IP Officer

Relief International (RI) is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. 

Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need. 

Relief International is an alliance of four organizations with one shared mission, comprised of Relief International, Inc., Relief International-France, Relief International-UK and Relief International-Europe, which operate under a one-team concept under a single senior leadership team.

Position Summary:

The Infection Prevention Officer ensures the implementation of infection prevention and control practices to reduce healthcare-associated infections and maintain a safe hospital environment. The IP officer/supervisor is responsible for HCWM in the hospital as well as in all HFs, he has to ensure that the three color waste bins is available and use properly in all section of the hospital, ensure that the incinerators and placenta pits are functional and properly used, ensured all points of health care waste management is considered in the hospital and HFs, provide on job training for the technical and management team on IPC and HCWM on how to deal with properly. He has to ensure to apply all the points of IPC in the hospital.

•  Essential Responsibilities And Duties:

• Implement hospital infection prevention policies.
• Ensure compliance with MoPH infection prevention guidelines.
• Support and supervise, monitor the SAFE project hospital staff and provide on Job training and feedback to them for improving the quality of services.
• Conduct regular infection control assessments.
• Monitor sterilization and disinfection procedures.
• Supervise medical waste segregation and disposal.
• Ensure waste is handled according to national regulations.
• Conduct training sessions on infection prevention.
• Promote hand hygiene and proper use of PPE.
• Monitor infection rates within the hospital.
• Report outbreaks and support response measures.
• Ensure proper implementation of the MOPH/WHO IPC (Infection prevention control) standards and guidelines in every HFs.
• Support the provincial SAFE project hospital technical team in provision of PIP in related to IPCs.
• To ensure from the quality of care implemented at all level of Services in coordination with provincial project management team.
• Adherence to all organizational policies and procedures as outlined in RIs’ policies and procedure manuals.
• Conduct him/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to RI and not to jeopardize its humanitarian mission.

Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.

The interested candidates should submit their RI Application letter with a CV and with three references.
Please Mention the announced position and vacancy number in the email subject please like (IP Officer - RI-FAR-SAFE-2026-13)
Via email: vacancies.afghanistan@ri.org
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Please download the RI application form through below link. fill and send it along with your CV: :
http://www.acbar.org/upload/1572844955489.DOCX
Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Safeguarding
Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.
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