Job Description Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Mission: Reporting to the Executive Director and working collaboratively with the Director of Care, the Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) is responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality resident care services while leading and overseeing the Home’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Program. The IPAC will also support the development and implementation of person-centered care, nursing philosophy and clinical standards to ensure a safe, effective, and compliant environment for residents, families, staff, caregivers, volunteers, and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

- To manage and oversee the IPAC program for the home
- To Lead the IPAC team at the home
- Oversee the delivery of IPAC education to all staff, caregivers, volunteers, visitors, and residents
- Auditing of IPAC practices in the home
- Trending & analysing audit scores and investigating Root Causes (using the continuous quality improvement model) to support action planning
- Conduct regular infectious disease surveillance
- To ensure surveillance is completed, in HealthConnex, by the nurse/designate on the shift of Resident symptom onset, appropriate interventions implemented; Staff surveillance is conduct in HealthConnex by Managers at the site.
- To implement Extendicare’s IPAC policies and procedures and participate in the development, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Home’s IPAC Program.
- To implement any Chief Medical Officer of Health or the Minister of Long-Term Care Directive issued
- To convene and participate with the Outbreak Team at onset of an outbreak and regularly through the outbreak




- Review any daily and monthly screening results and trend and analyze
- Ensure home has and maintains a hand hygiene program for residents, staff, and visitors
- To participate in and attend any Interdisciplinary/Quality Team meetings in the home to support IPAC across all disciplines
- To attend the regional IPAC meetings; education or communities of practice and report the status of the Home’s IPC Program
- To develop and maintain a relationship with the HUB, local Public Health, laboratory representative and IPAC leads at the regional and national level.
- To participate in quality initiatives, perform and/or coordinate audits on a regular basis and prepare action plans to ensure adherence to IPAC standards and recommend improvements.
- To identify and support any ethical situations related to IPAC using Extendicare’s Ethics program
- To plan, direct, develop, co-ordinate, implement and evaluate resident care
- To ensure resident satisfaction and continuous quality improvement initiatives are promoted.
- To align resident care services with the defined needs of the internal and external community.
- To participate in Care Conferences as appropriate, meet with residents/family to resolve problems/ concerns/complaints related to IPAC
- To maintain a liaison with hospital, medical staff,



community and health care related disciplines and partner to ensure the most effective provision of care delivery in the home related to IPAC.
- To oversee the financial and human resource management aspects of the Nursing Department / IPAC function within the home.
- To hire, direct, supervise, evaluate, promote, or terminate staff within the home.
- To ensure quality care and a safe, effective, and efficient work environment.
- To identify the IPAC educational and training needs in the home and to coordinate and facilitate staff development programs to meet these needs, improve quality of care and foster Extendicare’s person-centered care philosophy.
- To coordinate and provide ongoing education to staff, residents, care givers and visitors on the principles and practices of infection prevention and control and recent emerging infectious diseases and organisms.
- To ensure the availability and maintenance of Nursing Department / IPAC supplies and equipment to meet the needs of the home in a fiscally responsible manner.
- To assume responsibilities of the Executive Director, Director of Care and or other managers as required in their absence.
- To maintain required education/certifications/credentials in accordance with the applicable regulations.
- To be knowledgeable of the Resident Bill of Rights/Governing Principles and endeavor to promote it.
- To uphold and promote Extendicare’s Core Values and Code of Conduct.
- To complete all other duties as assigned.

Secondary Responsibilities

- In collaboration with the Director of Care: To collaborate with the Executive Director to select, orient and monitor the performance of departmental and program managers;
- To maintain the nursing department in

📌 Infection Prevention and Control (Sault Ste. Marie)
🏢 111000 Extendicare (Canada
📍 Sault Ste. Marie