Associate Director of Infection Prevention and

4 weeks ago


Mississauga, Canada Partners Community Health Full time

The Associated Director of Infection Prevention and Control manages and oversees the infection prevention and control program and ensures it is an organized and implemented in the care communities. The Associate Director of Infection Prevention and Control will develop and execute practices that promote the safety of residents, visitors and team members while meeting regulatory requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Surveillance
- Oversees the delivery of infection prevention and control education to all staff, caregivers, volunteers, visitors, and residents
- Coordinates and implement IPAC practices
- Ensures surveillance and screening program is in place for residents and team members
- Responsible for the coordination of daily surveillance data using the electronic health record and other surveillance tools to monitor for infection trends
- Follow-up on 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 Interdisciplinary team on the clinical management of residents based on the infection

Outbreak Management
- Ensure that staff are following IPAC processes, PPE compliance, donning and doffing and hand hygiene practices
- Provide training, coaching and education to ensure compliance
- Work in collaboration with other ADOCs and provide coverage where necessary
- Experience working in a unionized work environment to ensure progressive discipline practices are implemented
- Issue discipline related to non-compliance pertaining to IPAC protocol and guidelines
- Provide management reports to identify trends regarding non-compliance
- Attend management forums to address discipline related issues and identify trends to ensure compliance
- Collaborate with Public Heath to manage outbreaks, ensure line lists are updated and accuracy of data is communicated to internal and external partners
- Manage and co-ordinate all activities during outbreaks to ensure daily outbreak meetings occur, minutes are documented and follow-up actions are in place
- Summarize outbreak analysis and trending for communication at Infection Prevention & Control Committee/Professional Advisory Committee

Mentoring
- Provide education and coaching to staff on IPAC practices
- Create content to assist with educating residents, staff and visitors regarding Public Health guidelines
- Conduct the orientation/mentoring of new IPAC champions within the care community
- Assist with the coordination, orientation and education concerning IPAC practices for new hires/students/volunteers/contracted services
- Complete ongoing just-in-time training to staff/students/ volunteers/contracted services on safe IPAC practices
- Provide “on the spot” training and coaching to ensure compliance

Quality Improvement
- Implement quality improvement initiatives that may result from internal and external partner visits
- Conduct at minimum quarterly Infection Control Meetings. Ensure agenda is prepared, minutes are posted, and action plans are developed related to infection control practices
- Coordinate annual flu clinics and immunization programs
- Conduct scheduled quality improvement audits that include hand hygiene, PPE, equipment cleaning and disinfection procedures as well as other areas of IPAC
- Audit compliance to cleaning and disinfectant procedures in nursing, dietary, programs, housekeeping, laundry, contracted services such as hairdresser, physiotherapy
- Complete annual evaluation of the Infection Prevention and Control Program



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