Environmental Health Officer

LIYANA HEALTH CARE Plc (LHC) is an Integrated Health Care Solutions Company that provides high quality, advanced & a yet accessible and affordable specialized clinical services, import and distributes pharmaceuticals, teaching health fields and manufacturing factory products in Addis Ababa and Hawassa cities.

Currently, LHC comprises 8 business units: - Yanet Internal Medicine Specialized Center (YIMSC Hwassa), Yanet Specialized Internal Medicine & Surgical Center (YSIMSC A.A), Yanet Trauma and Surgical Specialized Center (YTSSC - Hawassa), Yanet Priamary Hospital (YPH - Hawassa) ,Yanet Drugs and Medical Supplies Wholes Sale (YDMSWS - Hawassa), Yanet-Liyana College of Health Sciences (YLCHS- Hawassa), LHC Health Consultancy and Yali Hospital Detergents, Cosmetics & Chemicals Manufacturing (A.A )

LIYANA HEALTH CARE PLC would like to recruit potential candidates for the position of Environmental Health Officer to assign at Yanet Specialized Internal Medicine and Surgical Center Addis Ababa

Qualified applicants who can perform the following responsibilities and satisfy mentioned requirements are invited to apply for the job vacancy.

Position Summary

Environmental Health Officer is responsible for infection prevention and control (IPC) program which is designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help preventing transmission of communicable diseases and infectious practices in the health facility.

Responsibilities and Duties :

• Plans, develops, directs, implements and evaluates infection prevention activities within health facility.
• Investigates infection control problems and arranges follow-up care for patients exposed to infectious diseases.
• Conducts rounds, discussing and monitoring infection control practices with staff;
• Collects infection data from departments, maintaining records for each case;
• Trains staff on implementation of infection control practices;
• Investigates incidents of infection and reports such incidents mainly to Medical Director and other departments.
• Ensures availability of supplies required for infection control including personal protecting equipments (PPE).
• Overseeing compliance of the Exposure Control Plan and Infection Control Practices of the health facility utilizing the national standards/guidelines of infection Prevention.
• Developing and revising policies and procedures relating to the Infection Control Program to insure infection control standards that meet regulatory body requirements.
• Submit a report of infections, recommendations for action, and control measures to the responsible person.
• Conduct outbreak investigations with collaboration of partners.
• Ensure functionality of health facility drainage lines in each room.
• Ensure dry disposal system is appropriately carried out especially using incinerator.
• Maintain a system for reporting possible incidents of communicable diseases to local, state, or national agencies as required.
• Design surveillance to identify possible communicable diseases or infection before the spread.

Provide in service education on:

• Hand hygiene
• Cleansing, disinfection and sterilization
• Specific direct and indirect care settings
• Therapeutic and diagnostic procedures and devices
• Use of isolation/barrier precautions when indicated
• Resident placement, transfer, and discharge
• Environmental hazards
• Use of patient care products and medical equipment.

Qualification and Licensing

• BSc Degree in Environmental Health Professional from Recognized University
• Having Professional Licensing and Registration Certificate

Work Experience and Required

• New graduates are invited for competition

Required number : One (01)