Acadia Healthcare
Job Title
Nurse Educator - Infection Preventionist
Location Malden, Massachusetts
Company Tufts Medicine & Acadia Healthcare
Description RN Nurse Educator/Infection Prevention opportunity available! Tufts Medicine, a leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the largest standalone provider of behavioral health services in the U.S., have partnered to create the Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital, a state‑of‑the‑art, 144‑bed facility in Malden, Massachusetts. Slated to open in fall 2025, this hospital is designed to address the growing need for high‑quality behavioral health services in the region. The Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital will serve as a center of excellence, offering inpatient and intensive outpatient programs for patients of all ages, and will function as a teaching hospital for future behavioral health professionals. This initiative aims to address the regional shortage of behavioral health clinicians while ensuring a continuum of care for patients and their families.
At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision, dental, and voluntary short‑term and long‑term disability coverage. Employee well‑being programs encompass assistance, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and more.
Purpose Statement Plan, develop, and coordinate continuing nursing in‑service education programs within the facility for all clinical and non‑clinical nursing staff in a positive, empathetic, and professional manner at all times. This position is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence‑based educational programs that promote professional competency for nursing, inter‑professional, and non‑licensed clinical staff at an assigned facility. Coordinate and lead the facility’s infection prevention and control program, responsible for determining, preventing, and containing infectious outbreaks within the facility. Perform duties with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude, recognizing that patient safety is a top priority.
Education & Teaching Functions
Facilitates orientation/onboarding program to promote employee retention.
Conducts orientation in a manner that fosters a positive learning environment.
Role models organizational and personal commitment to new employee success.
Participates in designing and identifying educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non‑licensed healthcare personnel.
Identifies learning needs of staff and/or facility.
Role models competent practice through demonstration or simulation activities.
Assesses practice gaps/Crosswalk competencies to practice.
Collaborates with Corporate Nursing Director/Educator to review outcomes data to evaluate and refine competency management activities.
Assists with development and/or instruction of didactic content and clinical skills for designated competencies.
Develops education plan according to gap assessment or quality data/safety outcomes.
Aligns educational programs with facility and/or organization policies and procedures.
Implements and delivers educational curricula as required by regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, CARF, CMS and state agencies.
Creates engaging, evidence‑based educational content to meet the specific needs of the intended audience.
Demonstrates exceptional instructional skills while maintaining learner engagement.
Acts as a general resource for nursing staff.
Collaborates with medical practitioners and CNO/DON to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for patients.
Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established clinical protocol.
Promotes safe, quality, and compassionate patient care.
Assists patients and caregivers with education needs, problem solution and health management across the continuum of care.
Educates direct patient care staff in the use of equipment, supplies, and coordinates in‑service training for appropriate staff.
Supports new ideas and innovation in educational design.
Provides staff with resources and “just‑in‑time” education to implement immediate changes.
Communicates therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others in an effective manner.
May provide direct care as needed.
Infection Prevention Functions
Conducts ongoing surveillance of infections.
Gathers and interprets data and keeps accurate records of all infections.
Compiles and presents Infection Reports to the Safety/Infection Control Committee and the Performance Improvement Council at assigned intervals.
Inspects environment and observes personnel activities for the purpose of detecting infection hazards.
Monitors and evaluates compliance with standards set by facility policy and industry.
Monitors and updates all facility department supervisors on area‑specific policies and procedures important to infection prevention principles. Investigates all ‘exposure incidents,’ oversees post‑exposure evaluation and follow‑up process to recommend appropriate actions.
Notifies designated medical, administrative staff and appropriate health department authorities of all reportable communicable disease.
Develops and provides in‑service and orientation programs concerning prevention and control of infection, standard precautions, isolation techniques and education on current infectious disease.
Responsibilities may also include gathering, analyzing and presenting data, facts and trends on infection prevention to facility or corporate leadership.
Trains staff on infection prevention and control protocols.
Assesses and re‑enforces infection prevention practices.
Other Functions
Provides expertise in identifying professional development needs of individual staff.
Assists staff to identify areas for individual growth in current role.
Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.
Utilizes novice to expert continuum when developing staff.
Promotes certification in areas of nursing specialty.
Performs other functions and tasks as assigned.
Education / Experience / Skill Requirements
Master’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, education or other clinical field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing or commensurate experience required.
5+ years of experience as a registered nurse strongly preferred.
Three years of registered nurse experience required.
Inpatient psychiatry experience as an RN strongly preferred.
Two years of behavioral health experience as an RN required.
One or more years’ experience in infection control preferred.
1+ years experience in clinical education/training and development preferred.
Certification as an NPD Practitioner and/or clinical certification recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center preferred.
Licenses / Designations / Certifications
Current state license is required for this position.
Certification by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology preferred.
CPR and de‑escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
First aid may be required based on state or facility.
Additional Regulatory Requirements For Joint Commission facilities: The infection preventionist is appointed by the governing body to be responsible for the infection prevention and control program. The appointment is based on recommendations of medical staff leadership and nursing leadership.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws. AHRN.
