Responsibilities
Shape the future of behavioral health care throughout the Forest Park community by joining our extraordinary team at Riveredge Hospital. Bring your compassion, expertise, enthusiasm, and passion for quality to a place that cultivates wellness and inspires hope.
We are currently seeking an Infection Control Nurse/Nurse Educator for Riveredge Hospital. We have multiple openings for a variety of options regarding shift and schedule. Simply apply to the posting and discuss your interests with the hiring managers if you are selected to come in for an interview.
The Infection Control nurse is responsible for coordinating the activities of the Facility’s infection control program, by assuming direct responsibility for infection surveillance, infection control reporting, and provision of infection control technical support and education for the facility staff.
The Nurse Educator supports, conducts, designs and oversees education of members of nursing staff with a focus on professional development. Responsibilities include orientation of newly hired employees, assessing the trainings needs of established staff, organizing and ensuring execution of annual competencies and participating in the hiring process as necessary.
Qualifications
Experience/Requirements
• Current license to practice nursing in Illinois (or eligible to receive or renew).
• Current CPR or BLS certification.
• Associates Degree in Nursing required, Bachelors Degree preferred.
• Prefer two years’ work experience in Infection Control, or one year experience in Infection Control with an understanding of infection control principles and practice, to include basic epidemiology, disease transmission, microbiology, surveillance and sanitation.
• Two years’ experience staff/patient education (preferred) using adult learning teaching methods
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
