Employment Opportunity
Position: IPAC Lead
Employment Status: Permanent Full-Time, Monday-Friday
Position Start Date: March 17 2025
Posting Date: February 3, 2025
Closing Date: February 14, 2025 at 4:00pm
Work Location: 643 W Gore St, Stratford, ON N5A 1L4
At Spruce Lodge we put “People first”. We are resident and people focused and hoping to add like-minded caring individuals to our team! If you are a dedicated and compassionate RN/RPN with IPAC certification we want to hear from you!
Job duties include:

• IPAC audits, policies
• Day to day surveillance monitoring of resident, staff symptoms/line listing
• PPE ordering and maintaining proper levels of supplies
• Education for outbreaks, onboarding, in the moment and annual for all departments, volunteers and families
• Work closely with Environment Services/Nutrition Service Manager and team to ensure best practice processes and guidelines are in place.
• Coordinate Huddles with teams when in suspect or confirmed outbreak situations
• Communication with families, staff, public health, residents
• Networking with HPPU, Advantage Ontario
• Maintain certification requirements
• Quality Indicators and Reporting
• CI reporting to Ministry of LTC
• Monitor IPAC budget line and tracking
• Implement and track hand hygiene program and monitor for staff, residents, family, and volunteers
• Oversee Immunization and Vaccine Clinics
• Work in collaboration with Woodland Towers IPAC lead

Mandatory Programs:

• Lead the following programs:
  • Skin & Wound
  • Continence Lead

Additional job duties include:

• Skin & Wound:
  • Weekly wound assessments
  • Educate interdisciplinary teams
  • Order and stock wound care supplies
  • Audits of expired products
  • Audit UDA
• Continence:
  • Educating interdisciplinary teams
  • Ordering product
  • Oversee and update product spreadsheets and product delivery
  • Audit resident rooms for overstock
  • Liaise with product rep for education and consulting for product trials
  • Audit UDA
  • Monitor annual budget

Qualifications:

• Certified RN/RPN in good standing with the College of Nurses
• Current CPR
• IPAC certification
• Experience in LTC will be considered an asset
• Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members
• Current and clear criminal check from a Canadian Police Information Centre, including vulnerable sector check completed within the last six months
• Proof of a previous step 2 TB test

Benefits:

• OMERS pension plan
• Meals provided while on shift
• Premium pay for evening, midnight and weekend shifts
• On-site parking
• 8-hour shifts, Monday-Friday

Spruce Lodge is committed to fair and equitable employment and in our recruitment and selection practices. We strongly believe in inclusion and diversity within our organization, and welcome all applicants including, but not limited to: racialized communities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, Indigenous people, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of our residence. We are committed to providing and fostering a respectful workplace for all employees, free from violence and harassment.
Upon request, we will endeavour to remove any barrier to the hiring process to accommodate candidates, including those with disabilities. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application, interview or selection processes, please advise us during the recruitment process.

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