Infection Control Specialist
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Job Purpose: Assists in daily supervision of Infection Control Program to ensure that practices continue to prevent and minimize spread of infection across the facility. Key Res.
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Responsibilities
- Assist in daily supervision of Infection Control Program
- Conduct daily surveillance of patients to identify healthcare associated infections
- Assist in epidemiological investigations during outbreaks
- Educate staff, students, patients, and visitors on infection control
- Monitor compliance with infection control practices through audits
- Assist in environmental assessments and waste management
Requirements
- Experience in infection control and prevention
- Knowledge of infection control guidelines and definitions
- Ability to conduct surveillance and epidemiological investigations
- Strong communication and education skills
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Job Purpose
- Assists in daily supervision of Infection Control Program to ensure that practices continue to prevent and minimize spread of infection across the facility.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Maintains close communication with all members of healthcare teams in areas assigned, through meetings and informal discussions to ensure that the program is continuous and proactive.
- Assists in initiating precautions and advises concerning precautions and isolation measures applied on any transmissible diseases within the Fakeeh Care entity.
- Assists in daily surveillance of all patients in assigned units to identify health care associated infections based on established guidelines and approved definitions and criteria.
- Prepares periodic reports related to healthcare associated infections and presents in relevant committees and forums.
- On daily basis, collects microbiological reports from the laboratory and other pertinent reports related to infection prevention and control surveillance activities.
- Assists in epidemiological investigation during outbreaks, clusters of infection, and exposure incidents across Fakeeh Care entity and helps initiate control measures in collaboration with Infection Control Team and concerned personnel and/or units.
- Assists in the staff, students, patient/relatives and visitors education concerning various aspects in infection control and prevention.
- Helps monitor staffs compliance with infection control practices through audit.
- Identifies problems and risks related to infection control and consults with the Infection Control Team for resolutions.
- Serves as resource person in infection related problems, detects evidence of cross infection and assists in the development of improved infection control.
- Assists in the documentation and reporting of diseases that are reportable to health authorities.
- Conducts periodic assessment of the Fakeeh Care entity environment to evaluate conformity with IC principles include : Proper environmental surfaces cleaning and disinfection. Water quality testing; Monitors the results of water cultures as indicated. Monitors air quality measures including (Pressur
Additional Responsibilities
- All Fakeeh Care employees are responsible for continuous improvement, including: Performing all duties and tasks in a manner that supports Fakeeh s Person Centered care values.
- Actively contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, within the scope of the role.
- Adherence to safety protocols and proactively seeking to address any job related safety concerns.
- Maintaining strict confidentiality of all sensitive information accessed or encountered during work.
- Complying with cybersecurity policies and standards to protect Fakeeh s systems and participating in awareness training and initiatives to prevent cyber threats.
- Adhering to and upholding Fakeeh Care s code of conduct, policies and ethical standards.
- Completion of mandatory education as per the requirement, at least one month prior to expiration.
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