Children's Health · 3 days ago
Director Infection Prevention Dallas Market
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expChildren's Health is dedicated to improving children's health and well-being through innovative treatments and community involvement. The Director of Infection Prevention for the Dallas Market will lead the Infection Prevention program, ensuring compliance with health regulations and implementing strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections across all facilities in the Dallas area.
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Responsibilities
Provides administrative leadership for the market-wide Infection Prevention Program for all facilities that fall under the Dallas hospital license. Exhibits a comprehensive understanding of infection prevention and epidemiology theory and practice and is responsible for ensuring that the Infection Prevention programs are implemented uniformly in all facilities
Leads and is accountable for the systematic collection, analysis and feedback of targeted surveillance of infectious outcomes in patients, healthcare workers and visitors and in the implementation of interventions and performance improvement activities to decrease the risk of healthcare associated infections
Provides oversight and direction and serves as the local subject matter expert working with CHST system IP leaders for all initiatives with infection prevention implications and content
Designs, manages and coordinates workflows for all external reporting including communication and training of surveillance efforts, optimization of IT workflows and ensuring deadlines are met
Ensures timely and accurate regulatory reporting of healthcare-associated infections and notifiable conditions to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Serves as the primary content owner for the Dallas Market for annual required infection prevention education
In collaboration with the IP Medical Director and Quality department, leads or facilitates market-wide work groups to ensure high reliability care related to Hand Hygiene, Surgical Site Infections, Central line associated blood stream infections and Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections both internally and among outside collaboratives
Ensures all construction and renovation projects in the Dallas Market are performed in a manner that protects patients, visitors and staff from healthcare-associated infection
Collaborates with Occupational Health and Wellness to minimize exposure of employees and staff to infectious diseases. Assists in coordination of responses to employee and staff exposures to infectious diseases
Facilitates compliance with federal, state and local regulatory standards and guidelines from authoritative agencies such as The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Texas Department of State Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Responsible for reviewing and ensuring compliance with all system-wide Infection Prevention policies and procedures; provides input as needed to ensure they are up to date with the most recent evidence-based literature and guidelines
Works closely with the Emergency Management Team to lead and facilitate the Dallas Market's preparation and response to epidemic, pandemic and other emergent infectious diseases. Leads efforts among Dallas facilities in the investigation of clusters and outbreaks of epidemiologically significant organisms. Along with the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and the ID pharmacist supports ongoing efforts related to antimicrobial stewardship
Maintains a national Infection Prevention presence by being actively involved in the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Children's Hospital Association Infection Prevention Directors forum and Solutions for Patient Safety infection prevention initiatives
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 7 years related experience as an Infection Preventionist is required
Four-year bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required
Certification in Infection Control is required
Preferred
Graduate or advanced degree; or equivalent experience is strongly preferred
Participation at the national level with APIC, CHA or related associations is a plus
Company
Children's Health
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22.4MKey Investors
Communities Foundation of TexasHyundai Hope On Wheels
2025-06-26Grant· $3M
2024-08-28Grant· $0.4M
2013-12-02Grant· $19M
Leadership Team
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