Infection Control and Prevention Manager

Job Description

• Acts as the organisation’s expert and clinical lead for infection prevention and control, providing expert advice to clinicians, managers and other staff to manage infectious outbreaks and other untoward incidents.
• Develops and implements the hospital Prevention and Control of Infection Program. 
• Develops and revises required Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI) standards, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Oversees the Infection Control Link Program.
• Co-chairs and facilitates the Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI) Committee.
• Evaluates equipment and products, which may impact infection control practice and patient care as a member of the Product Review and Standardization Committee.
• Oversees clinical risk assessments and infection control risk assessments.
• Leads on the monitoring of the incidence of healthcare-related infection, management of outbreaks, investigation of hazardous practices, complaints and serious untoward incidents relating to infection control.
• Carries out regular root cause analysis of agreed infection and develops action plans and recommendations.
• Oversees Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI) education programs.
• Provides mentorship, preceptorship, teaching, facilitation and professional supervisory skills for physicians, nurses, allied health staff, and other hospital employees.
• Develops Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) against which prevention and controls of infection practice can be measured in line with evidence-based data and standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA).
• Analyses data and implementation actions are required using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology.
• Oversees Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI) surveillance audits.
• Ensures delivery of infection control audits, advising on the use of suitable audit tools and regularly undertaking major audits using appropriate research tools, analysing and evaluating the outcomes and ensuring change in practice as required.
• Validates audits are to be carried out monthly to ensure the quality of audit results. Present improvement actions and further required initiatives in the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee.
• Actions all reports of needle stick injuries, infectious diseases, and potential exposure to blood and body fluids and supports administration with employee database and trends.
• Develops and implements facility-wide infection prevention and control practices to protect patients, visitors, and staff.
• Ensures all notifiable and communicable diseases are reported and notified as mandated by the regulatory bodies.
• Acts as the main consultant and resource person regarding prevention and control of infection issues for all staff. 
• Implements at least one (1) cost-effective Prevention and Control of Infection (PCI) project per year.
• Provides advice on space, technology, equipment, staffing, and other resources needed by the department.
• Identifies occurrences, reservoirs, incubation periods, periods of communicability, modes of transmission, signs and symptoms, and susceptibility associated with the infectious disease process.