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Women’s College Hospital

Affiliated with the University of Toronto

|Competition # DS180.08 |

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|Position: Infection Prevention & Control |Department: |

|Coordinator |Infection Prevention &Control |

|Reports to: VP of Community and Ambulatory Care. | |

|Classification: Permanent Full-time | |

|Salary: TBD | |

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|Hours of Work: Days, and other hours as required based on individual infection control issues. Will be |

|required to participate in the provision of on-call coverage for the Hospital including after hours and |

|weekends. |

|Summary of Duties: The Infection Prevention & Control Coordinator works closely with the ambulatory |

|patient care programmes and supervises the development, implementation and evaluation of the IP&C |

|strategies for the ambulatory patient care programme. This includes surveillance activities; organizing |

|outbreak management; acting as a consultant internally and externally; providing education to all levels |

|of health care providers: reviewing, selecting and distributing appropriate literature; linking with |

|external agencies and academic institutions across the continuum of care; participating in research |

|activities, and applying continuous quality improvement principles. The role also includes providing |

|infection prevention & control recommendations for patient care practices, construction and design |

|projects, environmental cleaning and the cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of equipment and |

|instruments. |

|Qualifications/Skills; Baccalaureate degree in a health care related field or equivalent combination of |

|education (e.g. public health, environmental hygiene) and proven expertise in infection prevention and |

|control with leadership skills is essential. Possesses knowledge and/or has job related experience in the |

|health care field and is familiar with patient care practices. Certification (or eligible for |

|certification) from the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CIC), and/or a Masters |

|in Epidemiology. Member of national infection control association (CHICA-Canada) preferred: |

|Works independently and is self-motivated, self-directed while possessing the ability to work in a |

|collaborative manner. |

|Demonstrates effective leadership and management skills using the principles of total quality management. |

|Demonstrates the ability to effectively articulate the important components of an infection prevention and|

|control program with all levels of personnel/clients |

|Expert Infection Prevention & Control knowledge required to act as a resource and problem solve Infection |

|Prevention & Control issues |

|Possesses knowledge of, and is able to utilize educational principles in program development and teaching.|

|Demonstrates expert verbal and written communication skills. |

|Possesses knowledge of epidemiological principles, statistics, microbiology, and infectious diseases. |

|Possesses knowledge of and utilises the principles of continuous quality improvement |

|Demonstrates skill in computer databases (uses spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint, internet searches, e-mail |

|comfortably). |

|Demonstrates the ability to integrate this knowledge into clinical practice. |

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|Date Posted: January 14, 2008 |

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|Please forward resumes via email to HR@wchospital.ca with the job title in the subject line. |

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|We thank you for your interest, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted. |

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