Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator

Supportive team environment
- Permanent Part Time Position (9 days a fortnight)
- Essential Criteria - Current AHPRA Registration

Are you excited to take the next step in your career? Are you passionate, committed and dedicated to your profession? Then we would like to hear from you
Newcastle Private Hospital is seeking an Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator to join our team 9 days a fortnight.

**As the Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator your responsibilities will include**:

- Implement, monitor and evaluate the hospital/facility wide Infection Prevention and Control program by assisting Department Managers to facilitate infection prevention and control procedures, practices and standards. Report on areas of responsibility against KPIs, undertake specific projects, respond to infectious outbreaks, and maintain information systems on relevant resources. Collect and collate identified statistical data and infection prevention and control clinical indicators.
- Support the hospital’s/facility’s optimum accreditation status by working collaboratively with executive, accredited medical staff, departmental managers and staff across the hospital/facility.
- Provide regular feedback to staff, submit relevant reports and manage the development and review of infection prevention and control policies and procedures. Chair or coordinates the Infection Prevention and Control Committee and provide leadership in complying with National Safety & Quality Healthcare Standards and leading risk committees/meetings.
- Lead the compliance with legislation and regulations by partnering with Department managers to ensure all staff (Nursing, Allied Health and Medical) practice according to the relevant National Standards and professional code of ethics and conduct, Australian Sterilisation Standards, legislative requirements, Healthscope’s polices and processes, scope of practice, required registration and patient confidentiality and privacy. Ensure all relevant Australian Standards and Guidelines are implemented.
- Lead a learning environment by maintaining own professional learning and continuous professional development and by providing staff with education, training and advice on infection prevention and control procedures, practices and standards.
- Act as a valued leader within the hospital/facility by visibly leading a values and safety-led workplace culture.
- Building professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners by ensuring VMOs feel part of the hospital/facility and that they adopt the infection prevention and control practices and operating rhythms, to enable high quality patient outcomes.
- Demonstrate operational efficiencies through infection prevention and control improvements and
- sharing ideas and recommendations to improve daily operational processes and service delivery.
- Implement the OneHealthscope culture by adopting the OneHealthscope approach to infection prevention and control practices, standards and systems within the facility/hospital (operational excellence, people, risk, communication, brand, quality, education and clinical practice).
- Adhere to relevant state and territory public health requirements as relevant.

Newcastle Private Hospital is a 189 bed, acute, private hospital facility co-located on the John Hunter Campus at Rankin Park. The hospital has 11 theatres including a hybrid theatre and a 15 bed Intensive Care Unit. It also has a cardiac suite including a cardiac catheter laboratory and a 16 bed Coronary Care Unit. A private maternity suite including 6 birthing suites and a special care baby nursery is available for families in the Newcastle region.

Newcastle Private Hospital is owned and operated by Healthscope, a leading private health operator of 42 private hospitals across Australia.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Current authority to practice as a registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Completed or currently working towards post graduate studies or courses relevant to Infection Prevention and Control. For e.g. Post Graduate Certificate or Master in Infection Prevention and Control or Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Foundations Course
- Experience and demonstrated a high level of staff health and immunisation programs
- Experience and demonstrated a high level of clinical nursing knowledge, clinical experience and skill in acute care nursing and a minimum of three years’ clinical experience in this area.
- Exercises professional knowledge in providing complex care and ability to function in a multidisciplinary team.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication skills.

**Desirable**:

- Registered Nurse Immuniser (or evidence of currently working towards achievement)
- GSA - NHHI Gold Standard Auditor
- Credentialed or working towards with the Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC)

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