ICN Professional

Zydus Hospitals; Ahmedabad District; Presencial; INR 400 000 - 600 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Zydus Hospitals in Ahmedabad is seeking an Infection Control Nurse to oversee infection prevention across wards and high-risk areas. You will conduct regular surveillance, collect and analyze samples, liaise with microbiology and clinical departments, and lead training for staff on hygiene and aseptic techniques.

The role requires extensive knowledge of infection control practices, HAI tracking, and continual improvement of safety standards in a hospital setting.

Qualificações

• Excellent critical thinking and reasoning abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent data analysis and interpretation abilities.

Responsabilidades

• Regular visits to all wards and high-risk areas.
• Checking nurse in charges registers and patient case records for cases suggestive of infections.
• Daily Patient active surveillance by using HAI Tracker sheet.
• Collection of samples from different areas of the hospital for surveillance purpose and sending them to lab.
• Daily visit to microbiology lab to ascertain results of samples collected for surveillance and to liaise between microbiology and clinical departments.
• Monitoring and supervision of infections amongst hospital staff.
• Meet infection Control Officer and discuss regarding suspected HAI cases.
• Daily report all the activities to Infection Control Coordinator.
• On job training of nursing staff and paramedical personnel on correct hygiene practices, aseptic techniques and various infection control practices.
• Maintenance of Vaccination record of all employees.
• Do a monthly audit of infection control practices including safe injection practices and hand hygiene compliance.
• ICN should plan, organize and coordinate audit and monitoring of wards, hospital environment to ensure the infection prevention and control practices.
• ICN should coordinate with management and multidisciplinary infection control committee to plan and implement training program in hospital.
• Should identify and take appropriate action to control the outbreak infection and documented.
• ICN will lead the program of infection prevention in hospital premises as per national and regional guideline and documented. Also update it annually with updating of guidelines.
• Should implement the policy and procedure laid down in infection manual in all area of hospital.
• To monitor and implement the kitchen sanitation, heath check-ups, and disinfectant protocols and scheduled for hospital infection prevention activity.
• ICN develops the training program on Infection prevention activity to both for staff and visitor.
• To monitor the process of biomedical waste segregation, handling, transportation and implement the national guidelines in hospital premises and perform randomly audit on them also update it annually asper updating of national guidelines

Conhecimentos

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Data analysis

Team player

Formação académica

Infection Control specialty

Descrição da oferta de emprego

• Regular visits to all wards and high-risk areas.
• Checking nurse in charges registers and patient case records for casessuggestive of infections.
• Daily Patient active surveillance by using HAI Tracker sheet.
• Collection of samples from different areas of the hospital forsurveillance purpose and sending them to lab.
• Daily visit to microbiology lab to ascertain results of samplescollected for surveillance and to liaise between microbiology and clinicaldepartments.
• Monitoring and supervision of infections amongst hospital staff.
• Meet infection Control Officer and Discuss regarding suspected HAIcases.
• Daily Report all the activities to Infection Control Coordinator.
• On job training of nursing staff and paramedical personnel on correcthygiene practices, aseptic techniques and various infection control practices.
• Maintenance of Vaccination record of all employees.
• Do a monthly audit of infection control practices including safeinjection practices and hand hygiene compliance.
• ICN should plan, organize and coordinate auditand monitoring of wards, hospital environment to ensure the infectionprevention and control practices.
• ICN should coordinate with management andmultidisciplinary infection control committee to plan and implement trainingprogram in hospital.
• Should identify and take appropriate action tocontrol the outbreak infection and documented.
• ICN will lead the program of infectionprevention in hospital premises as per national and regional guideline anddocumented. Also update it annually with updating of guidelines.
• Should implement the policy and procedure laiddown in infection manual in all area of hospital.
• To monitor and implement the kitchen sanitation,heath check-ups, and disinfectant protocols and scheduled for hospitalinfection prevention activity.
• ICN develops the training program on Infectionprevention activity to both for staff and visitor.
• To monitor the process of biomedical wastesegregation, handling, transportation and implement the national guidelines inhospital premises and perform randomly audit on them also update it annually asper updating of national guidelines

Working conditions

Extended hours may be required

Skills Abilities

• Excellent critical thinking and reasoningabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communicationskills
• Excellent in data analysis itsinterpretations
• Excellent team player

Other requirements

• Should have understanding of all infectioncontrol practices and tracking of HAI and infection control quality indicators.
• Specialty course in Infection Control.