishes the criteria for classifying all routine and reasonably anticipated job-related tasks to ensure that tasks involving exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.
Benefits: (*applies to 24 hours or more, **Full-Time only)
- Competitive pay
- Shift differentials
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance*
- Paid Time Off*
- 401(k) with employer match*
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- Paid Meal Period
- Paid Holiday Off**
- Employee Assistance Program
- Longevity Credit**
- Short- & Long-Term Disability*
- Uniform Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Program
- Free Parking
Requirements:
- Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university and be a graduate of a Connecticut approved RN program.
- Be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
- Be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 40 pounds to a minimum height of 3 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 4 feet.