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Form of workClassification Grade and Level - Clinical Nurse Consultant A (ZF4)
About the position
The role of the Infection, Prevention & Control Co-ordinator (IPCC) is to:
- Manage the IP&C Unit as well as oversee the RAC IP&C Lead.
- Drive the Seymour Health Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) program, ensuring organisational policies and procedures meet legislative and regulatory requirements, and clinical and non-clinical practices are current best practice
- Provide strategic advice to the executive team, and expert consultancy to all disciplines and departments as required regarding infection prevention and control and related issues.
- Investigate and manage infectious outbreaks in collaboration with all relevant staff
- Construction and renovation: for both major and minor works, advise re IPC considerations and risk management strategy to minimise the risk of construction related infections.
- Collaboration with other departments within areas of blended infection control responsibilities.
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Engineering/ maintenance services
- Environmental cleaning
- Food Services
- Hand Hygiene
- Sterilization services
- Clinical Areas
- Coordinate staff health vaccination program, staff immunisation records and occupational exposures process
- Surveillance of infection related events and hospital acquired infections, with implementation of appropriate interventions and reporting to relevant stakeholders
- Monthly VICNISS surveillance process monitoring and reporting
- Provide IPC education (including orientation and ongoing) to all categories of employees at Seymour Health as required.
- Attend relevant information forums and conferences as required to ensure currency of knowledge and practices.
- Participate and report to relevant committees including; Infection Prevention & Control (Chair), Clinical Risk & Quality, Drugs & Therapeutics, Leadership & Management, other committees as required.
- Demonstrate knowledge and commitment towards quality improvement activities
- Actively participate in departmental accreditation processes as the lead of the IP&C component; Eg: National Safety and Quality Standards, Aged Care Quality Standards, NDIS Standards, ASNZ4187 Standards.
- Manage projects as allocated
Ideally you will possess:
- AHPRA Registration requirements for a Registered Nurse Division 1.
- The Educational Qualifications and Experience required are the minimum specific requirements that need to be met for an employee to be eligible to perform this role. For a Registered Nurse the approved educational qualifications are shown on the Approved Programs of Study list on the AHPRA web-site. The Bachelor of Nursing is the main study program completed by current students.
- Minimum three years post graduate nursing experience
- Post graduate qualification in Infection Control or equivalent or working towards same
- Hand Hygiene Australian gold standard auditor or prepared to work towards
- Accredited HIV, HBV & HCV pre and post-test counsellor or working towards
- Accredited Nurse Immuniser or prepared to work towards
- ANTT accredited assessor
In return, Seymour Health offers:
- Salary Packaging
- Free on-site parking
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Staff Social Club
- Annual Scholarship program
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:
Essential Attributes
- AHPRA Registration for a Registered Nurse, Division 1
- Minimum three years post graduate nursing experience
- Post graduate qualification in Infection Control or equivalent or working towards same
- Hand Hygiene Australian gold standard auditor or prepared to work towards achieving
- Accredited HIV, HBV & HCV pre and post-test counsellor or prepared to work towards achieving
- Accredited Nurse Immuniser
- Demonstrated broad understanding and leadership skills with accreditation participation for the National Safety and Quality Standards, Aged Care Quality Standards, NDIS Standards, ASNZ4187 Standards.
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation including but not limited to the Nurses Act, Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act, Health Services Act, OH&S
- Well-developed clinical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Sound judgement and decision-making skills.
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and ability to collaborate across a diverse range of health professional occupations.
- Self-directed with ability to analyse data, initiate action plans and meet reporting deadlines autonomously.
Desirable
- Minimum three years post graduate nursing experience
- Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
- Membership of relevant professional organisation e.g. the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) and Hume Region Infection Control Group (HRICG)
About Seymour Health
Seymour Health is a leading small rural health service. At our site in central Seymour, over 350 staff deliver health and allied services.
Our services include a 30-bed public hospital that provides public and private Acute medical and surgical, renal dialysis and day procedures. Seymour Health’s breadth of services extends to post-acute care, palliative care, sub-acute ambulatory service, oral health services, district nursing and community services. Barrabill House is a 40-bed residential aged care service that provides highly rated residential aged care.
Seymour Health is conveniently located an hour north of Melbourne via the M31 Hume Freeway and V/Line train service.
Closing date:
Applications must be submitted by 11.59pm Friday 5th April 2024
All employment with Seymour Health (SH) is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Police Check and Victorian 'Employee' Working with Children's Check and NDIS Worker screening check.
All employees of SH must comply with the health service's vaccination requirements procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Department directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated and provided evidence of vaccination for various diseases such as, but not limited to, Influenza and COVID-19.
