Job Description
Title: IPC Focal
Company Name: Friendship
Vacancy: 1
Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Minimum Salary: Negotiable
Experience:
∎ At least 3 years
Published: 8 Jun 2025
Education:
∎ Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Public Health
∎ A degree in public health with a focus on infection prevention and control, or, a degree in DMF
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Previous experience in infection prevention and control, preferably in low resource settings or with vulnerable populations.
∎ Familiarity with IPC guidelines, protocols, and best practices.
∎ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively train and educate healthcare workers and community members, considering potential language and cultural barriers.
∎ Proficiency in English and local languages is preferred for effective communication.
∎ Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse communities and refugee populations.
∎ At least 3 years of experience as IPC focal.
∎ Experience:
∎ Knowledge:
∎ Communication Skills:
∎ Languages:
∎ Cultural Sensitivity:
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of IPC protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) specific to maternity care, labor, and delivery.
∎ Ensure alignment with national IPC guidelines and WHO standards.
∎ Conduct regular IPC risk assessments in maternity wards, delivery rooms, operating theaters (C-sections), and neonatal units.
∎ Monitor and report healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) with a focus on maternal sepsis, neonatal infections, and surgical site infections (SSIs).
∎ Organize regular IPC training sessions for healthcare staff, including midwives, nurses, obstetricians, cleaners, and support staff.
∎ Conduct bedside coaching and on-the-job mentorship on hand hygiene, aseptic technique, PPE use, and safe injection practices.
∎ Monitor hand hygiene compliance using WHO's "5 Moments for Hand Hygiene" approach.
∎ Coordinate regular hand hygiene audits and feedback sessions.
∎ Oversee environmental cleaning and disinfection protocols in labor and delivery areas.
∎ Ensure availability and proper use of IPC materials (PPE, hand hygiene products, disinfectants).
∎ Monitor safe medical waste segregation and disposal practices, especially in labor, delivery, and surgical areas.
∎ Participate in maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality review meetings, providing IPC input and recommendations.
∎ Maintain IPC documentation, including audit reports, training records, and HAI surveillance data.
∎ Collaborate with hospital leadership, nursing supervisors, and quality assurance teams to strengthen overall IPC practices.
∎ Report regularly to the hospital management and district/regional IPC committees.
∎ Conduct daily IPC ward rounds in labor, delivery, postnatal, and neonatal units to identify and address infection risks.
∎ Observe and document staff compliance with hand hygiene, PPE use, and safe injection practices.
∎ Facilitate monthly IPC training sessions for clinical and non-clinical staff, including cleaning personnel.
∎ Perform weekly audits of environmental cleaning, sterilization of instruments, and linen management processes.
∎ Monitor and report all suspected healthcare-associated infections (e.g. postpartum sepsis, neonatal sepsis, SSIs) using surveillance tools.
∎ Lead root cause analyses and provide IPC-related recommendations following maternal or neonatal infection-related complications or deaths.
∎ Coordinate the implementation of “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” campaign, including hand rub availability and poster displays.
∎ Oversee the correct segregation, collection, and disposal of medical waste in all maternity-related departments.
∎ Ensure that labor and delivery rooms are equipped with necessary IPC supplies (e.g. gloves, gowns, antiseptics, masks).
∎ Review and update IPC SOPs specific to maternity services annually, or as needed.
∎ Develop an IPC committee, arrange monthly meetings, and report monthly IPC indicators and progress.
∎ Support sterilization units to ensure proper functioning of autoclaves and adherence to decontamination protocols.
∎ Track and report stock levels of critical IPC supplies, flagging shortages early to avoid disruptions.
∎ IPC Program Implementation & Oversight:
∎ Surveillance & Risk Assessment:
∎ Training & Capacity Building:
∎ Hand Hygiene & Cleanliness Promotion:
∎ Supply & Waste Management:
∎ Quality Improvement & Documentation:
∎ Collaboration & Reporting:
∎ Activities:
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Read Before Apply: Please note that application via any other method will not be considered.
"FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding. FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature".
Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.
Company Information:
∎ Friendship
∎ K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ https://friendship.ngo/
Address::
∎ K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ https://friendship.ngo/
Application Deadline: 14 Jun 2025
Category: NGO/Development
