Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator - Hawthorn East, Australia - Blue Cross

Blue Cross

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Hawthorn East, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Full Time role

Career progression encouraged
Supportive and Engaging team

A leading aged care provider, BlueCross offers a wide range of flexible and responsive aged and community care services across metropolitan and regional Victoria.

At BlueCross, we promote dignity, respect, choice, integrity, independence and engagement for all consumers and staff.

We believe our staff are our most important resource - they engage with our clients, day in, day out, to ensure a superior level of care for everyone, including residential care, Home Care, Respite Care and other support services.

The Infection Control Coordinator will possess good experience and knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control including a working knowledge of key concepts in aged care and infectious disease epidemiology and microbiology, adult education and Commonwealth Aged Care Standards.

The incumbent will have the ability to communicate and demonstrate best practice in Infection Prevention and Control in accordance with BlueCross to decrease outcomes associated with aged care-associated infections to residents, aged care personnel and visitors to our Service.

Required Skills & Qualification:

Nursing qualifications and experience (Division 1 Nurse desirable)
Demonstrated current knowledge of infection control, infectious diseases, aged care standards
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary environment
Ability to problemsolve and manage change
Commitment to professional development

We offer:

High level of support from the BlueCross Corporate team
Competitive salary package with good worklife balance
Career development pathways

We value our culture and share a passion and drive to make a real difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

We take great pride in recruiting people who share this passion - after all, it's our people that put the magic into aged care and enrich lives.

We pride ourselves on providing a workplace for all our team members that is free of discrimination.

All people employed at BlueCross are required to undergo pre-employment screening that includes a current NDIS worker screening check, current Flu vaccination as well as your COVID vaccination and booster.