The Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Lead manages and oversees the infection prevention and control program to ensuring that there is an organized and implemented in the care communities. IPAC Lead will ensure practices promote the safety of residents, visitors and team members while meeting regulatory requirements.
1. Surveillance
· Overseeing the delivery of infection prevention and control education to all staff, caregivers, volunteers, visitors, and residents.
· Coordinates and implement IPAC practices as indicated in the IPAC manual.
· Ensures surveillance and screening program in place for residents and team members.
· Reviews surveillance data daily using the electronic health record and other surveillance tools to monitor for infection trends. Action on any results as required to reduce the risk/spread of infections.
· Consults with the physicians/nurse practitioners on laboratory results and trending of data to promote antibiotic stewardship.
· Collaborates with the nursing team on the clinical management of residents based on the infection.
2. Outbreak Management
· Ensure that team members are following IPAC processes, compliance to PPE, donning and doffing and hand hygiene practices.
· Collaborate with Public Heath to manage outbreaks, ensure line lists are updated and accuracy of data is communicated to internal and external partners.
· During outbreaks, ensures daily outbreak meetings occur, documented minutes and follow up actions.
· Summarize outbreak analysis and trending for communication at Infection Prevention & Control Committee/Professional Advisory Committee.
3. Mentoring
· Provides education and coaching to team members on IPAC practices.
· Creates content to assist with educating residents, team members and visitors.
· Conduct the orientation/mentoring of new IPAC champions within the care community.
· Assist with the coordination and orientation of new hires/students/
· volunteers /contracted services on IPAC practices.
· Completes ongoing just in time training to team members /students/ volunteers/contracted services on safe IPAC practices.
4. Quality Improvement
· Implement quality improvement initiatives that may results from internal and external partner visits.
· Conducts at minimum quarterly Infection Control Meetings. Ensures agendas is prepared, minutes are posted, and action plans are developed related to infection control practices.
· Participates and ensures the coordination of annual flu clinics and immunization programs.
· Conducts scheduled quality improvement audits to include but not limited to hand hygiene, PPE, equipment cleaning and disinfection procedures.
· Audit compliance to cleaning and disinfectant procedures in nursing, dietary, programs, housekeeping, laundry, contracted services such as hairdresser, physiotherapy
· Complete the evaluation of the Infection Prevention and Control Program is annually.
5. Safety
· Ensures there is a hand hygiene program in accordance wit any standard or protocol issued by the Director under subsection (2) which includes, at a minimum, access to hand hygiene agents at point-of-care.
· Complete monthly health and safety inspections for IPAC and safety practices (i.e., needle stick injuries, PPE concerns, cleaning, and disinfecting equipment concerns)
· Identify and report health and safety hazards for residents and team members.
· Coordinates & Conducts Respiratory Fit testing training and ensures compliance to training requirements. Ensures records are kept current and up to date.
· Works in accordance with the organization’s Health and Safety Policies and Procedures and in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
· Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45.00-$50.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care
Flexible language requirement:
Licence/Certification:
- LPN/RPN (required)
- Driving Licence (required)
- CIC or CIP (required)
Work Location: In person
