Employment Type: Fixed term part-time Hours: 64 hours per fortnight Salary: Clinical Nurse Consultant C (ZA7) Location: Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg or Werribee Mercy Hospital
Contact: Lisa King

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating infection prevention and control programs to ensure the highest standards of patient safety and quality care.
• Develop and implement infection prevention and control strategies in accordance with best practices and guidelines.
• Provide education and training to healthcare staff on infection prevention protocols and procedures.
• Conduct surveillance and analysis of infection data to identify trends and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to promote a culture of safety and prevent healthcare-associated infections.
• Stay current on infection prevention trends, regulations, and technologies to continuously improve practices.
• Lead change processes: ensuring collaborative working to improve the quality of IPC practice.
• Some travel between MHVL sites may be required.

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:

• Current nursing registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - AHPRA
• Minimum 5 years of clinical nursing experience, with previous experience working within Infection Prevention and Control
• Post Graduate qualifications in Infection Prevention and Control
• Hand Hygiene Educator (desirable)
• Blood Borne Virus Testing Course certificate
• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
• 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.
• Current COVID-19 certificate, 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.

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.

Mercy Health Australia is renowned for its unwavering commitment to providing compassionate and patient-centered health services and aged care services. If you're value and display empathy, integrity, and are seeking the opportunity to make a real difference, we invite you to join us! Mercy Health is made up of 10,000 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development. Mercy Health employs people from many cultures and backgrounds who, irrespective of their beliefs, share a common bond to care for those in need. We look forward to welcoming you to your journey with Mercy Health.