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Location Malden, Massachusetts
Company Tufts Medicine & Acadia Healthcare
Description RN Nurse Educator/Infection Prevention opportunity available! Tufts Medicine, a leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the largest standalone provider of behavioral health services in the U.S., have partnered to create the Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital, a state‑of‑the‑art, 144‑bed facility in Malden, Massachusetts. Slated to open in fall 2025, this hospital is designed to address the growing need for high‑quality behavioral health services in the region. The Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital will serve as a center of excellence, offering inpatient and intensive outpatient programs for patients of all ages, and will function as a teaching hospital for future behavioral health professionals. This initiative aims to address the regional shortage of behavioral health clinicians while ensuring a continuum of care for patients and their families.
At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision, dental, and voluntary short‑term and long‑term disability coverage. Employee well‑being programs encompass assistance, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and more.
Purpose Statement Plan, develop, and coordinate continuing nursing in‑service education programs within the facility for all clinical and non‑clinical nursing staff in a positive, empathetic, and professional manner at all times. This position is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence‑based educational programs that promote professional competency for nursing, inter‑professional, and non‑licensed clinical staff at an assigned facility. Coordinate and lead the facility’s infection prevention and control program, responsible for determining, preventing, and containing infectious outbreaks within the facility. Perform duties with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude, recognizing that patient safety is a top priority.
Education & Teaching Functions
Facilitates orientation/onboarding program to promote employee retention.
Conducts orientation in a manner that fosters a positive learning environment.
Role models organizational and personal commitment to new employee success.
Participates in designing and identifying educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non‑licensed healthcare personnel.
Identifies learning needs of staff and/or facility.
Role models competent practice through demonstration or simulation activities.
Assesses practice gaps/Crosswalk competencies to practice.
Collaborates with Corporate Nursing Director/Educator to review outcomes data to evaluate and refine competency management activities.
Assists with development and/or instruction of didactic content and clinical skills for designated competencies.
Develops education plan according to gap assessment or quality data/safety outcomes.
Aligns educational programs with facility and/or organization policies and procedures.
Implements and delivers educational curricula as required by regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, CARF, CMS and state agencies.
Creates engaging, evidence‑based educational content to meet the specific needs of the intended audience.
Demonstrates exceptional instructional skills while maintaining learner engagement.
Acts as a general resource for nursing staff.
Collaborates with medical practitioners and CNO/DON to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for patients.
Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established clinical protocol.
Promotes safe, quality, and compassionate patient care.
Assists patients and caregivers with education needs, problem solution and health management across the continuum of care.
Educates direct patient care staff in the use of equipment, supplies, and coordinates in‑service training for appropriate staff.
Supports new ideas and innovation in educational design.
Provides staff with resources and “just‑in‑time” education to implement immediate changes.
Communicates therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others in an effective manner.
May provide direct care as needed.
Infection Prevention Functions
Conducts ongoing surveillance of infections.
Gathers and interprets data and keeps accurate records of all infections.
Compiles and presents Infection Reports to the Safety/Infection Control Committee and the Performance Improvement Council at assigned intervals.
Inspects environment and observes personnel activities for the purpose of detecting infection hazards.
Monitors and evaluates compliance with standards set by facility policy and industry.
Monitors and updates all facility department supervisors on area‑specific policies and procedures important to infection prevention principles. Investigates all ‘exposure incidents,’ oversees post‑exposure evaluation and follow‑up process to recommend appropriate actions.
Notifies designated medical, administrative staff and appropriate health department authorities of all reportable communicable disease.
Develops and provides in‑service and orientation programs concerning prevention and control of infection, standard precautions, isolation techniques and education on current infectious disease.
Responsibilities may also include gathering, analyzing and presenting data, facts and trends on infection prevention to facility or corporate leadership.
Trains staff on infection prevention and control protocols.
Assesses and re‑enforces infection prevention practices.
Other Functions
Provides expertise in identifying professional development needs of individual staff.
Assists staff to identify areas for individual growth in current role.
Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.
Utilizes novice to expert continuum when developing staff.
Promotes certification in areas of nursing specialty.
Performs other functions and tasks as assigned.
Education / Experience / Skill Requirements
Master’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, education or other clinical field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing or commensurate experience required.
5+ years of experience as a registered nurse strongly preferred.
Three years of registered nurse experience required.
Inpatient psychiatry experience as an RN strongly preferred.
Two years of behavioral health experience as an RN required.
One or more years’ experience in infection control preferred.
1+ years experience in clinical education/training and development preferred.
Certification as an NPD Practitioner and/or clinical certification recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center preferred.
Licenses / Designations / Certifications
Current state license is required for this position.
Certification by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology preferred.
CPR and de‑escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
First aid may be required based on state or facility.
Additional Regulatory Requirements For Joint Commission facilities: The infection preventionist is appointed by the governing body to be responsible for the infection prevention and control program. The appointment is based on recommendations of medical staff leadership and nursing leadership.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws. AHRN.
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