Infection Prevention & Control Lead — Hospital Program

Mediclinic; Cape Town; Vor Ort; ZAR 900.000 - 1.200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mediclinic Cape Town is seeking an Infection Prevention and Control Manager to lead the hospital IPC programme, ensuring effective implementation and sustainability. You will assess risks, analyse data, and drive adherence to IPC standards across clinical areas in a busy hospital environment.

The role requires a nursing qualification with 3–5 years hospital experience, and IPC expertise. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver training, audits and ongoing quality

Qualifikationen

• Bachelors or diploma in nursing with essential IPC exposure.
• 3–5 years hospital experience as a healthcare practitioner.
• Desirable IPC experience: supervision of a small team and related governance responsibilities.

Aufgaben

• Identify, mitigate and manage risks related to Infection Prevention and Control.
• Investigate, analyse and interpret clinical data and act upon findings.
• Ensure adherence to statutory bodies.
• Identify training needs in the hospital and provide input in the development of training material.
• Influence and equip hospital teams to understand and comply to IPC policies and principles.
• Provide support with patient safety and quality improvement initiatives in the absence of the Patient Safety Manager.

Kenntnisse

Infection Prevention & Control

Clinical governance

Risk assessment

Data interpretation

Auditing

Training needs analysis

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Ausbildung

Nursing qualification (degree or diploma)

Jobbeschreibung

Mediclinic Cape Town is seeking an Infection Prevention and Control Manager to lead the hospital IPC programme, ensuring effective implementation and sustainability. You will assess risks, analyse data, and drive adherence to IPC standards across clinical areas in a busy hospital environment.

The role requires a nursing qualification with 3–5 years hospital experience, and IPC expertise. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver training, audits and ongoing quality