Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30760
- Class code
- 30760
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Specialist is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30760.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/29/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional administrative and consultative work in the prevention and control of infections in Commonwealth healthcare facilities. An employee in this job provides expert guidance and consultation in the administration of infection prevention and control programs to prevent healthcare-associated infections and the transmission of communicable diseases between the environment, patients, personnel, and visitors across the continuum of care. Work involves advising healthcare personnel in the development, implementation, and maintenance of infection prevention and control plans, policies, and procedures; consulting with multidisciplinary teams and facility infection prevention staff to develop prevention and control strategies and disease surveillance protocols; and improving the quality of infection-related data reported to state and federal surveillance systems.
Examples of the work
• Provides expertise in developing and maintaining infection prevention and control plans to include policies, procedures, and guidelines for education, training, immunizations, exposure prevention, post-exposure management, medical conditions, work-related illness and work restrictions, and related records maintenance. • Advises healthcare professionals on developing and maintaining infection prevention and control procedures for identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable diseases.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of professional infection prevention and control experience in a healthcare facility or in public health, and a master’s degree; or • Four years of professional infection prevention and control experience in a healthcare facility or in public health, and a bachelor’s degree.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active Certified in Infection Control (CIC) certification as issued by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC).
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.