Key Responsibilities:

• Infection Control Nurse is responsible to identify, investigate, and monitor infections and recommend measures to control it.
• Ensure patient safety is practiced at all time by implementing IPSG.
• Knowledge of Infection prevention, health care associated infection and infection diseases.
• Ability to manage infection control issues during outbreaks and records all notifiable disease data and report to relevant department.
• Identify and monitor specified nosocomial infection, perform targeted surveillance, outbreak investigations as defined by infection control committee/team.
• Make rounds of hospital units for the purpose of monitoring of infection control practice and other related patient’s care issue.
• Provide education to department or individuals on infection control and bed side teaching on notified deficiencies.
• Exhibit standards of service excellence at all the time including attitude, communication, respect, honesty and care.
• Liaison efficiently with all the departments for planning and execution of infection control activities.

Qualifications and Experience:

• BSc Nursing preferably with 2 years’ experience as ICN or General Nursing Diploma with 5 years’ experience in Infection Control (Only BSc Nurse with 2-3 years’ experience as ICN).
• Preferably specialized diploma or training in Infection Control.
• Should be registered with PNC.