Infection Prevention and Control - Mobile Implementation Officer (MIO)

Specific tasks

• Assessment of the Infection prevention and control situation:  organizational aspects, the hospital environment, ancillary services and diagnostics, the three pillars of IPC in MSF: hand hygiene, cleaning and disinfection (of the environment and reprocessing of reusable medical devices), and transmission-based precautions including appropriate isolation when indicated, prevention and surveillance of HAIs.
• Elaboration of an Infection Prevention and Control action plan in collaboration with the team and the IPC committee, based on the assessment and prioritization.
• Training and coaching of staff to implement, respect and maintain the infection prevention and control measures
• Implement/maintain or improve monitoring and surveillance systems regarding IPC practices and HAIs
• Identification of contact person(s) for post intervention adherence control and follow up

• Provide timely reports after field visits, progress of status and quality of the integration of the IPC activities

Work in between visites on

• Post intervention follow-up
• Specific technical subjects for operational needs (e.g. updating of protocols, literature search, etc.)
• Support to prepare and give trainings about infection prevention and control
• Participate to Medical Department activities when appropriate (monthly medical demartment meeting, Coordination week, Bilan & Objectives medical meetings,…)