Manager, Infection Prevention and Control

Company description

One of Canada's Best Diversity Employers and Greater Toronto's Top Employers for many consecutive years, William Osler Health System (Osler) provides a safe and supportive health care network to grow your career. Osler is nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety and is Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive. As a major Ontario hospital system, and home to some of the biggest specialty and emergency departments in the country, Osler serves the 1.3 million residents of Brampton, Etobicoke and surrounding communities. We are proud to offer you incredible exposure to best-in-class health care delivery and challenging hands-on opportunities to stay at the top of your game.

A hospital system built for and by the community, we continue to expand our services to meet the needs of a growing population, creating opportunities for increased hands-on skills development, cross-department training and promotional opportunities. Guided by our accomplished senior leadership team, together we are driving our vision of patient-inspired health care without boundaries.

At Osler, we invest in careers that go beyond where health care professionals like you can achieve their goals and find deep personal and professional fulfillment.

Job description

Reporting to the Corporate Director, Access & Flow, IPAC, Staffing Office, Admitting Registration and CRT, the Manager of Infection Control will have the overall responsibility for the management of the human, financial and material resources required to meet organizational needs.  With a focus on patient and staff experience, the Manager will be accountable for ensuring best practice in Infection Prevention and Control while maintaining an engaged workforce. 

The successful candidate will be an inspirational leader, with a vision to create a learning culture, empower staff, develop processes, and remove barriers to enable best in class in patient safety related to infection prevention and control. This leader will have excellent critical thinking and data analysis skills, strong business acumen, and a demonstrated history of achieving results in clinical quality, operations, and development of high performing teams. 

Accountabilities:

• Responsible for managing infection prevention and control practices throughout the organization in accordance with the required provincial and national guideline standards. 
• Responsible for quality and performance improvement activities across the organization.
• Strong knowledge of significant organisms requiring infection control measures 
• Strategic planning to increase staff compliance with infection control activities. 
• Providing consultative advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives with environmental services, and implementing infection control recommendations as determined by the Infection Prevention and Control Committee 
• Oversees hospital-wide infection control program, in collaboration with the administrative and medical leadership, which supports the achievement of organizational goals and strategies.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to determine methods, policies, and procedures for infection control, reflecting best practices.
• Leads the hospital’s outbreak management program and to be available on call during outbreak management.
• Overall responsibility to analyze and review infection control data for minimizing risk.
• Accountable for monitoring, controlling the budget and resource utilization for infection control.
• Develops policies for achieving compliance with best practices and provincial standards.
• Collaborates with municipal and provincial public health agencies to coordinate the responsibilities of infection control issues.
• Represents William Osler Health System at local, provincial, and national committees and/or associations such as IPAC Canada.
• Assures compliance with legislative and accreditation standards.
• Works with patient care and hospital support programs to supervise the development and evaluation of infection prevention and control practice

Job qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant health science discipline required from a recognized educational institution.
• Current registration with relevant professional college required. 
• Knowledgeable in infection control practices, microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and statistical analysis.
• Demonstrated ability in settings of outbreaks or new risks to identify and access most appropriate expert resources and mobilize interdisciplinary response.
• Level 1 Infection Control Course 
• CIC Board Certified  
• Minimum of five years clinical acute care Infection Control practitioner experience  
• 3 years Managerial Experience 
• Statistical analyses experience to identify potential outbreaks and put in place control measures. 
• Knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety Act  
• Knowledge of MOHLTC recommendations 
• Knowledge of CDC, PIDAC, WHO Standards  
• Working knowledge of GOSS Standards and CSA for construction and renovation
• Must demonstrate Osler Values of Respect, Excellence, Service, Compassion, Innovation and Collaboration

Additional information

Hours: Days (subject to change in accordance with operational requirements)

This is an On-Site First role: Roles that frequently support direct patient care and have dedicated hours when they are available to patients, team members and/or other partner

Osler values inclusivity and diversity in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at human.resources@williamoslerhs.ca.

While we thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose.