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Form of work SA Health
Job reference: 825087
Location: 5540 - PORT PIRIE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Yorke Peninsula and Mid North Region
Salary $117,997- $123,272 per annum - Ongoing Full Time - RN/M3
Overview
The Nurse Manager Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) is the clinical lead for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) and has responsibility for ensuring strategies are implemented to prevent avoidable healthcare associated infections (HAIs) at all levels in YNLHN.
The role is responsible for ensuring that IP&C systems are in place, policies and procedures are current and address relevant standards and legislation, risks are identified and mitigated, and measures of compliance and clinical outcomes are achieved through audit programs, surveillance data, competency assessment and benchmarking programs. In this role, you will be classified, at this level, as an expert within this area and stream of practice and have a significant degree of autonomy and decision making.
The Nurse Manager IP&C provides leadership and management of the IP&C Team and is the Executive Officer for the IP&C Committee.
Various practice models may be used to enact this role, including but not limited to:
Providing IP&C clinical leadership to nurses/midwives at sites within YNLHN
Coordination and leadership of projects and/or programs that contribute clinical expertise to improve patient/client/service outcomes in relation to IP&C
Please refer to the job pack below for a broad purpose of the Nurse Manager - Infection Prevention and Control position and qualifications.
PLEASE NOTE: This position covers all of the YNLHN services and the location of work for this position is negotiable.
In addition to the annual salary package, we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 825087.
Enquiries
Jasmine Ritter
EA to Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery
Phone: 8823 0334
E-mail: jasmine.ritter@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
31 March 2023 - 11.55PM
Attachments
825087 YNLHN Nurse Manager - Infection Control Job Pack.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
