IP&C Champion Programme

This 16-week secondment into the Clinical Services department at St John WA was designed to work with the Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) Specialist to promote organisational awareness of Infection Prevention and Control topics including conducting training with groups in our College of Pre-Hospital Care (CPHC) while undertaking an IP&C quality improvement project focused on ambulance environmental cleaning.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic I have also been incredibly fortunate to act as a representative on the St John WA Incident Management Team and have been involved in a number of critical projects relating to the delivery of care of COVID-19 patients in addition to taking a lead in communicating with all levels of the organisation around practice guideline changes related to COVID-19 and personal protective equipment.

Programme Development

Training Initiatives

• Developed and delivered IP&C training for volunteers and career team members in person and online
• Focussed on real-world application in pre-hospital environment

Quality Improvement Project

• Conducted comprehensive review of ambulance environmental cleaning practices including procuring ATP monitoring technology
• Collected baseline data on cleaning compliance and built digital audit tool for ongoing monitoring
• Developed evidence-based recommendations for improvement

COVID-19 Response

• Served on St John WA Incident Management Team
• Communicated practice guideline changes across organisation
• Led PPE education and compliance initiatives