Infection Control Nurse (Westerly)
1 Days Old
Ryders Health Management is a family-owned long term care provider with 8 skilled nursing facilities across Connecticut, a homecare company and 70-year track record of quality care. We are currently hiring a Infection Control Nurse. Come join our team!
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.
Infection Control Nurse Pay Rate:
Pay rate:
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
On-the-job training in Infection Control available to qualified RNs
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.
- Location:
- Westerly
- Job Type:
- FullTime