Infection Prevention and Control Specialist

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Medecins Sans Frontieres Full time

Job Summary

Medecins Sans Frontieres is seeking a highly skilled Infection Prevention and Control Specialist to lead the development and maintenance of an infection-control program in our projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for striving for good quality of care and the safety of patients, caretakers, and staff.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement standard transmission-based IPC precautions for all departments of MSF's health structures.
  • Provide technical IPC supervision and guidance to all staff members, with a particular focus on activities such as water supply, solid waste and waste water treatment and disposal, latrines and shower facilities, vector control, and medical-waste management.
  • Develop multimodal strategies to improve IPC in MSF's facilities, including initiating system change, organizing training, conducting performance monitoring, and giving feedback to promote a stepwise IPC improvement approach.

Requirements

  • Diploma or certificate in IPC.
  • Nursing, medical, or epidemiology background.
  • Minimum of two years of professional IPC experience in hospital settings.
  • Experience in managing staff in a multicultural team (supervision and training).
  • Excellent command of English, as well as French (level B2) or another language (Arabic, Spanish).
  • Relevant travel or work experience in contexts similar to where MSF works (armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies, or situations of healthcare exclusion).
  • Available to work six to 12 months.

Assets

  • Experience or diploma in tropical medicine.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel).

MSF Core Competencies

  • Behaviour flexibility: Level 2 Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation.
  • Teamwork and cooperation: Level 2 Shares information and coordinates with team and others.
  • Result and quality orientation: Level 2 Works towards objectives, preserving established standards.
  • Commitment to MSF principles: Level 1 Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF's principles.
  • People management: Level 2 Gives feedback and sets limits.
  • Cross-cultural awareness: Level 3 Demonstrates an integrating attitude.
  • Stress management: Level 2 Manages own stress.
  • Understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI): Level 1 Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context.

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