Infection Control Practitioner

Indus Hospital; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Indus Hospital in Karachi seeks a dedicated Infection Prevention and Control professional to lead regular rounds, train staff, and enforce infection control measures. The role requires a BScN with IPC certification and at least one year of experience.

You will monitor clinical indicators, coordinate with the IC Team, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives while ensuring safe patient care and adherence to policies across departments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in infection control or related role.
• BScN with Diploma/Certification in Infection Prevention and Control.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular rounds to discuss, monitor and enforce infection control practices with staff.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and committees.
• Monitor infection control indicators and prepare end-of-month data/reports.
• Identify infection risks and inform IC manager/HOD promptly.
• Develop and disseminate infection control policies across departments.
• Collect infection data from hospital departments and maintain records.
• Coordinate with clinical areas and the Infection Control Team.
• Conduct training sessions to ensure adherence to infection control practices.
• Inform IC manager/ID team of compromised or infected patients for proper care.
• Arrange monthly infection control committee meetings.
• Manage outbreak response with control measures and reporting.
• Ensure supplies availability and update knowledge of infection control.

Skills

Infection control

Education

BScN + IPC Diploma

Job description

Experience

Minimum 1 Year of experience

Education

BScN with Diploma/Certification in Infection Prevention and Control

Last Date

22-Nov-2026

Job Description

• Conduct regular rounds in hospital for discussing, monitoring and following the practices of infection control with staff.
• Participates in Quality Improvement activities, committees and projects as assigned.
• Monitoring and continuous surveillance of approved infection control clinical indicators, preparation of end of month data and associated reports as requested.
• Identifies problem areas, infection control concerns or increased rates of infections and brings these to the attention of I.C manager/HOD in a timely manner.
• Make infection control policies according to the need, department and/or facilities available at hospital, disseminate to the concern departments and ensure the availability and access of staff to these policies.
• Collect data on infections from hospital departments and maintaining records for every case.
• Liaise between clinical areas and the Infection Control Team.
• Conduct training sessions to ensure constant implementation of infection control practices.
• Inform I.C manager/HOD and ID team of any compromised and/or infected patients to ensure appropriate patient care and precautions.
• Regularly arrange monthly infection control committee meetings.
• In outbreak of infectious disease situations, ensure the implementation of control measures, review of practices, communication of events, and compilation of reports on the nature of the incident as well as recommendations for future control.
• Ensure the availability of needed supplies and report in case of unavailability.
• To take every opportunity to update and extend his or her knowledge of Infection Control.
• Monitor the execution of preventive measures and providing guidance to staff.
• Report any interference for the implementation of infection control practices.
• Making sure that staff is free from any infectious disease.
• Collect patient's culture reports from microbiology lab regularly, follow and investigate the incidents of hospital infections and teach precaution measurements to the staff accordingly.
• Coordinate with school of nursing in arranging teaching and training sessions for nursing students.
• Initiate emergency safety practices as needed.

Note: Indus Hospital & Health Network is an employer that does not tolerate Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.