Medical Officer ( IPC & AS ) For Guwahati

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DEPARTMENT: Antibiotic Stewardship Project

REPORTS TO: Project Leader

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: To provide a healthcare program, to strengthen infection prevention control and antibiotic stewardship of hospitals for the benefit of the underprivileged.

DURATION: Minimum Two Years

ABOUT AMERICARES INDIA FOUNDATION

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that responds to people affected by poverty or disaster with life-changing health projects, medicine, and medical supplies. Every day, Americares puts critically needed medicines and supplies in the hands of frontline health workers and develops innovative, sustainable health improvements in their communities.

Registered in India as a public charitable trust since 2006, we are committed to health workforce safety, infection prevention & control, and antibiotic stewardship program and have delivered health workforce safety programs in large public hospitals in the country.

For more information visit-

www.americaresindia.org, www.americares.org

POSITION SUMMARY

• The MO shall be responsible for the implementation of the IPC & AS program at the designated hospital. The MO will network with the hospital management, consultants, pharmacist, and other stakeholders to achieve the program deliverables.
• MO shall be responsible for training, capacity building, establishing policies at the assigned Hospital with help of Project Leads.
• MO will record, monitor, and supervise the key indicators of the program at the hospital site
• The MO will supervise and roll out on-site training for nursing staff with the dedicated Infection Control Nurse
• MO will be responsible for periodic reporting of the project in the specified formats to the Project Leader

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• MO should be aware of Project Design and Responsibilities
• MO should be aware of all IPC practices, AMS and QI
• Support Project teams in carrying out hospital-based IPC and AMS baseline assessment
• Form IC Team in Hospital assigned to him/her.
• Work with Project teams on developing a facility-specific action plan for implementation of IPC and AMS interventions assists in drafting reports; generate reports and presentations
• Develop policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) on IPC in collaboration with other members of the HICC and the IPC team.
• Assist the project team in the evaluation of baseline assessment and reporting to hospital leadership to identify key priorities for intervention
• Initiate and maintain activities for HAI surveillance and analyze surveillance data.
• Provide trends of HAI to different patient care units. Conduct IPC audits and prepares reports.
• Training of IC team, ICN, Linked nurses, Master training of with hospital team.
• Help IC team with assessments of Daily activities, IC Rounds of Critical and Noncritical areas.
• Train IC team for Outbreak management, isolation policies, OT assessment, troubleshooting advisor.
• Quality indicator analysis and monitoring- CAUTI, CRBSI, VAP, SSI, etc.
• Role in the monitoring of AMR with help of tools
• Formulation of Antibiotic policy with help of Clinicians and Antibiogram of the culture reports.
• Advise staff on all aspects of IPC and maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Liaise with the microbiology department for analysis of antibiograms (data regarding organisms isolated and their resistance pattern
• Monitor rational use of antimicrobials, oversee sterilization, and disinfection
• Investigate an outbreak, and advise on control measures and isolation procedures
• Coordinate microbiological surveillance as decided by the HICC (testing of drinking water, dialysis water, biological monitoring of sterilization, etc, and investigation of sources and modes of transmission in outbreak situations)
• Organize and conduct regular IPC educational and training activities for HCWs
• Organize regular HICC meetings

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A medical graduate (MBBS), a with qualification & experience in hospital-based infection control, PG will be an added advantage
• Proven experience as Medical Officer (MO), Infection Control & Control (ICO) with NGOs or other organizations implementing health projects
• Experience with implementation of tools and protocols of antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control projects
• Experience in metrics and measurement with respect to project design and project implementation monitoring
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel (with Macro), and PowerPoint
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• A commitment to excellence and demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team, with a balanced focus on personal accountability and team goals
• Demonstrates initiative and follow-through and is self-motivated in the completion of deliverables in a dead-line driven environment

Please send your resume to vshinde@americares.org

Please mention your current and expected salary in your resume. Selected candidates will be required to join within one month of selection. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

To apply for this post the candidates should mention position and first three letters of location in subject of their mails. eg. ICMO/Guw