Staff Development Coordinator/Infection Preventionist RN

The Laurels of Defiance • Full-time • Defiance, OH, US • 3w ago

$10,000 Sign on Bonus (Paid out over 1 year)

New Higher Wages 2/2025!!!

Are you a Regsitered Nurse (RN) who is passionate about teaching others? The Staff Development Coordinator acts as the educator for The Laurels of Defiance, conducts orientation and has the opportunity to provide other in-service educational programs for the nursing staff. The Infection prevention nurse is responsible for designing systems and approving actions to prevent or control infections, based on surveillance reports of infections and infection potential among residents and staff. This position is the back up to the Director of Nursing position.

The Laurel Health Care Company offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry. This includes:

$10,000 Sign on Bonus (Paid out over 1 year)
$1,000 Referral Bonuses (Unlimited)
Higher Wages 2/2025
401K with matching funds after 90 days fully vested
DailyPay, a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays
Flexible scheduling
Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness
Zero cost uniforms

Responsibilities

Some of the responsibilities of the Staff Development Coordinator include:

Designs, plans and provides educational programs on all shifts and for all departments.
Participates in the staff evaluation process by providing attendance records and observation of employee performance.
Provides general facility orientation to all new employees and ongoing in-service education.
Plans and provides a monthly and annual schedule of planned education programs.
Ensures Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)/State Tested Nursing Assistants (STNA) meet the annual 12-hour in-service requirement.
Actively participates in quality assurance and reports concerns to supervisor.
Providing on site clinicals for STNA classes (Train the trainer certification)

As an infection prevention nurse, you will:

Monitor healthcare-associated infections.
Assess infection prevention problems and makes recommendations for corrective action.
Initiate, review, and revise infection prevention policies and procedures.
Conduct outbreak investigation and initiates control measures. And report communicable diseases to the state as required by law.
Provides educational offerings for orientation and ongoing inservices.
Consults with department heads and physicians as needed to improve care.
Initiate follow-up on employee/resident exposures to communicable diseases.

Qualifications

1-3 years of experience in long-term care setting preferred
Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state
CPR certification

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in five states including Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. If you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

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