Job opportunity Monash Health – Manager, Infection Prevention

[ACIPC Office]

Paid content

Monash Health is excited to announce a new Infection Prevention Manager position within Melbourne.

* Experienced professional nursing leader
* Innovative thinker and problem solver
* Exceptional people and communication skills with the ability to influence and execute change

Monash Health serves one-quarter of Melbourne’s population at over 40 locations including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Network, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, and Cranbourne Centre. They offer safe, high-quality care from pre-birth to end-of-life. With over 22,000 staff, Monash Health is the largest public health employer in Victoria.

Monash Health is now seeking an exceptional nursing leader with proven capabilities in people management, critical thinking and analysis, quality and safety, fiscal management, and clinical care for the role of Manager, Infection Prevention.

In this role, you will be responsible for the leadership, management and implementation of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) program across Monash Health. You will undertake short and long-term planning, management of resources and the day-to-day coordination of activities in the Infection Prevention Department including the management of staffing and budgets. You will be accountable for the administrative establishment of funded projects and the development of frameworks to ensure compliance with key deliverables and reporting requirements.
Working closely with the General Manager South East Public Health Unit (SEPHU) to deliver all program service objectives and outcomes within the Infection Prevention portfolio for Monash Health.

Fiscal management of a $2.2M budget and oversight and management of a team of dedicated infection prevention consultants and administration staff – totalling 17 FTE – with 7 direct reports.

Specific functions of this role include:

* Develop and monitor the annual infection prevention quality/business plan
* Manage the infection prevention and control budget
* Identify and manage infection control risks and monitor treatment programs using the organizational risk management reporting framework.
* Lead and manage governance processes to administer the infection prevention program, including audit frameworks, training programs, meeting coordination and policy and procedure development and review
* Ensure that accreditation requirements associated with NSQHSS Standard 3 and infection prevention requirements for aged care services are achieved
* Provide leadership, supervision and support to the Infection Prevention Clinical Nurse Consultants, Employee COVID19 Hotline and administrative teams
* Ensure the surveillance program meets national and state mandatory monitoring and reporting requirements
* Ensure appropriate monitoring of significant organisms and exposure management procedures are followed in accordance with national and state legislation and guidelines
* Develop and lead the annual influenza immunisation program
* Co-coordinate the hand hygiene program
* Administer the occupational exposure program
* Participate in and support programs and committees relevant to infection prevention, including waterborne pathogen management, building works, sterilisation and disinfection of reusable medical devices, environmental cleaning, aseptic technique, and others as required
* Initiate and participate in research activities aligned with the strategic goals of the infection prevention program
* Facilitate teaching and education programs that enhance knowledge and skill acquisition in infection prevention
* Support employees through the development of systems and processes to ensure a safe environment for employees and patients
* Provide support and consultation advice for auditing, recommendations, tracking and closure of recommendations for issues relating to infection prevention
* Support and advise on the quality of care as it relates to infection prevention

About you

You will have refined leadership skills in people management and service delivery and possess excellent stakeholder, negotiation, coaching, professional development and change management skills. You will be a self-starter with the ability to drive a positive culture through influence and collaboration.

Outcomes focused, your ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously will be welcomed together with your superior communication skills. Ideally, you will have or be willing to work toward post-graduate qualifications in infection prevention or public health or demonstrate extensive experience in infection control and prevention.

The Application Process:
For a confidential discussion and to learn more about this exciting opportunity please contact:
Lynette Boerth, Executive Director Search and Recruitment HardyGroup
(M) + 61 (0)431 293 861
(E) lboerth@hardygroupintl.com

To access the candidate information pack, please visit: https://www.hardygroupintl.com/?jobmanager-infection-prevention

Applications Close: 29/07/2022

MESSAGES POSTED TO THIS LIST ARE SOLELY THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE OPINION OF ACIPC.

The use of trade/product/commercial brand names through the list is discouraged by ACIPC. If you wish to discuss specific reference to products or services by brand or commercial names, please do this outside the list.

Archive of all messages are available at http://aicalist.org.au/archives – registration and login required.

Replies to this message will be directed back to the list. To create a new message send an email to acipclist@acipc.org.au

To send a message to the list administrator send an email to admin@acipc.org.au

You can unsubscribe manually from this list by sending ‘signoff acipclist’ (without the quotes) to listserv@aicalist.org.au

[Author]

Posts