Registered Nurse 3 Infection Control (NY HELPS), Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center, P27391

Are you interested in starting a career with New York State? Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center is recruiting an experienced Registered Nurse 3 Infection Control. Candidates from outside or within State Service can apply.

Infection Control Nurses at Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center are proficient in evidence-based nursing practices and function as liaisons between all departments and Infection Control Committees responsible for infection control and prevention services ensuring adherence to all infection control policies and procedures.

Additional duties include:

• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary treatment teams to mitigate potential for infectious disease.
• Developing infection control risk assessment and plan along with educational programs for staff and patients.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of the infection control program and revising as needed.
• Leading annual flu prevention, treatment, and reporting.
• Completing of documentation and preparing comprehensive reports.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates from outside State service may be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement

• Statewide (HELPS) program. Candidates must be in possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; 3 years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; 1 year of this experience must have been primarily working in the development, implementation, or administration of an infection control program.

A bachelor's degree in nursing can substitute for one year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; a master’s degree in nursing can substitute for two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; and possession of a current Certified in Infection Control (CIC) certificate issued by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology can substitute for the one year of infection control program experience.

OR

Candidates from within State service may be considered for transfer to a competitive class position if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.