IPC Coordinator

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·       Translate national IPC priorities into district- and facility-level workplans, budgets, implementation schedules, performance targets and monitoring frameworks.

·       Provide technical advice to District Health Officers, hospital directors, medical superintendents, district IPC committees and health-facility leadership on IPC programme planning, implementation and performance improvement.

·       Support districts and health facilities to integrate IPC into routine health-service delivery, emergency preparedness, outbreak response, patient safety, antimicrobial-resistance programmes and quality-improvement systems.

·       Ensure that IPC activities are aligned with Ministry of Health requirements, programme objectives, donor commitments and Baylor-Uganda quality standards.

·       Identify emerging IPC risks, implementation bottlenecks and policy gaps and recommend appropriate corrective actions to district, programme and national leadership.

2. IPC Programme Planning and Implementation

·       Develop and coordinate annual, quarterly and monthly regional and district IPC workplans based on national priorities, facility assessments and identified performance gaps.

·       Coordinate implementation of IPC activities across hospitals, health centres and other supported service-delivery points within the assigned districts.

·       Support health facilities to establish, strengthen and maintain functional IPC committees, designated IPC focal persons, regular committee meetings and documented action plans.

·       Ensure that each supported facility has access to current IPC guidelines, standard operating procedures, job aids, assessment tools and reporting templates.

·       Coordinate implementation of IPC interventions

·       Support facilities to develop and implement practical IPC improvement plans based on assessment findings, surveillance data and observed practice gaps.

·       Coordinate with other district partners to ensure that IPC activities are harmonised, complementary, appropriately resourced and implemented without duplication.

3. Capacity Building, Mentorship and Support Supervision

·       Assess IPC knowledge, skills and practice gaps among district IPC focal persons, facility IPC focal persons, healthcare workers, cleaners, waste handlers, laboratory personnel, ambulance teams and other relevant staff.

·       Develop and implement competency-based IPC training, orientation, mentorship and continuing professional-development activities.

·       Ensure that IPC training uses approved national curricula and addresses both routine service-delivery requirements and outbreak-specific IPC measures.

·       Provide regular on-site mentorship and supportive supervision to district teams, health-facility IPC committees and healthcare workers.

·       Support trained staff to translate IPC knowledge into routine practice through demonstrations, observation, coaching, simulation exercises and structured follow-up.

·       Build the capacity of IPC officers and facility focal persons to conduct assessments, analyse IPC indicators, develop action plans and monitor implementation.

·       Maintain an updated database of trained personnel, mentorship visits, competency assessments and identified capacity gaps.

·       Promote multidisciplinary IPC learning involving clinicians, nurses, laboratory staff, pharmacists, cleaners, waste handlers, administrators and facility managers.

4. IPC Assessments, Quality Improvement and Compliance Monitoring

·       Coordinate routine IPC assessments at regional, district and health-facility levels using nationally approved assessment tools.

·       Conduct regular visits to supported health facilities to assess compliance with IPC standards and identify operational, infrastructure, behavioural and supply-related gaps

·       Support health facilities to develop time-bound corrective-action and quality-improvement plans based on assessment findings.

·       Monitor implementation of facility IPC improvement plans and provide targeted technical support where progress is inadequate.

·       Analyse trends in IPC performance and identify facilities, service points or practices requiring intensified mentorship and follow-up.

·       Promote the use of quality-improvement approaches, including root-cause analysis, plan-do-study-act cycles, performance dashboards and peer learning.

·       Support facilities to prepare for national, district and partner-led IPC assessments, accreditation processes and quality-of-care reviews.

·       Document good practices, innovations and lessons that can be replicated across supported districts and health facilities.

5. Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Occupational Exposure

·       Support facilities to establish or strengthen surveillance for healthcare-associated infections and other priority IPC indicators.

·       Review reports submitted by facility IPC focal persons

·       Support timely investigation and management of suspected healthcare-associated transmission events, occupational exposures and clusters of healthcare-worker infections.

·       Ensure that significant IPC incidents are promptly documented, reported and escalated through the appropriate district, programme and national channels.

·       Work with surveillance, laboratory, clinical-care and occupational-health teams to strengthen linkage, interpretation and use of IPC-related data.

·       Support facilities to analyse IPC surveillance findings and use them to guide corrective actions, staff training, supply planning and service-delivery improvements.

