Editorial summary

The company is seeking an experienced Nurse Clinician specializing in Infection Control to lead infection prevention efforts across multiple outpatient healthcare sites. The role involves developing and implementing infection control programs, staff education, outbreak preparedness, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and expertise in infection prevention practices. The position offers a salary of 7,000.

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Job description

[This job id 12184 first appeared in Job-Q.com on 02 Jun 2026]

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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