JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 4424
Job Title: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Manager
Application deadline: 28.01.2021
Job Requirements:
Education Essential :
- Nurse/MD/pharmacist degree,
- IPC diploma (validated by the OC IPC advisor)
Desirable :
Tropical medicine
Nurse degree,
Masters in Infection Prevention and Control is an asset
Experience Essential :
- 2 years of professional experience in IPC hospital settings
Desirable:
- Previous experience working with us or other NGOs
- Management experience
Experience working as nurse, with experience in OT or Intensive Care Unit is an asset.
Languages Mission language essential, local language desirable
Knowledge Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
Job Description:
- Participating in the definition of the IPC objectives and in collaboration with the IPC committee, defining, implementing and monitoring the IPC annual plan. Setting up regular monitoring mechanisms for IPC activities, analysing the results, identifying priorities and proposing solutions when necessary. Establishing, maintaining and improving surveillance systems for health care associated infections in the facility. Participating and contributing in the elaboration of the contingency plan and EPREP regarding the IPC aspects depending on context and possible scenarios
- In collaboration with each service activity manager, ensuring and maintaining the implementation of the standard precautions in health structures in all departments including sterilization, laundry and kitchen and providing technical supervision and expertise, support, training and guidance to the staff on IPC related issues using existing tools such as audits, checklist, surveillance, etc. and developing training plan and materials as required.
- Setting up mechanisms for the implementation and monitoring of the adherence to additional precautions for air, droplet and contact transmissible diseases when indicated, adapting general guidelines to the health facility realities, putting isolation algorithms in place and ensuring adequate nosocomial outbreak detection and response
- Designing and ensuring the implementation of correct ‘clean and dirty flows’ inside the health facility. Ensuring that the environmental standards in the facility are respected and together with the Hospital Facilities Manager and WHS Supervisor, that the essential requirements are available in the health structures
- Guaranteeing compliance to aseptic care techniques and to the correct use of antiseptics, disinfectants and detergents.
- Monitoring and analysing the consumption and the quality of IPC materials and equipment
- Planning and supervising, with the support of HR department, the associated HR processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, motivation, development and internal communication) of the staff in the project under his/her responsibility, in order to ensure having the appropriate team in terms of size, capabilities and skills.
- Reporting any irregularities to the Hospital Director, Head Nurse or PMR and proposes immediate actions when necessary. Producing reports with information recommendations for the monthly medical reporting. Follows up and consolidates data from different teams
- Note: IPC standard precautions include Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), hand hygiene, prevention of accidental exposure to body fluids, barrier nursing, safe and appropriate treatment of re-usable medical devices, waste management, cleaning and disinfection of surface and environment, respiratory hygiene and individual hygiene for staff, caretakers and patients IPC essential requirements include water supply, solid waste and waste water treatment/disposal, latrines and shower facilities, dead bodies management, vector control and medical waste management.
Field Focus:
This is a ‘flying’ position, involving support to all projects within the mission. The person in this position must be willing and available to travel to Raqqa, Al Hol camp and Hassakeh city.
Hassakeh
This project works in partnership with Kurdish Red Crescent to manage a Covid-19 treatment facility.
- Training and supervision of the new IPC focal point
- Oversee the implementation of and adherence to standard and transmission-based precautions and specific COVID-19 IPC measures in Washokani C-19 facility.
- Support the IPC focal point and medical team in Washokane C-19 facility to undertake SIPCA IPC assessment, develop an improvement plan and follow up on progress of the plan.
- Work with the IPC focal point and medical team to implement stock management systems for PPE and IPC related supply.
- Be willing and available to provide advice and training on IPC to other health structures within Hassakeh
Raqqa:
This project works in partnership with Kurdish Red Crescent to manage a Covid-19 treatment facility.
- Training and supervision of the new IPC focal point.
- Oversee the implementation of and adherence to standard and transmission-based precautions and specific COVID-19 IPC measures in the isolation ward and central triage in Raqqa National Hospital.
- Support the IPC focal point and medical team in Raqqa National Hospital Isolation Ward and central triage to undertake SIPCA IPC assessment, develop an improvement plan and follow up on progress of the plan.
- Work with the IPC focal point and medical team to implement stock management systems for PPE and IPC related supply.
- Be willing and available to provide advice and training on IPC to other health structures within Raqqa.
Al Hol:
This project delivers medical care directly to the community living within Al Hol camp. Services include outpatient primary healthcare, inpatient and outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition, homecare for those with complex needs and management of a cohort of patients with diabetes.
- Work alongside medical team, including WatSan to ensure adherence to standard and transmission-based precautions, including specific precautions for COVID-19, within our health services.
Support the IPC focal point and medical team to undertake SIPCA IPC assessment, develop an improvement plan and follow up on progress of the plan.
Be willing and available to provide advice and training on IPC to other health structures within Al Hol, including KRC lab
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Other Information’s:
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Duty Station: Flying – North Syria
How to Apply:
Please submit your motivation letter and CV (in Eng language) to (ingojob.derik@gmail.com ) by latest 26th January 2021 , 17:00 hrs.
In the subject/title of the email please indicate that you are applying to the “ Infection Prevention and Control (IPC
Please consider to mention the advert ID (Above) and the job title in the email subject.
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