Infection Prevention and Control

**Infection Prevention & Control (IPAC) Manager - Extendicare Starwood**

**Responsibilities**
- Manages and oversees the LTC home’s IPAC program, consulting with the IPAC Consultant for the region as required in the successful development, implementation, and constant improvement and re-evaluation of the home’s IPAC program.
- As a member of the management team, manages and supervises all staff in relation to the IPAC Program. This includes, direct reports, resident aides and all staff pertaining to recruiting and hiring decisions, job postings and selection, supervision, determining staffing levels, schedules, hours, day off, and overtime approvals, performance management, performance evaluations, conducting workplace investigations and providing coaching, as well as disciplinary action up to and including dismissal when needed.
- Ensures the IPAC program in the home is consistent with standards, best practice and key principles established by applicable provincial standards and protocols and with Extendicare policies and procedures.
- Supervises, performance audits, investigates, evaluates, and performance manages the various roles & interdisciplinary team, responsible for carrying out the IPAC program in the home and chairs all home IPAC Committee meetings.
- Trains staff, residents, and care providers on IPAC standards and practices as outlined by Extendicare policies and procedures and applicable provincial directives at the commencement of their employment, annually, with any change in policies/ practices, as well as upon onset of an infectious disease outbreak in the home;
- Performs regular IPAC audits in the home and leads the investigation of IPAC breaches and makes decisions and implements performance management measures and discipline for staff IPAC breaches and non-compliances.
- Conducts IPAC risk assessments in the home, and leads development of corrective plans of action, reporting on progress at the IPAC Committee meetings quarterly.
- Represents the home as the point of contact with local public health units, Extendicare corporate IPAC consultants and Hospital IPAC partners.
- In partnership with the Administrator/Executive Director and IPAC Consultant establishes the IPAC Program budget for the home and then maintains that budget. This includes oversight on emergency stockpile inventory in the home, including personal protective equipment (PPE), and other critical supplies required in an outbreak (e.g., testing supplies, cleaning supplies, etc.);
- Attend and fully participate in management team meetings and decisions respecting staff and labour relations and maintain confidentiality respecting staff and labour relations issues, including but not limited to: managing grievances by responding to step 1 and step 2 hearings, representing management during labour management meetings (LMM) and acts as a strategic resource and/or member of the bargaining committee representing the employer.
- Assumes role of on duty manager of home in rotation with other management team members.
- Manage and assists with the development of the IPAC budget in partnership with the Operations and Finance and the IPAC Consultant.
- Manage the mask fit testing process for all staff in the home and ensure retesting requirements are maintained and tracked as per policy.
- Coordinates and manages staff respecting the implementation of any immunization programs, including reporting and data collection to corporate IPAC program for trending and analysis.
- Initiates and leads outbreak management protocols for the home in partnership with the IPAC Consultant.
- Oversees and manages staff respecting any required surveillance, testing, and contact tracing associated with infectious disease outbreaks in the home, in partnership with the local public health unit and local hospital (as appropriate);
- Management representative on Joint Health and Safety Committee and participates in all internal workplace inspections as part of the committee.
- Manages internal surveillance and monitoring processes and the staff implementing or required to comply with those processes, including internal line listing, and related outbreak management requirements.
- Manages and conducts outbreak management meetings within the home and in partnership with the local public health unit and corporate IPAC consultants.
- Manages and conducts regular and proactive communication with residents, families and staff related to infectious diseases outbreaks and protocols.
- In partnership with the Administrator/Executive Director and regional IPAC Consultant, ensures that the outbreak management protocol and pandemic plan are reviewed and evaluated annually in alignment with Extendicare’s policies and procedures.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required (BSc. Health Sciences, Microbiology, Life Science, Biochemistry, etc and/or Adult Education)
- 3-5 years’ experience working in health care, including public health sector, and 2