Ipac Lead

**Responsibilities**:
**Ensure and Promote Resident-Centred Care**

Provision of resident-driven nursing and personal support care and services are available to meet the needs of the residents as follows:

- Promote the philosophy and practices of resident-centeredness and statement of purpose of Nursing and Personal Care Services.
- Support and provide a resident advocacy program through promotion and respect of the Residents’ Bill of Rights.
- Support residents in achieving quality experiences: personal, social, emotional and cultural.
- Facilitate relationship between and among residents and family members, staff, volunteers and community.
- Ensure a comfortable and safe environment that provides opportunities for privacy, dignity, control and maintenance of personal lifestyle.
- Ensure an environment with ambiance conducive to the provision and practice to therapeutically effective resident health care, yet is unobtrusive.

**Provide Leadership for Nursing and Personal Support Care**

- Set annual departmental goals and objectives that are congruent with the mission of the Home and promote resident-centred care that consistent with advances in gerontology.
- Set, monitor and improve standards of Nursing and Personal Support Care Services.
- Participate in strategic planning of the Home and interdisciplinary care team.
- Develop and ensure implementation of policies and procedures of Nursing and Personal Support Care Services to meet individual resident and/or Substitute Decision Maker’s needs and expectations.
- Ensure required resources (human, fiscal and material) are available and quality is meeting the resident care needs.
- Ensure the safety of residents through the provision and activities of Infection Prevention and Control Committee and Quality and Risk Management Committee.
- Participate as a lead /member of Quality Management Committee.
- Ensure representation of staff in home committees related to Nursing and Support Care Services.
- Provide input to the appointment of a Medical Director and service providers.
- Collaborate with Administrator, medical staff and other health care disciplines and services to meet the residents’ health care needs.
- Work with the Director of Resident Care, Social Services Coordinator to liaise with Placement Coordination Service of Ontario Health reviewing and approving individuals appropriate for placement as part of Admission and Discharge process.
- Network with other long term care facilities, community services and educational organizations in establishing good relationships and promote the professional image of the Home.
- Support and participate in the education and research programs conducted by the Home and other professional agencies.

**Act as Infection Prevention and Control Lead**

**The IPAC lead is responsible for the following duties:

- Working with the interdisciplinary team to implement the infection prevention and control program.
- Managing and overseeing the infection prevention and control program.
- Overseeing the delivery of infection prevention and control education to all staff, caregivers, volunteers, visitors and residents.
- Auditing of infection prevention and control practices in the home.
- Conducting regular infectious disease surveillance.
- Convening the Outbreak Management Team at the outset of an outbreak and regularly throughout an outbreak.
- Convening the interdisciplinary infection prevention and control team referred to in subsection (4) at least quarterly, and at a more frequent interval during an infectious disease outbreak in the home.
- Reviewing the information gathered, conducting trend analysis
- Reviewing any daily and monthly screening results collected by the licensee to determine whether any action is required.
- Implementing required improvements to the infection prevention and control program as required by audits, data and trend analysis Ensuring that there is in place a hand hygiene program in accordance with any standard or protocol issued by the Director which includes, at a minimum, access to hand hygiene agents at point-of-care.
- Following the assignment of minimum hours for the IPAC Lead position as per s.102 (15) of the Regulation:

- For homes with a licensed bed capacity of 69 beds or fewer (smaller homes) of at least 17.5 hours per week.
- For homes with a licensed bed capacity of more than 69 beds but less than 200 beds, at least 26.25 hours per week.
- For homes with a licensed bed capacity of 200 beds or more, at least 35 hours per week

**Provide Effective Professional Nursing and Personal Care Practice**

- Delegate clinical and managerial responsibilities to appropriately qualified staff according to legislation and standards of the Fixing Long Term Care Home Act and College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Communicate and lead the multidisciplinary care team and disperse relevant information.
- Enforce medication management standards and ensure medication administration safety.

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