VCID No. 917448
This is a Permanent Part Time (0.5 FTE) position.
Position Profile and Role:
We are seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our infection prevention and control team at the Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and lead our Hand Hygiene program.
Your Key Responsibilities:
In line with the National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI):
- Program Coordination: Lead the hand hygiene program, ensuring compliance with national standards, conducting data analysis, and reporting results.
- Auditing Excellence: Oversee Hand Hygiene auding, coordinating with qualified unit-based auditors to maintain high standards of practice.
- Staff Education & Upskilling: Empower internal auditors with ongoing education and skills development, ensuring they provide valuable feedback and maintain compliance.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with management, co-directors, and medical heads to report on outcomes and support ward areas in developing action plans.
- Research & Quality Improvement: Prepare comprehensive reports post-audit, leveraging data to validate outcomes and drive continuous quality improvement and research.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to work as part of a dedicated team committed to maintaining the highest standards in healthcare. If you’re ready to make a significant impact and lead a key initiative, we want to hear from you!
You will have the opportunity support a quality improvement projects through staff education quality improvement and research, and to engage and shape the future of our work across a broad scope of services including surgical, medical, neonatology and mental health areas.
If you have strong communication skills, including experience in educating other professionals, and patient groups, along with relevant clinical experience within infection prevention and control we would love to hear from you!
About our Team:
Our dedicated Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) specialist nurses play a critical role in maintaining a safe and healthy environment within our hospital. We support multidisciplinary teams and contribute clinical and professional expertise in the delivery of comprehensive, evidence-based and patient-centred care to our young patients and their families. Our primary objective is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and minimise the risk of infections among patients, healthcare workers, and visitors.
In addition to developing improvement projects, ensuring effective cleaning, monitoring pathogen resistance, analysing infection data, defining protocols such as hygiene practice, and providing comprehensive education and training to healthcare staff within the hospital, we also provide best practice guidance to our patients for use at home and after discharge to encourage prevention and minimise the risks of infection.
How to Apply
We welcome your application via the ‘Apply for Job’ button at the bottom of this page. Your application should contain the following:
- A statement addressing selection criteria as per the Job Description Form in 2 - 3 pages.
- A copy of your current CV outlining your most recent and relevant work experience.
- Evidence of current registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia must be provided prior to commencement.
- The names and email contact details of two professional referees one of which should be a current supervisor.
Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form.
Role related questions:
We encourage you to contact Danielle Engelbrecht, Coordinator of Nursing – CAHS Infection Prevention and Control on danielle.engelbrecht@health.wa.gov.au or phone 0437 535 347 with any specific questions related to this role.
Help in submitting your application: If you experience technical difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.
Eligibility to Apply: Australian citizenship or permanent residency is an essential requirement for applicants to be considered for permanent positions in the public sector.
This position is subject to a Western Australian Working with Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.
About us:
The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only dedicated health service for infants, children and young people. CAHS comprises four service areas: Neonatology, Community Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH).
With over 6500 employees, our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160 community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.
In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. For further information about the benefits of working for CAHS, please click here and for further information regarding CAHS’ services, please click here
For Assistance including any adjustment needed to accommodate a disability and confidential enquiries – please contact Strategic Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Team via email: CAHS.TalentAcquisition@health.wa.gov.au
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