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Medical Microbiologist and Infection Prevention and
3 months ago
Medical Microbiologist and Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Physician
PHSA Infection Prevention and Control
BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory
Regular Full-time
Vancouver, BC
In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
PHSA is committed to cultural safety and humility in health services delivery for First Nations and Indigenous People in BC.
Reporting to the Medical Director of the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory (BCCDC PHL) and the PHSA Medical Affairs Executive Medical Director, IPAC, Medical Staff Safety and Wellness, the Medical Microbiologist and IPAC physician carries out responsibilities related to the continuous quality improvement of client and population care, infection control, public health outbreak surveillance and response, technological innovation, education, and applied research, in accordance with professional standards, practice guidelines, and the codes of ethics for health care professionals.
The role works with Medical Health Officers, Environmental Health Officers and other public health care providers, sharing with them the responsibility for the health of their clients and communities, particularly in the context of surveillance, threat anticipation, detection, and outbreak response.
BCCDC Public Health Laboratory:
- Medical Microbiologists will provide consultative services and advice on many issues relating to their area of responsibility to clients including: Medical Health Officers, Environmental Health Officers, Drinking Water Officers, Public Health Nurses, epidemiologists, other microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, and other health care providers.
- Provides leadership in support of public health staff in all health regions, other BCCDC staff, clinicians, and other health care providers throughout the province. Consultation is provided on all aspects of public health and reference microbiology. When outbreaks or clusters of communicable diseases are detected, the time and intensity of leadership, consultation, response and management, increases markedly.
- Provides leadership and work closely with technical/administrative leaders, of their assigned laboratory programs. Role is responsible for all areas of laboratory practice in their area (preexamination, examination, postexamination).
- Provides leadership related to valueaddedservices, including utilization management, which samples are accepted, how they are collected and transported to the laboratory, which tests are to be performed, how the results are to be interpreted, and what final report is to be submitted to the ordering physician or health care provider.
- Provides professional consultation, leadership, and evidencebased advice to provincial committees, the Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority agencies, health regions, including the Yukon, and other stakeholders as appropriate to support the development of evidencebased public health policy.
- Embraces organizational change, improvement initiatives, and resource allocations focused on business and process excellence. Supports the development of strategies, guidelines, and policies to ensure cost effective and appropriate test utilization.
- Functions as a team made up of supervisors, scientists, managers, team lead, technologists, laboratory assistants, with each member of the team contributing to the quality of testing for every sample.
- Teaches and leads public health related research/development activities under the guidance of the Department Head for promotion but rely on BCCDC PHL for career development, and direction. Clinical faculty are evaluated for promotion through the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine clinical faculty team
PHSA Infection Prevention and Control:
- As outlined below, you will provide clinical services to the Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) program as an IPAC Physician. The nature of your position requires that your time be scheduled so as to be able to provide clinical services at such times and during such hours as are reasonably required by IPAC, understanding that many circumstances require flexibility of hours and that you will respond to those needs.
- As the primary IPAC Medical Resource for CW, you will be responsible for collaborating with your dyad operational leadership partner to oversee the clinical service program and provide the following services (the "Services ").
- In collaboration with the PHSA IPAC team members, provides clinical input to stakeholders related to IPAC aspects
