The Infection Preventionist IV plays a critical role in protecting patients, visitors, and healthcare personnel by leading healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention initiatives across UCSF Health. This senior-level position partners with multidisciplinary clinical and operational teams to identify infection prevention risks, implement evidence-based practices, and improve patient safety through surveillance, education, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance.
In this role, you will:
- Lead healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and reduction strategies through risk assessment, surveillance, and evidence-based interventions.
- Conduct routine and targeted infection surveillance, analyze trends, and recommend prevention strategies that improve patient and employee safety.
- Investigate infection prevention concerns and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify risks and implement corrective actions.
- Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate infection prevention policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Design and deliver infection prevention education and training programs for healthcare professionals across the organization.
- Review current literature and emerging evidence to support infection prevention program development, research initiatives, presentations, and publications.
- Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders throughout UCSF to strengthen infection prevention practices, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement efforts.
- Apply advanced infection prevention, hospital epidemiology, and clinical expertise to complex projects requiring independent judgment and leadership.
What Makes This Role Unique
- Supports both inpatient and outpatient clinical environments across UCSF Health.
- Partners with physicians, nursing, quality, and operational leaders on complex infection prevention initiatives.
- Opportunity to contribute to research, presentations, publications, and evidence-based practice.
- Serves as a key clinical consultant on infection prevention and hospital epidemiology issues.
- Functions as an independent Infection Prevention professional within a highly collaborative academic medical center.
Special Conditions of Employment:
- Rotates and adheres to after-hours on-call coverage.
- Minimum 5 years recent infection control experience, preferably in an academic medical center.
- Completion of advanced hospital epidemiology course, meets or exceeds all competencies of ICP III.
- Competency in Microsoft Word (create, format, save, edit using track changes, and print a document), Microsoft Outlook (create and send email, attach files, manage and organize messages and calendar), Excel (create a simple spreadsheet), PowerPoint (create, edit and present PowerPoint slideshows,), enter, manipulate and extract database information, and basic descriptive statistics e.g., Chi square, frequency analysis
- Ability to pass a background check.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
About UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values .
In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here .
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
Salary Information
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.
To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
