System Director EIDP and Infection Prevention - Infection Control - FT Days

Director Of Epidemiology And Infection Prevention

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County's only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region's only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Responsibilities

The Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention (EIP) and Emerging Infectious Disease Program (EIDP) provides strategic and operational leadership for infection prevention and control. This role drives and implements system-wide efforts to continuously improve the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, patient-centeredness, equity, and timeliness of healthcare services delivered to all patients across inpatient and perioperative settings. The incumbent is responsible for developing and implementing an integrated, high-reliability approach to infection-prevention-related quality and patient-safety initiatives throughout the organization. This includes ensuring shared accountability, standardized practices, and consistent implementation of the EIP program in close collaboration with system leadership. The position plays a central role in leading the organization to achieve outstanding performance on key, nationally standardized infection prevention quality and safety metrics, including healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates and other publicly reported indicators.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as an infection preventionist
• Knowledge of current trends and best practices in epidemiology and infection prevention
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent public speaking skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Demonstrated skill in data management and analysis
• Demonstrated leadership in emerging infectious disease preparedness and response
• Demonstrated experience with strategic leadership and program development for EIP and EIDP
• Demonstrated experience with standardization and integration of infection prevention policies, practices, and initiatives
• Demonstrated experience with regulatory compliance and coordination with public health agencies
• Demonstrated experience with performance improvement and achievement of nationally benchmarked infection prevention quality metrics
• Demonstrated experience with oversight of surveillance, investigation, and reporting of HAIs and communicable diseases in inpatient and perioperative settings
• Demonstrated experience with mentorship, supervision, and professional development of EIP team members
• Demonstrated experience with development and sustainment of a proactive, high-reliability culture of patient safety
• Demonstrated ability to work with or understand data bases, systems opportunities, and statistical analysis
• Certification in Infection Control (CIC)
• Bachelors Degree in related field
• Ability to manage multiple projects, setting priorities and advancing results in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to fulfill role as a cross-functional liaison to nursing, clinical, administrative, and medical staff leadership
• 5+ years of progressive leadership and management experience in an academic medical center, public health or a large, integrated, tertiary health care setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, or other public health related field.
• Master's Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology or other public health related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Current valid California RN license or related healthcare discipline (e.g. Clinical Laboratory Scientist) and associated license as required.

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page:

Closing Statement:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming. UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at eec@uci.edu or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.