Infection Preventionist Registered Nurse pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30423
- Class code
- 30423
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Infection Preventionist Registered Nurse is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30423.
- 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 06/25/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is professional nursing work in the prevention and control of infectious diseases at a Commonwealth facility. An employee in this job coordinates mandated Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPCP) activities to prevent, detect, and mitigate communicable diseases and infections within a Commonwealth facility. Work involves recommending and implementing policies, procedures, and processes for identifying, preventing, reporting, and controlling infectious diseases as well as for providing related nursing care; conducting outbreak investigations; and gathering and analyzing infection data to develop plans for the eradication of infectious diseases.
Examples of the work
• Develops risk reduction strategies and implements process improvement initiatives to prevent the onset and spread of infectious diseases at a long-term care facility. • Collects, reviews, analyzes, and interprets clinical data to identify infection trends. • Conducts outbreak investigations and studies infection trends to determine the sources of infection and creates mitigation plans to contain the spread of disease. • Monitors the treatment and care of residents with infectious diseases and infected wounds based on data such as laboratory results and in collaboration with physicians and pharmacists.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional nursing experience in a healthcare facility.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of one of the following: • An active Certified in Infection Control (CIC) certification or an active Long-Term Care Certification in Infection Prevention (LTC-CIP) certification issued by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC); or • An ...
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.