Group Quality Assurance / Infection Prevention & Control Manager – Southern Suburbs, Cape 147 views
Job Overview
Requirements:
- Current registration with SANC as a General Nurse
- Post Basic Diploma or equivalent in Critical Care, Infection Control and Occupational Health
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and problem-solving skills
- Commitment to initiate and implement Quality Assurance improvement programmes in all the relevant portfolio’s
- Working knowledge of all relevant legislative acts such as Environmental Management, OHS, Health Act and National Institute of Communicable Diseases
- Working knowledge of International Best Practices and DOH Regulations
- Proven work experience in Hospital Commissioning
- Working knowledge of Quality Improvement Processes utilising PDSA cycles
- Working knowledge of Infection Prevention & Control as well as surveillance & reporting of communicable diseases
- Leadership qualities and mentoring skills
- Excellent MS Office computer skills, i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel, Kronos, etc.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all communication improving strategies are maintained and employees are informed of relevant matters in the different forums.
- Incident management system through reporting, investigating, data analysis and factual approach to decision making
- Assist and support management to ensure that the quality management walkabout programmes include non-compliance, improvement action plans and awareness/adherence to policies and work procedures
- Comply with legislation & Bylaws relating to the portfolios
- Chair the monthly OHS & Infection Control committee meetings
- Investigation of all Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
- Review infection control practices in the hospital and simplify and streamline processes
- Waste management operational functions
- Conduct and manage compliance of internal and external audits
- Provide training needs in the abovementioned portfolios
- Development of policies
- Mitigate risks through prevention & continuous improvement program
- Monitor and publish measurement statistics