• Developing, directing, and prioritizing activities related to the institutional Infection Prevention program for adult and pediatric populations at Parnassus, Mount Zion, Mission Bay, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute and UCSF Health-licensed ambulatory services in collaboration with the Medical Directors
• Responsibility for creating a structure for daily, twenty-four (24) hour planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and consultation of daily operations in order to support an environment that optimizes the mission and priorities of the HEIP department
• Ensuring prompt responses, information exchanges, and issue resolution in response to questions relevant to UCSF Health infection prevention policies and practices
• 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
• Providing direction for the managers of the Field Unit and Surveillance and Clinical Analytics Unit who oversee operational management of Field Unit and Surveillance and Clinical Analytics Unit HEIP personnel
• Managing assets within a ~$4.2 million budget
• Working collaboratively with other groups within the Department of Quality and Safety including Regulatory Affairs and Patient Safety, Risk Management, Patient Relations, Nursing, Hospitality, Facilities and Design & Construction, Environment, Health, and Safety, Occupational Health Services, and other Core services to assure alignment of regulatory, quality, risk and patient safety initiatives
• Ensuring institutional infection prevention-related preparedness for epidemic and pandemic responses including emerging and high consequence pathogens
• 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

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

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