Infection Control Support Associate

Requisition ID: 403176

Position Number: 20078026

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled

City: West St. Paul

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg - 280 Balderstone Rd

Department / Unit: MC Staff Educator

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: MAHCP

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $43.649, $45.673, $47.771, $50.001, $52.416, $54.926

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Under the direction of site leadership and receiving IP&C clinical leadership and direction from the Regional IP&C LTC Leads and working within the Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Direction of the hiring organization, the ICP performs key responsibilities including:

• Implements, monitors, and evaluates site’s adherence to provincial and regional IP&C policies, procedures, and operational directives and implements actions to ensure consistency of practice and compliance.
• Directs staff and oversees timely implementation of recommended IP&C measures.
• Communicates and collaborates regarding IP&C issues with site management and regional IP&C leadership.
• Ensures compliance with established provincial and regional infection control surveillance in LTC.
• Provides IP&C guidance including: routine practices and additional precautions, sterilization, disinfection and cleaning processes, outbreak management, construction, renovation and maintenance activities including preventative measures for resident safety, and consultation with workplace health safety personnel on staff issues associated with prevention and control of communicable disease transmission.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a clinical health care setting, OR experience and training in microbiology and infectious diseases, epidemiology, or diagnostics.
• Previous work experience in the field of IP&C preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Baccalaureate degree in a health-related field with focus in direct clinical care, microbiology, epidemiology or public health.
• Completion of an IPAC Canada endorsed Infection Prevention and Control Course.
• Successful candidate will be expected to complete course within 1 year of hire if not already completed.
• Certification in Infection Control from Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Incorporated an asset.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Current registration in good standing with professional licensing body required.
• Certification in Infection Control from Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Incorporated preferred.
• Obtaining and maintaining membership with IPAC Canada required as a condition of employment.

Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of the key roles and responsibilities of IP&C.
• Knowledge of the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA).
• Knowledge of microbiology, infectious disease, applied epidemiology and biostatistics.
• Demonstrated knowledge of IP&C competencies.
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to achieve identified objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a self-directed, independent manner with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, interpret and respond appropriately to multiple concurrent activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skill in the use of relevant computer software applications, including Microsoft Office.

Physical Requirements

• Fast-paced environment.
• Contact with the public, patients/residents/clients and other members of the healthcare team.
• May be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Depending on site/organization, may be required to provide IP&C services at multiple sites, provide cross-coverage for IP&C colleagues.
• May encounter individuals with aggressive behaviour.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden Door Geriatric Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.