Infection Prevention Officers (IPO) at MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices (8 Openings)

MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices is a result-oriented social enterprise, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services. MSION’s goal is to meet the needs of underserved Nigerians and dramatically improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services. MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices is part of Marie Stopes International’s Global Partnership which is in over 37 countries worldwide and it operates in Nigeria through six service delivery channels.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Infection Prevention Officer (IPO)

Locations: Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger, Kogi and Bayelsa
Employment Type: Full Time

Objectives

• The Infection Prevention Officer at MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices plays a crucial role in maintaining a clean and safe environment for reproductive health services.
• This role involves ensuring the tidiness and cleanliness of the office, client care areas, and medical equipment, as well as proper waste management.
• The Infection Prevention Officer also supports the clinical team in delivering infection prevention training, sterilizing instruments, and assisting with administrative tasks.

Overall Responsibilities
Your responsibilities as an Infection Prevention Officer shall include.

• Keeping the entire office, its surroundings, client care areas, and all used medical equipment tidy, neat, and clean always.
• Encourage a commitment to accommodating clients' special needs such as flexibility in working hours, strict privacy, and confidentiality to generate demand for MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices services.
• Ensure proper management and disposal of both general and medical waste.
• Assist the clinical team in providing approved services trained on infection prevention.
• Assist with maintaining medical stock/ drug inventory and ordering register.
• Ensure all clinical Instruments are washed, sterilised, and stored properly.
• Ensure all the drapes are properly washed and stored.
• Run errands including banking of daily income for the teams when appropriate.
• Promote and maintain a welcoming, friendly, professional, and efficient atmosphere towards all clients at all times.
• Carry out any other lawful duties assigned by the outreach Team Leader.
• Assist with administrative work within limits when necessary.
• Conducts monthly or bi-monthly supportive supervision, coaching, and mentoring of all trained providers based on needs.

Required Qualifications

• Must have at least basic education to be able to read and write English.
• Organization, initiative, tidiness, and courtesy.
• English and local languages
• Capacity to work as a team member.
• At least 2 years’ experience working in a similar role {Essential}
• Experience of working in a clinical environment {Essential}
• Excellent provider of client- interaction skill {Essential}
• Good written and verbal communication skill {Desirable}
• Articulate and analytical with attention to detail {Essential).

Application Closing Date
31st October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as one MS Word document or PDF to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the mail.

Note

• There are no relocation allowances available for this position.
• This role is open until filled and we will be conducting Interviews on a rolling basis even while advertisement is still active.
• Specify The Position & The Location of INTEREST IN the Subject Line of your application, If you want your application to be considered.
• If the underline instructions are not followed application will not be considered.