Job Description
The Infection Control Sr. Officer reflects the mission, vision, and values and adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The Infection Control Sr. Officer is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Infection Prevention program ,Provide leadership, resources, tools, and analytics to reduce/eliminate hospital-acquired infections, manage outbreaks/exposures, and improve clinical practice Serve as key interface with Ministry of Public Health and other agencies.
Roles And Responsibilities:
• Implement best practices which will eliminate or reduce the risk of infection within the organization
• Align organizational principles, priorities, methodologies, procedures
• Participate in and lead organization-wide improvement
• Serve as organization expert on best practices, national and international trends, and issues
• Measure and monitor infection control practices
• Lead communication, teaching, modeling, process consultation and implementation of best infection control practices.
• Ensure effective outbreak investigations, employee and patient exposures and interventions
• Analytically interpret and compare internal infection data benchmarks
• Partner with Manager, Quality and Patient Experience and Department Managers to ensure an appropriate staff vaccination and compliance program
• Lead the reportable disease program
• Provide infection control and prevention education programs
• Provide infection prevention perspective, expertise, leadership for facility planning, construction, and renovation projects
• Assure timely and comprehensive infection prevention policy and procedure reviews
• Assure timely and comprehensive infection prevention data to all stakeholders
• Manage infection prevention emergency response
• Evaluate effectiveness of IC annual plan at organizational-wide level
• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to establish annual goals related to infection control metrics
• Assure compliance with all relevant programs, Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), Qatar QCHP licensure requirements, Joint Commission standards, and all other accreditation / licensure / regulatory requirements
• Provide support to Nursing, Medical Staff, Laboratory, and all clinical areas
• Coordinate with Quality and Patient Experience Manager, Environmental Services team, Facilities, and other support departments
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a healthcare-related field; Nursing, Microbiology, and/or Epidemiology preferred
- Available in Qatar
- Relevant experience in Healthcare Related Field .
Benefits
Salary Range:
10 13000 QAR
Other Benefits
Medical Insurance, Annual Air Ticket Allowance, 30 Days Annual Leave
