Director of Infection Control and Employee Health Services - Maimonides Midwood Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY
(2024-09)
Responsible for development and Implementation of the Infection and control program.
- Fostered teamwork across operating units and disciplines to develop standardized approach for collaboration, learning and implementation of best practice.
- Facilitate annual strategic planning of quality goals, tactics and measures of success.
- Facilitate priority system wide improvement teams for infection control and EHS initiatives.
- Created hospital wide accreditation preparation, support and communication network.
- Prepare and present reports to multiple committees on the progression of the Infection control goals, improvements and patient safety priorities.
- Track outbreaks of MDROs and assist facility in managing these outbreaks to prevent further spread.
- Track IPC monthly reports submitted by various department leaders, provide training and follow-up as needed.
- Provide monthly "roll-up" reports to executive quality leaders regarding Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance reports.
- Participate in the hospital wide orientation of new employees as requested or when necessary.
- Implement best practices to reduce hospital acquired infections such as CAUTIs, CLABSIs, SSIs and VAEs
Director of Nursing, Infection Control & Performance Improvement - Morris Heights Medical Center - Bronx, NY
(2023-01 - 2024-11)
Provide administrative and clinical leadership to 20 school-based clinics and 9 primary care clinics throughout the Bronx Borough including Podiatry, pediatric Dental, and Women's Health services. Cardiac Catheterization and Cancer Care.
- Master Trainer for TeamSTEPPS and Next Gen Electronic medical record.
- Enhanced nursing documentation in all care areas as a part of Nursing Performance Improvement.
- Implemented and sustained optimal patient Flow process throughout the clinics.
- Implemented quick registration process in the waiting area.
- Successful recruitment of Nurses and Nurse Managers for day-to-day operations of the clinics.
- Created and implemented protocol for Infection Prevention for the entire organization.
- Played a pivotal role in survey readiness contributing to successful TJC and FTCA
- Fostered engagement of frontline staff in organization Performance Improvement utilizing Lean methodology.
- Redesigned triage nursing documentation to meet Article 28 compliance.
- Daily regulatory compliance monitoring by local leadership, medical and nursing staff.
Director of Infection Control - Saint Joseph's Medical Center - Yonkers, NY
(2020-08 - 2022-12)
- Member of the leadership team on the Patient Safety, Quality Management, Patient experience and Risk management committees. Co- Chairman of the Infection Control Committee.
- Fostered teamwork across operating units and disciplines to develop standardized approach for collaboration, learning and implementation of best practice.
- Participate in monthly quality committee meetings.
- Facilitate priority system improvement teams for readmissions, patient throughput and sepsis care.
- Prepare and present reports to multiple committees on progress of quality goals, improvement teams and patient safety priorities.
- Conduct infection surveillance in the Hospital by observing patient's charts and laboratory reports in order to identify infections developed after admission or infections present on admission and to prevent the spread of infection within the Hospital and the community.
- Maintains awareness of any problem in the Hospital and outpatient areas concerning surveillance of communicable diseases or any unsanitary conditions which may cause an impact on the safe operations of the institution.
- Observe the general state of cleanliness of hospital environments. Monitor healthcare worker compliance with aseptic protocols.
- Maintains liaison with community agencies and regulatory agencies to monitor discharged patients under treatment for communicable.
Assistant Director Infection Control - Kings County Hospital - Brooklyn, NY
(2009-02 - 2020-07)
Work with leaders and staff to facilitate infection prevention and control efforts of the hospital by way of knowledge sharing and implementation of standard products and practices.
- Plan and teaching training programs for hospital staff to recognize and manage communicable diseases such as Influenza, Tuberculosis, Covid 19, Meningitis and Ebola. And DOH reportable diseases.
- Responsible for evaluating department maintenance logs of all the medical equipment used in the hospital.
- Facilitate efforts to maximize patient safety with staff hand hygiene and special precautions during patient contact.
- Responsible for investigating positive cultures and reviewing surgical procedures related to such cultures in compliance with CDC/NHSN requirements.
- Conduct infection control meetings with heads of departments to discuss findings and recommend solutions.
