أخصائي مكافحة العدوى – Infection Prevention & Control Specialist

أخصائي مكافحة العدوى – Infection Prevention & Control Specialist
نوع العمل : عمل كلى
الخبرة : 3-5 سنة
الراتب : Not
المكان : مصر

Job Purpose:

  • Responsible for ensuring compliance of hospital staff with the infection prevention and control policies, procedures, and guidelines approved by the infection prevention and control committee.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Implement policies that help reduce the infection rate and educate and train staff.
  • Provide effective leadership in implementing medical asepsis measures to prevent the transmission of infection.
  • Interpret and recommend isolation policies and procedures.
  • Present to the IPC Committee (IPCC) procedures to be reviewed from time to time and contribute to modifying the policies as indicated.
  • Participate in outbreak investigation.
  • Responsible for the identification, investigation, reporting, prevention, and control of healthcare-associated infections among patients and staff.
  • Review the results of Microbiological culture and initiate appropriate isolation precautions.
  • Proved in-service and in-service education related to infection prevention and control of all employees according to the educational plan.
  • Contributes and participates in evaluating the infection control program and participating in the development of the annual infection control plan.
  • Enter the data on surveillance, IPC rounds, and statistics for the monthly report of the infection control team and present it to the team’s first specialist.
  • Participate in preparing the report of the monthly infection control committee meeting.

Job Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in one of the medical specialties (Bachelor of Medicine - Veterinary medicine - Pharmacy - Science - Dentistry - Nursing),
  • Postgraduate Studies (Diploma/Master) in Infection Control is preferred.
  • 3-years of experience.