Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, international organisation. The organisation is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) Supervisor
Location: Maiduguri, Borno,
Employment Type: Contract
Responsibilities
- Carry out the functions and tasks associated to
- In collaboration with each service activity manager/supervisor, maintain and support the day-to-day implementation of infection prevention and control practices includes standard precautions and risk assessment in health structures in all departments including sterilization, laundry and kitchen.
- Based on a given patient-diagnosis, collaborates with the medical team to evaluate the need and support for IPC implementation, if needed, for transmission-based precautions (air, droplet and con-tact).
- In collaboration with the service supervisor, implement transmission-based precautions for air, droplet and contact transmissible diseases when indicated, and monitor adherence.
- Provide regular clinical and technical supervision, training and support to the staff on IPC related is-sues using existing tools such as audits, checklists, or surveillance.
- Ensure that organizational aspects in the facility are respected (bed spacing, number of handwashing stations etc…), the correct ‘clean and dirty flows’ inside the healthcare facility and together with the Logistics Manager and Water and Sanitation Supervisor, that the essential WatSan requirements are available in the health structures.
- Improve compliance with aseptic care technique and the correct use of antiseptics, detergent and disinfectants, through training and audits.
- Ensure quality, correct and rational use of IPC material and equipment and monitor consumption in-cludes cleaning materials and equipment, PPE, etc.
- As core member of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee, make sure the meeting is regular, lively and pro-active, facilitating the development and following up the Infection Prevention and Control Action Plan.
- Participate and coordinate actively in other group/ as Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality of Care.
- Provide effective response in case of epidemics and MDRO alert/outbreak and activation of contingen-cy plan and outbreak response committee.
- Active participation to nursing care regarding IPC aspects.
- Elaborate regular reporting and meeting minutes to provide updated and reliable information about IPC activities.
- Carry out administrative tasks together with HR regarding staff recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, coaching, development, and communication to ensure the level, size, and amount of knowledge required.
- Organize and coordinate the supervision of the team under his/her responsibility and participate in the associated HR evaluation processes.
- Share regular feedback/reports to the IPC committee and concerned supervisors, NAM, MAM, MTL, PMR, and staff as needed on positive points that need improvement.
Requirements
- Interested candidates should possess an OND / B.Sc Degree with at least 2 years work experience.
Application Closing Date
20th August, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note
- IPC standard precautions include Hand Hygiene, risk assessment at the point of care, appropriate patient placement, proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), prevention of accidental exposure to body fluids, safe and adequate treatment of re-usable medical devices, sterilization, aseptic technique, safe handling of laboratory samples, waste, waste management, cleaning and disinfection of surface and environment, safe linen management, respiratory hygiene and individual hygiene for staff, caretakers and patients.
- WatSan’s essential requirements include water supply, solid waste, medical waste management, water waste treatment/disposal, latrines and shower facilities, dead body management, and vector control.
- Transmission-based Precautions (TBP) are the second level of essential infection prevention control and are to be used in addition to standard precautions for patients who may be infected or colonized with specific infectious agents for which additional precautions are needed to prevent infection transmission (contact, droplet, airborne).
