Head of Infection Control

Kenexa

Doha, Qatar

Ref: NP991-52

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

We are Qatar's leading healthcare provider to more than two million expatriates and Qatari nationals living and working in Qatar.

Hamad are the first and only hospital corporation in the world to achieve simultaneous accreditation and reaccreditation of all its facilities by the Joint Commission International (JCI).

At Hamad Medical Corporation, as well as diagnosing, treating, and helping to prevent diseases and injuries, we are also committed to learning, teaching and researching routes to achieve healthcare excellence.

We are looking to appoint a full time Head of Infection Control to join us on a permanent basis based in Doha, Qatar.

We welcome hospital based practitioners to this role with experience in Operating Theatres who are qualified as an Infection Control Nurse, Practitioner or Manager.

Your focus will be safety, quality and infection control.

Requirements

You will need to have knowledge of infection control principles, experience in outbreak investigation practices and be able to demonstrate leadership in the provision of preventive and public health programs and the investigation and prevention of communicable diseases.

The successful candidate will review and assesses work assignments, implement strategies for performance and program improvement as well as review and update IC Policies & Procedures (ICPPs).

You will use your epidemiological knowledge in the investigation of infection and infectious disease incidences and recommend intervention strategies for the prevention and control of infections and infectious diseases.

We would like to hear from experienced candidates with a minimum of two years experience who would like the opportunity to work in a very supportive and progressive modern department.

Job Requirement

At HMC we expect you to have or equivalent to:

A Bachelor’s Degree in Infection Control
Postgraduate Diploma in Infection Control
BSc (Hons) Health Studies and PgDip / MSc Health Care
MSc in Infection Control
Postgraduate Certificate in Infection Control
Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CIC)
Certification Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Medical Technologist Certification

Ideally you will have 5 years of position-related experience

What do we offer?

Qatar is one of the wealthiest Arab states and among the top 20 richest countries in the world. Our very low rates of crime and the almost total absence of civil and political unrest means that Qatar is an excellent destination for the entire family.

You will enjoy:

- Tax free salary
- Subsidized healthcare for you and your family
- End of Service Award
- Round-trip annual leave ticket per year to your point of hire
- Housing allowances
- 35-40 paid vacation days per year plus
- 5 Eid holidays (right after the end of Ramadan month)
- 5 Eid holidays (approximately 9 weeks after the Ramadan Eid holidays)
- Emergency family leave
- Educational support for children
- Relocation support
- Country orientation
- Language skills support
- Paid annual leave

At HMC we value your skills, qualifications and experience and there has never been a better time to consider a career with us.

We are expanding and modernizing our patient care offering with brand new state of the art facilities.

If you would like to be part of our team and feel your qualifications, skills and experience is a good match for this position we encourage you to contact us using the Apply button below.

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About the Company

Kenexa is in the business of improving companies and enriching lives because to us, business is personal. We improve companies by enriching lives and we enrich lives by improving companies.

With every person we recruit, every assessment we administer, every technology solution we deliver, every survey we conduct, every leader we develop and every compensation strategy we support, lives are impacted by our craft. Very few companies, if any, can claim thisand were proud of that.

We understand that business has two sidesthe performance side and the personal side. The performance side is about driving results. Success and failure are constantly measured, defining metrics. And because business relies on metrics, we rely on measurable outcomes that prove weve helped companies become better.

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