Qualifications:

• Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Registered with the Philippine Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing
• Minimum of nine (9) units in Master of Arts (MAN) or Master of Science (MSN) in Nursing
• Minimum of one (1) year nursing experience as a staff nurse
• Preferably of one (1) year experience as an infection prevention and control nurse
• Computer literate, with good communication and interpersonal skills and teaching abilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs regular hospital department rounds. With this daily routine, health personnel from different departments can voice out complains regarding the infection control practices.
• Keeps a record of nosocomial infection cases from all hospital departments.
• Regularly conducts surveillance to detect the source of infection. Determining the source of infection is critical on devising ways on how to prevent it.
• Obtains a microbiology culture from infected patients and high-risk areas to determine how the infection might have been contracted.
• Notifies the Infection Control committee and Director of Nursing for incidences of nosocomial infection preceding case investigation and forwarding of copies of the reports. In cases when an infection quickly spreads within a hospital or health care facility, the IC nurse is responsible for informing the Centers for Disease Control or CDC.
• Ascertain the availability of supplies and place necessary for isolation.
• Implements educational programs to provide instructions to health care team on how to provide a safe environment to patients and employees.
• Provides counseling and guidance to the staff when the need arises regarding the implementation of preventive measures.
• Assists in the organization of regularly scheduled Infection Control Committee meetings.
• Presents monthly statistical data of nosocomial infection cases during Infection Control meetings.

Salary and Benefits:

• 24,000 Monthly Salary
• 2,500 Allowance received every end of the month
• 25,000 Medical Assistance
• Free Consultation
• Government Mandatory Benefits (SSS,PHIC,HDMF)

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Php24,000.00 - Php26,000.00 per month
Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental Pay:

• 13th month salary

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Las Piñas: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)