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Infection Prevention Control Specialist

Gauteng
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Medical Health & Safety
Reference: 2347596

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Sotina Recruitment

Key Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain IPC policies, guidelines, and procedures.

Conduct surveillance of hospital-acquired infections and report findings.

Lead outbreak investigations and implement corrective measures (e.g., isolation precautions).

Monitor compliance with hand hygiene, PPE usage, sterilization, and waste management protocols.

Conduct ward rounds to assess patient safety and environmental hygiene.

Align IPC programmes with hospital SHERQ action plan and roadmap.

Support Hospital Manager in annual reviews of National Core Standards.

Prepare monthly IPC reports and present findings at Group forums.

Maintain updated risk register with infection-related risks and mitigation actions.

Liaise with HR to coordinate IPC training plans for staff.

Facilitate workshops on infection control, occupational health, and incident response.

Ensure accurate reporting of incidents (e.g., needle-stick injuries, exposure to body fluids).

Collaborate with Unit Managers and third-party service providers (waste, catering, laundry, cleaning, pest control) to ensure IPC compliance.

Candidate Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Diploma in Nursing (required)

Postgraduate qualification or certificate in Infection Prevention and Control (advantageous)

Risk Management Certificate (preferred)

Current BLS accreditation (Instructor accreditation advantageous)

Experience Required

3–5 years’ experience in a healthcare environment, with exposure to IPC or SHERQ functions.

Proven track record in infection surveillance, risk management, and compliance audits.

Registration

Current SANC Registration

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Sotina Recruitment endeavours to provide feedback to all candidates whenever possible. However, if you do not hear from one of our Recruiters within 30 days, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

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About Sotina Recruitment

Sotina Recruitment Agency - Sotina Holding was established in 2010 and provides recruitment services to business partners. Our offices are based in Johannesburg Gauteng and Paarl Western Cape. We adapt best practices to facilitate sourcing, validating and evaluating profiles to deliver candidates of the required skills and calibre to our clients. Based on the requirement of the job profile, we search for candidates from our online database and we also advertise in local platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, we pride ourselves with high quality standards, professionalism, integrity, passion and excellent customer service. We recruit top calibre candidates throughout South Africa.

Our human resources management solutions range from permanent recruitment, short-term long-term contract placements.

These are more reasons to partner with us:

Our candidates go through comprehensive background checks

Team

We have a multi-talented team of highly experienced recruitment consultants, who specialize in different industries and sectors. Our team of consultants works in close coordination with clients to conceptualize their requirements and offer them best solutions. Further, we also have a dedicated team of customer care, who attend to all the queries of the clients and furnish them with complete information about the services.

Customer Satisfaction

While speed, dependability, reliability and efficiency are our priority, customer satisfaction is the ultimate goal. Our unique working methodology and untiring efforts enable us to shortlist appropriate candidates, who are at the helm of rendering the best of present generation services. We utilize our in-depth market knowledge and comprehensive research techniques to meet the unique requirements of every client