The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
Grade 12. Basic R425 qualification (i.e. diploma/degree in nursing) or equivalent qualification that allows registration with the SANC as a Professional Nurse.
Current registration with SANC.
A minimum of 7 years appropriate/recognisable experience in nursing after registration as Professional Nurse with the SANC in General Nursing.
Appropriate/recognizable experience in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) will be added advantage. Knowledge and understanding of OHS regulations.
Computer literacy and driver’s license is essential. Ability to work independently in a multidisciplinary context.
Duties :
Coordinate and ensure effective sustainable infection prevention and control programme within the district. Establish a system to monitor the implementation of Infection Prevention and Control policy guidelines by healthcare facilities in Sedibeng District Health and facilitate the review of existing protocols/SOPs.
Establish a district IPC committee and revive and support the existing Infection Prevention and Control committees in healthcare facilities. Ensure Implementation of multimodal improvement strategies.
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 & By laws relating to the portfolios. Chair the monthly OHS & Infection Control committee meetings.
Review infection control practices in the facilities and simplify and streamline processes. Waste management operational functions. Conduct and manage compliance of internal and external audits. Ensure staff receives structural and unstructured education and training on IPC to achieve 80% compliance. Participate in the Provincial Policy Development. Mitigate risks through prevention & continuous improvement program. Monitor and publish measurement statistics.
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