6. Outbreak Preparedness and Response

·       Support districts and health facilities to maintain IPC readiness for Ebola, Marburg, COVID-19, cholera, measles and other priority epidemic-prone diseases.

·       Ensure that outbreak-specific IPC protocols, screening procedures, isolation arrangements, referral pathways and personal protective equipment requirements are understood and operationalised.

·       Participate in public-health risk assessments, readiness assessments, simulation exercises, after-action reviews and development of corrective-action plans.

·       Provide technical IPC support during outbreak investigations and response operations, including rapid assessments, facility decontamination, healthcare-worker protection and safe patient-flow management.

·       Support activation and functioning of IPC pillars or subcommittees within district and facility incident-management structures.

·       Coordinate rapid orientation, mentorship and deployment of IPC personnel during outbreaks and other public-health emergencies.

·       Monitor adherence to standard and transmission-based precautions in treatment centres, isolation units, laboratories, ambulances and other high-risk service areas.

7. IPC Commodities, Equipment and Infrastructure

·       Advise District Health Officers, hospital management teams and programme leadership on the type, quality and quantity of IPC commodities, equipment and infrastructure required by supported facilities.

·       Support facilities to quantify, forecast, budget for and monitor essential IPC supplies, including personal protective equipment, hand-hygiene materials, disinfectants, waste-management supplies and sterilisation materials.

·       Monitor stock levels, consumption rates, storage conditions and rational use of IPC commodities.

·       Identify critical IPC supply gaps and coordinate timely corrective action with district authorities, Baylor-Uganda teams and other partners.

·       Support health facilities to establish systems for stock monitoring, redistribution, emergency replenishment and prevention of stock-outs.

·       Advocate for appropriate water, sanitation, waste-management, isolation and decontamination infrastructure in facility and district budgets.

·       Ensure that IPC commodities and equipment supplied through the programme are appropriately distributed, documented, used and maintained.

8. Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

·       Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Ministry of Health, District Health Offices, hospitals, health facilities, implementing partners and other relevant stakeholders.

·       Participate in district, regional and national IPC coordination meetings and technical working groups as required.

·       Convene or support monthly district IPC committee meetings to review progress, discuss challenges and agree on corrective actions.

·       Support quarterly review meetings with district IPC committee members, hospital IPC committees and facility IPC focal persons.

·       Coordinate dissemination of IPC policies, guidelines, circulars, alerts and technical updates issued by the Ministry of Health and National IPC Coordinator.

·       Promote coordinated planning, resource mobilisation, implementation and monitoring of IPC activities among district partners.

·       Represent Baylor-Uganda professionally in IPC-related technical meetings, assessments, workshops and emergency-response structures.

9. Programme Management and Staff Supervision

·       Provide direct technical and administrative supervision to IPC officers and other staff assigned to the programme.

·       Develop clear individual workplans, performance targets and accountability mechanisms for supervised staff.

·       Conduct routine performance reviews, provide constructive feedback and identify staff-development needs.

·       Coordinate staff deployment, field schedules, supportive-supervision visits and allocation of programme resources.

·       Promote teamwork, professionalism, accountability, integrity and adherence to Baylor-Uganda policies and procedures.

·       Ensure that programme activities are implemented within approved workplans, budgets, timelines and quality standards.

·       Identify operational risks and delays and initiate appropriate mitigation measures in consultation with programme leadership.

Required Qualification, Experience and Competencies:

• Academic and Professional Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in medicine, Nursing, Environmental Health, Public Health, Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory Sciences or another relevant health-related discipline from a recognised institution.

  • A master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Health Services Management or a related field will be an added advantage.

  • Completion of recognised specialised training or certification in Infection Prevention and Control is required.

  • Current registration with the relevant professional council, where applicable.

  Experience

  • At least five years of relevant professional experience in infection prevention and control, public health, clinical service delivery or health-programme implementation.

  • Demonstrated experience coordinating IPC activities at district, regional, hospital or programme level.

  • Experience conducting IPC assessments, training, mentorship, supportive supervision and development of facility improvement plans.

  • Experience working with District Health Teams, hospital management teams, health-facility IPC committees and Ministry of Health structures.

  • Experience supporting outbreak preparedness or response to Ebola, Marburg, COVID-19, cholera or other infectious-disease emergencies is highly desirable.

  • Previous experience supervising multidisciplinary programme staff will be an added advantage.

  • Experience working with donor-funded or Global Health Security programmes will be an added advantage.

• 5 Years Relevant Experience