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Infection Control Specialist at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Honolulu, Hawaii, Warrior Ohana Medical Facility, located in Kapolei, Hawaii, Desmond Doss Health Clinic and the Warrior Transition Battalion on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

RESPONSIBILITIES

Updating and validating our TAMC's 2023 Hospital Infection Control Risk Assessment and Annual
Infection Control Plan

Validating compliance with Sterile Processing Department and High, Intermediate and Low Level
Disinfection industry and TJC compliance

Assistance with facility Infection Control Risk Assessments and Infection Control construction permitting
based on established hospital policy for all construction projects in the hospital

Assistance with Hospital-associated Infection and Multi-drug Resistant Organisms surveillance hospital
wide review of the hospital Water Management Plan

Improvement of our hospital hygiene program

Assisting with tasks to support a comprehensive infection prevention and control program

Surveillance for communicable diseases/conditions; prevention & control of healthcare associated infections
(HAI); HAI surveillance, High Level Disinfection (HLD) and sterile processing oversight with industry standard and
hospital policy surveillance and tracking of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO)

Assisting in completion of infection control risk assessments and infection control permitting of
construction projects at TAMC

Ensuring compliance with policies and standards of the Federal government agencies (e.g., OSHA), The
Defense Health Agency, U.S. Army Medical Command, The Joint Commission, Hawaii Department of Health and
other regulatory agencies

Completing infection control tasks ensuring patient and hospital safety and compliance with established
industry and TJC standards as they would be reviewed during a TJC scheduled survey or a future random
unannounced survey

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: The contract Infection Control Specialist shall have a minimum of 3 years performing the
following:

Infection Control in an inpatient medical facility and performing Infection Control Risk Assessments

Infection Control input into construction permitting in inpatient and outpatient facilities,

Expertise in sterile processing, including expertise in high, intermediate and low level disinfection,

Expertise in hospital hand hygiene programs

Expertise in tracking hospital-associated infections and reporting to National Healthcare
Safety Network

Expertise in multi-drug resistant organisms surveillance

Expertise in ensuring a comprehensive hospital water management plan and

Experience in issues at the environment of care and infection control interface

Preferred Qualifications

Experience: The contract Infection Control Specialist shall have a minimum of 3 years performing the
following:

Infection Control in an inpatient medical facility and performing Infection Control Risk Assessments,

Infection Control input into construction permitting in inpatient and outpatient facilities,

Expertise in sterile processing, including expertise in high, intermediate and low level disinfection,

Expertise in hospital hand hygiene programs,

Expertise in tracking hospital-associated infections and reporting to National Healthcare
Safety Network,

Expertise in multi-drug resistant organisms surveillance,

Expertise in ensuring a comprehensive hospital water management plan and

Experience in issues at the environment of care and
infection control interface.

Working Conditions

07:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and official government holidays. All shifts include a 30-minute (non-paid) meal break and two 15-minute breaks (paid). No overtime.

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