Open Position

The purpose of this position is to provide the incumbent with tasks, duties, and area of responsibilities to manage and assist/delegate within the Bad River Health & Wellness Center (BRHWC) regarding designing infection control and quality improvement. The following responsibilities include:

a) Prevention programs to reduce the risk of communicable disease transmission among employees and patients/clients during delivery of health care services to the Bad River community.

b) Establishment of quality improvement standards via policies and procedures and staff training to seek compliance with various accrediting sources (CMS, IHS, AAAHC, Tribal, State and Federal) or credentialing/licensing bodies.

c) Infection control and prevention is a set of practices designed to reduce transmission of communicable diseases among patients, health care workers, and visitors in a variety of health care settings. Such practices include hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment, environmental cleaning and disinfection, waste management, cough etiquette, and other engineering and work practice controls that help reduce infectious disease transmission.

d) Provide the BRHWC staff with management and training which comply with the regulations issued under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). These regulations cover various 2 workplace safety hazards and require employers to take specific actions to minimize those hazards

e) Provide the BRHWC staff with the management of a Quality Improvement initiative which in public health is the use of a deliberate and defined improvement process, such as Plan-Do- Study-Act, which is focused on activities that are responsive to community needs and improving population health.

f) Ensure that all BRHWC staff are aware of, trained and meet or exceed the policies and procedures requirements as specified by the BRHWC Policies and Procedures regarding compliance to Infection Control, Quality Improvement and Safety.

g) Other duties as assigned

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