Statewide Infection Prevention Program Coordinator

6 months ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Ambulance Service Full time

Mandatory/Special conditions/Other requirements
- Applicants must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse and hold a current annual practising certificate. Certified copies of the required information must be provided to the appropriate supervisor/manager prior to the commencement of clinical duties.
- It is an express condition of employment for all people who are to perform roles with direct patient contact to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following infectious diseases during their employment; Diphtheria; Tetanus; Pertussis; Hepatitis B; Measles, Mumps, Rubella; Varicella. Please note, there may be additional vaccination requirements depending on individual circumstances.
- Possession of a Nurse Immuniser qualification or working towards this qualification is required.
- Whilst not mandatory, a postgraduate qualification in infection control or a related field is highly desirable.
- Recent experience in an Infection Prevention and Control Unit will be highly regarded.
- Membership of a relevant professional body will be highly regarded.
- On rare occasions the position may require participation in shift work (including weekends), on-call duties and undertake reasonable overtime.
- Applicants will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate a range of key personal qualities, capabilities, experience, and knowledge within the context of the roles and responsibilities of the Domains of Practice and Specialist Clinical Knowledge:
**Domain 1**: Direct comprehensive care or provision of direct care
- Demonstrate a advanced standard of clinical expertise. Accountable for own competence and clinical knowledge; utilises effective assessment, planning and implementation skills to deliver and evaluate safe, quality person centred care including critical thinking and decision making.

**Domain 2**: Support of Systems
- Demonstrate knowledge of commitment to quality processes including policies, guidelines and evidence-based practices. Participates in incident management resulting in patient safety and quality improvements.

**Domain 3**: Education
- Demonstrate ongoing learning and professional development to provide safe, quality person centred care including health education to members of the QAS workforce.

**Domain 4**: Research

**Domain 5**: Professional Leadership
- Demonstrate clinical leadership in the coordination and provision of patient centred care and best practice outcomes.
- Demonstrate collaborative teamwork and decision making, empathy, integrity and respect for all patients, carers, and staff.
- Demonstrating a logical and flexible approach and remaining outcome focused when resolving issues.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise staff.

**Clinical/Specialist/Technical Knowledge**:

- Demonstrate effective coordination with high level oversight of the infection control program including resource planning, development, and maintenance of procedures consistent with current research, legislation, and other best practice standards.
- Highly developed communication skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues in the cooperative planning and coordination of infection control programs and to drive change where appropriate.
- Demonstrated advanced theoretical knowledge of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, epidemiological principles, surveillance methodology and process in line with relevant legislation to achieve best practice patient care outcomes.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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