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The Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention (HEIP) is responsible for directing all infection prevention activities of UCSF Health and its licensed facilities. Under the general direction of the Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety and Chief Quality Officer, and in partnership with the HEIP Medical Directors, the Director provides expertise, strategic direction, leadership, planning, organization, and general management for all aspects of HEIP at UCSF Health. This includes but is not limited to:
* Developing, directing, and managing activities related to the institutional Infection Prevention program
for adult and pediatric populations at Parnassus, Mount Zion, Mission Bay, BCH Oakland, Langley
Porter Psychiatric Hospital & Clinics and the Faculty Practice Organization/Ambulatory Services
* Ensuring accurate and timely reporting of all mandated legal, regulatory, and institutional infection-related surveillance data
* Directing activities for institutional compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditation Infection
Prevention and associated standards for the hospital and laboratory programs and other certifications,
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reporting regulations, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Hospitals, Transplant Services, and
ESRD
* Managing the departmental personnel and assets within a ~$4.2 million budget
* Executing collaboratively with the Departments of Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Risk Management,
Patient Relations, Nursing, Facilities, and Design & Construction, Safety and Campus to assure
alignment of regulatory, quality, risk, and patient safety initiatives
* Ensuring institutional infection prevention-related readiness for epidemic and pandemic responses
* Developing partnership with and Interfacing with all levels of the organization
* Publicly representing HEIP in institutional and public forums
* Liaison to the local Department of Public Health and the state Healthcare-Associated Infections
program
* Recruiting and developing highly skilled, diverse, and engaged team members