Specialist in Infection Prevention (a)

What the daily professional routine looks like

• You advise all hygiene-relevant areas and support employees and managers with professional questions
• You prevent, detect and combat nosocomial infections and help to reduce pathogen transmissions
• You conduct hygiene inspections and audits, assess actual and target states, and initiate appropriate corrective measures in case of deviations
• You collect and analyse relevant data, such as infection rates, and prepare the results for expert committees and decision-makers
• You create, implement and update guidelines, concepts and programmes for infection prevention and conduct corresponding training and further education
• You observe professional and scientific developments, assess their relevance and support their implementation in the organisation
• In case of acute infection risk, you intervene professionally and consistently within the scope of your delegated competencies

Competences and potential

• Diploma as a registered nurse HF or FH
• Completed further training as a specialist in infection prevention in healthcare with a federal diploma (HFP)
• Several years of professional experience in an acute hospital; experience in hospital hygiene, infection prevention or quality management is an advantage
• Strong analytical skills and enjoyment of evidence-based work, data evaluation and reading English-language specialist literature
• Confident, target group-appropriate appearance in consulting and training as well as the ability to act decisively even in demanding situations
• Independent, structured and solution-oriented working style as well as enjoyment of interprofessional and cross-site collaboration

• Regular working hours in a responsible specialist role
• An autonomous working style in a professionally demanding and constantly evolving environment
• Supportive, collegial collaboration within the hospital hygiene team as well as with infectiologists

Our contact for questions

Cornelius-Monroe Huber, Chief Nursing Officer, looks forward to meeting you personally and is happy to provide information at +41 76 394 24 84 or by email at cornelius-monroe.huber@ksbl.ch.

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