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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, Tennessee

About this job

JOB SUMMARY:

Under the supervision of the Infection Prevention Director, the Infection Prevention Specialist gathers data and conducts surveillance in hospital to assist in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections for patients, visitors and staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

* Registered Nurse with State Licensure to practice nursing.

* Registered Medical Technologist or Masters degree in Public Health.

* Training in the Fundamentals of Infection Control.

* Basic statistics and computer knowledge.

Experience:

* Two years as critical care nurse or other specialized nursing unit.

* Two years as medical technologist.

Equipment/Skills:

* Able to extract information from the hospital computers, and from the specialized software used for Infection Control.

* Able to enter data into the specialized software used for Infection Control.