Infection Control Specialist

4 weeks ago

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Full time

Job Title: Infection Control Practitioner

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Infection Control Practitioner to join our team at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining records of significant infections, interpreting diagnostic tests, and identifying risks and trends. They will also educate staff, patients, families, physicians, and other associates in Infection Prevention and Control Practices.

Responsibilities:

  • Supports the Infection Prevention and Control Program for St. Joseph's Healthcare at all sites
  • Follows national guidelines and best practices for the surveillance of nosocomial infections
  • Reviews patient records to ascertain clinical signs and symptoms for infection, clinical interventions, and requirements for transmission-based precautions
  • Reviews and interprets significant clinical laboratory reports on a daily basis for the purpose of ongoing surveillance and trends
  • Interviews hospital patients or out-patients as necessary to complete patient-specific data
  • Gathers and calculates infection control statistics such as averages, percentages, and rates in support of the infection prevention and control program
  • Investigates all infection clusters and outbreaks with interventions directed at infection prevention
  • Consults for infection risk assessment, prevention, and control strategies to departments
  • Participates or consults in the development and maintenance of Infection Prevention and Control protocols, standards, policy, and procedures
  • Provides after-hours and weekend on-call services as required and occasional weekend on-site coverage
  • Assists in research projects with bibliographic searches, statistical computations, drafting of reports, papers, and publications

Qualifications:

  • Completion of a recognized basic training course in Infection Control
  • Two years of experience in Infection Prevention and Control
  • Certificates in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control
  • Regulated Health Care Professional with current registration in the Province of Ontario with their professional body
  • Baccalaureate preferred
  • Knowledge of acute, mental health, and ambulatory care programs an asset
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the complexities of the delivery of patient care
  • Ability to communicate successfully with staff, families, and community partners
  • Computer proficiencies: MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint, familiarity with statistical software preferred
  • Demonstrated experience in adult education techniques
  • Effective research skills, including the ability to construct effective studies involving statistical measures an asset
  • Self-motivated and flexible

Working Conditions:

Some weekends and on-call may be required.

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