Make a measurable impact on patient safety while enhancing health care standards as an Infection Control Practitioner at Sinai Health. Your expertise will optimize critical infection control policies and the implementation of best practices across diverse clinical environments. Gain confidence and mastery through our comprehensive training and onboarding experience designed to equip you fully for the responsibilities ahead. Your professional journey will be enriched by continuing education initiatives that sharpen your IPAC skills and enhance your ability to contribute to safer health care environments.

Is this you?

If you are skilled at articulating complex concepts clearly, this role will leverage your ability to communicate intricate infection control details to diverse audiences. Your expertise in adjusting the complexity of information to suit different listeners— including health care professionals, patients, families, and visitors—ensures that vital infection prevention strategies are effectively understood and implemented.

You are a critical thinker passionate about applying IPAC principles to real-world challenges. Your ability to assess complex health care environments and translate knowledge into specific actions will be crucial as you navigate issues like emerging pathogens and tailor guidance to enhance infection control. Benefit from the unparalleled subject matter expertise and educational support provided by world-class Infectious Disease physicians affiliated with top academic institutions, including the University of Toronto. Your curiosity will drive you to continually explore the latest innovations and best practices, ensuring our strategies remain at the forefront of safety.





Are you adept at navigating the complexities of urgent health care challenges with a keen eye for prioritization? In this role, your strategic management of both emergent and routine infection control tasks will directly influence our operational effectiveness and patient safety. You'll harness your capacity to analyze and prioritize rapidly, ensuring that our most critical initiatives, from outbreak management to routine preventive practices, are executed with precision and timeliness.

About this team:

At Sinai Health, the Infection Prevention and Control team is integral to ensuring the safety of patients and staff across our hospitals. Our diverse, interdisciplinary team includes experts from fields such as infectious disease, nursing, public health, and laboratory sciences, all working together to implement practices that prevent infection transmission. We conduct surveillance, manage outbreaks, and provide expert consultation, while also contributing to education and quality improvement initiatives. Guided by Sinai Health’s values of service, humanity, inclusivity, and discovery, we work together to drive continuous improvements in infection prevention across all levels of care, ensuring our hospitals remain protected and responsive.

In this role you will:

- Provide advanced infection prevention and control expertise, advice, and consultation to patient care programs, hospital support departments, and individual staff, patients,



and families on complex IPAC issues
- Ensure compliance with legislative and accreditation standards; review literature and guidelines to assess impact and develop action plans; evaluate, revise, and update hospital policies as needed
- Work with patient care and hospital support programs to supervise the development and evaluation of infection prevention and control practice
- Investigate patient complaints related to IPAC and work with departments to implement action plans in response
- Support Occupational Health Wellness and Safety in communicable disease management and provide expert advice regarding vaccination programs
- Evaluate new products and equipment for their infection risks and work with users to develop solutions for implementation
- Develop and supervise the implementation of appropriate preventative measures to protect patients and staff during construction and renovation activities
- Review, select and distribute appropriate current scientific literature to stakeholders
- Conduct risk assessments of existing and emerging infection prevention and control threats using specialized knowledge to guide risk analysis and develop solutions
- Stay current with evolving infectious disease threats and management recommendations, while participating in research to enhance the hospital’s ability to protect patients and staff from infections
- Supervise the development, implementation, and evaluation of surveillance and quality improvement programs, conduct patient surveillance activities, and lead quality improvement teams to ensure best practices and proactive strategies in preventing hospital-acquired infection
- Perform epidemiological

📌 Infection Control Practitioner (Toronto)
🏢 Sinai Health
📍 Toronto