Technical officer - Infection Prevention and Control
The candicate will provide technical support to implement infection prevention and control at national, subnational and district level. The position involves strengthening IPC capacity related to routine service delivery and outbreaks responses at different levels
Key Responsibilities
Capacity building
Participate in the development, review and updating of IPC training materials
Work with the P&R team to organise and identify participants for IPC trainings for regional referral hospitals
Organise trainings for IPC and case management for RRT
Support IPC mentorship for regional referral hospitals and isolation units
Support IPC mentorship in Faith based organizations, private sector and other IPC organizations
Follow up on FBO mentors to ensure IPC assessment data is submitted and provide technical support
Maintain a record and active list of trained RRT through regional EOCs
Support regions and facilities to implement P&R plans and support development/adoption of tools to measure level of preparedness
Organize and conduct continuous IPC trainings for FBOs, PSOs and IPC partners
HCW Protection
Strengthen surveillance in supported healthcare facilities
Support committees to disseminate exposure management protocols to healthcare workers
Organize and train IPC committees and focal persons on the digitized incident reporting tools
Follow up with the IDI supported regions to ensure HCW protection information is disseminated
Follow-up on incident reports and mitigation of health care worker infections in the 14 regions including at regional referral hospitals
Work with regional IPC committees and the isolation unit capacity building Nurse to implement IPC practices in the RRHs and strengthen IPC in treatment units
Contribute to development of a national HCAI surveillance plan incorporating HCW surveillance during outbreaks and routine clinic settings
To disseminate and train IPC committees on the plan through the IPC mentorship platform, regional team, private and faith-based structures
Support MoH to streamline routine reporting of Health care worker surveillance data using existing HCW tool kit and e-IDSR(with a focus on SARI and VHFs) including creating a data base
IPC Data (Assessment, interpretation and sharing)
Monitor district assessment results through the IPC dashboard, identify, prioritize, address gaps and support districts to identify, investigate, report and respond to HCAIs
Participate in preparation of Quarterly and annual project reports
Provide technical oversight to IPC mentorship in the supported regions including FBOs and PSOs including monitoring reporting and assessments
Academic Qualifications
At least 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience in IPC, preferably within healthcare facilities, public health programmes, or emergency/outbreak response settings.
Person Specification
Demonstrated experience implementing IPC programmes and interventions at national, regional, district, or health-facility level.
Experience conducting IPC assessments, monitoring compliance, supportive supervision, audits, and quality-improvement activities, IPC training and mentorship of healthcare workers, supporting healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) prevention and control, and IPC-related data analysis is desirable.
Experience working with different stakeholders including the Ministries of Health, WHO, NGOs, development partners, or emergency operations/response structures is an added advantage.
Strong knowledge of the national IPC guidelines and standards and WHO IPC frameworks, skills in data collection, analysis, reporting, and use of IPC indicators for programme improvement, Good communication, training, facilitation, coordination, and report-writing skills, ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams and high-pressure emergency settings.