Employment Type: Fixed term
Hours: 56 hour fortnight shift
Salary: $59.79 per hour
Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital
Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Lisa King, Infection prevention and control manager, lisarose.king@mercy.com.au
Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
An opportunity has arisen to work on a fixed term basis as a member of the Infection prevention control team at Werribee Mercy Hospital. This role is a site wide role, working with all departments and specialties.
Responsibilities include:
Compliance with the requirements of the annual organisational mandatory and role related competencies policy and procedure.
Review infection control procedures as required and communicate changes to key stakeholders.
Informational technology and presentation skills
Risk control implementation
Incident/s reported as soon as practicable.
Undertake incident investigations.
Patient satisfaction and experience survey results.
Participate in implementation and delivery of annual quality plan and business plan.
Document and report to appropriate committees.
Complete data entry as required
Collection and documentation of data
Ensure data is ready for submission to appropriate external agencies within required time frames
Generate reports for relevant departments pertaining to surveillance
Generate reports on the management of communicable diseases and drug resistant microorganisms
Promote evidence based practices to Health Care Workers
Act as a resource to clinical areas on matters related to infection control either by formal or informal education or in written communication
Manage occupational exposure to blood and body fluid events, including documentation and perform a risk assessment of incident. Generate reports for nominated committees
Promote and maintain records of employee immunisation to vaccine preventable diseases. Generate reports as per procedure
What you’ll bring
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
To thrive in this role, you will have:
Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
Ability to plan, implement and evaluate educational programs, assessments and learning activities based on identified Infection Control issues.
Demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of current Infection Control issues and the impact on clinical practice.
Able to ensure maintenance of skills base and professional practice by attendance at relevant lectures, conferences and workshops and by regularly reviewing infection control and related published research
Able to liaise with different health disciplines and to build relationships.
Ability to analyse surveillance information and respond appropriately
Knowledge and understanding of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?
Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.
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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.