About the Role
We are seeking an experienced nursing professional to lead and strengthen infection prevention and control practices across a multi-site outpatient healthcare environment. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and sustaining an effective infection control programme to ensure a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
The successful candidate will play a key role in surveillance, staff education, policy implementation, outbreak preparedness, and regulatory compliance.
Who should apply? Candidates who are looking to:
- Step into a larger-scope leadership role with responsibility across multiple clinical sites, allowing you to influence infection control practices at a system level.
- Gain stronger exposure to strategy, policy development, surveillance analytics, and organisation-wide improvement initiatives beyond day-to-day operational infection control work.
- Move into a 5-day office hours position that offers better work-life balance while staying within a specialised clinical field.
- Be part of a role with high visibility, working closely with senior management, clinicians, and operational leaders on critical safety priorities.
- Strengthen your long-term career pathway into Infection Control Lead, Nurse Manager, Clinical Governance, Quality & Patient Safety, or senior nursing leadership positions.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain organisation-wide infection prevention and control programmes across outpatient clinical settings.
- Provide training and education to healthcare staff on infection control standards, protocols, and best practices.
- Design and support patient education initiatives relating to infectious diseases and preventive health measures.
- Serve as the subject matter expert and advisor on infection prevention matters for clinical and operational teams.
- Monitor infection trends, prevalence patterns, and surveillance data to identify risks and recommend interventions.
- Conduct audits, inspections, and compliance reviews to ensure adherence to infection control standards.
- Investigate incidents and support outbreak management, containment, and escalation processes when required.
- Review and update policies, workflows, and clinical procedures in line with latest guidelines and evidence-based practices.
- Support accreditation readiness and regulatory compliance through surveillance and quality improvement activities.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders to drive a strong culture of safety and infection prevention.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse with valid nursing registration.
- Min. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or equivalent recognised qualification.
- Minimum 9–11 years of clinical nursing experience, including at least 2 years in infection prevention / infection control / epidemiology-related setting.
- Good knowledge of infection prevention principles, epidemiology, surveillance methodologies, and outbreak management practices.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Good analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Proactive, motivated, and results-driven mindset.
- Strong organisational and time management abilities.
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively in a team environment.
Qualified applicants, please send a copy of your resume in MS Word to:
melanietay@recruitexpress.com.sg
or call Melanie at 6736 3280 for further enquiries
All information will be treated with confidentiality and only selected candidates would be notified
Consultant: Melanie Zheng Zhiyuan
Designation: Principal Consultant/Division Manager
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