Ready, Respond, Recover – Outbreak leadership in Aged Care

Outbreaks are high-pressure events. Your leadership shouldn’t be.
This practical, hands-on program equips aged care IPC leaders with the systems, behaviours, and decision-making tools they need to activate, manage, and resolve outbreaks with confidence and clarity.
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6 CPD Hours
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For IPC Leads, Clinical Managers

Lead outbreaks with confidence, not chaos

Outbreaks demand rapid activation, coordinated leadership, and consistent communication. This workshop gives you the tools to stabilise the first hour, organise your team effectively, protect residents, and recover stronger than before.

Walk away with an outbreak response system that is audit-ready, team-ready, and ready for the real world.

Who Should Attend

  • IPC Leads
  • Clinical Managers, RNs & Senior Leaders
  • Teams responsible for outbreak activation, control, reporting, and recovery
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Workshop Outcomes

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
  • Activate an outbreak response and complete notifiable disease reporting correctly.
  • Form and lead a multidisciplinary outbreak team across clinical, environmental, and communication streams.
  • Monitor PPE use and environmental cleaning to interrupt transmission.
  • Safely prioritise clinical care, hydration/nutrition, and visitor access during isolation periods.
  • Facilitate both hot and cold debriefs to enhance staff wellbeing and drive improvement.

Key Takeaways From the Training Day

This workshop focuses on practical leadership skills and real-world systems you can implement immediately in Aged Care.

You will leave confident in how to:
Detect and activate outbreaks early using case definitions, triggers, and structured first hour actions.
Lead the Outbreak Management Team with clear roles, communication channels, and decision authority.
Oversee PPE, zoning, cleaning, and support services so staff stay safe and transmission risks drop quickly.
Maintain safe clinical care during isolation, including hydration, nutrition, monitoring, and escalation.
Communicate with families, staff, GPs and regulators in a calm, consistent, coordinated manner.
Navigate visitor access decisions balancing safety, compassion, and regulatory guidance
Run effective hot and cold debriefs that strengthen wellbeing, teamwork, and your future outbreak plans.
Apply outbreak tools, checklists and scripts to streamline response and reduce cognitive load under pressure.
Practice your response in a scenario simulation so your team knows exactly what to do next time.

These takeaways reflect the real skills required in aged care — not just what’s written in guidelines.

What’s Included

  • Access to IPS Clinical expertise
  • The IPS Outbreak Management Resource Portfolio, filled with templates, scripts, family/resident/ staff resources to support effective outbreak management
  • CPD Certificate (6 hours)
  • Lunch and refreshments

Why This Program Works

  • Built specifically for aged care outbreak realities
  • Focuses on systems + behaviours, not just clinical tasks
  • Highly interactive and practical — no passive learning
  • Strengthens both readiness and resilience in your IPC team
  • Includes scenario practice so skills stick under pressure

Upcoming Workshops

Explore our upcoming events tailored to enhance your infection prevention knowledge. Don't miss these insightful sessions!
New Zealand
 19th May, 2026
Australia
 7th May, 2026
 20th May, 2026
 22nd May, 2026

Be outbreak-ready before the next outbreak arrives

Protect your residents. Support your staff. Lead with confidence.