Community Infection Prevention & Control Nurse Band 6

Uk Wwl Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Nurse to join the Infection Prevention and Control Team at a leading NHS Trust. The role involves managing infections, providing guidance, and supporting clinical staff across multiple sites. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills, a nursing degree, and experience in Infection Control.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with current UK professional registration.
• Experience at Band 6 level required.
• Post-registration qualification in Infection Control is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage healthcare associated infections and support staff in clinical areas.
• Promote best practices in Infection Prevention and Control.
• Engage in audit programmes and implement national surveillance.

Skills

Team player

Good written and verbal communication

Problem-solving

Effective time management

Education

First level Registered Nurse

1st Level Degree in a health-related subject

Recognised teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

Full time

Part time

Job share

Flexible working

Job ref302-25-7072200CPREmployerWrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteRoyal Albert Edward InfirmaryTownWiganSalary£37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing14/04/2025 23:59Interview date23/04/2025

Employer heading

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative Band 6 Nurse to join our Infection Prevention and Control Team. The team is based at the Royal Albert and Edward Infirmary but provides a Trust wide service across 3 main sites and Community Settings.

Ideally, we are looking for a self-motivated, experienced Nurse who possesses good written and verbal communication skills, works well within a team whilst being able to work autonomously. They need to able to influence others, prioritise work and have a flexible approach.

A first level degree in a health-related subject is essential and a post registration qualification in Infection Control is desirable. Applicants should also have had comprehensive general nursing background, experience at band 6 and evidence of teaching.

The successful candidate should be computer literate, familiar with Microsoft Office and its applications, as well as having a willingness to learn new systems when necessary.

The role will be varied and includes promoting best practice in Infection prevention and control, providing specialist advice and guidance for staff and patients, partaking in an audit programme, analysing and interpreting data and preparing and delivering reports and implementing national surveillance programmes, the successful candidate will also be required to take part in the on-call rota.

Informal visits are encouraged and welcomed. Please contact the team to arrange.

Main duties of the job

Work with the IPC team in managing healthcare associated infections, support staff in the clinical areas to minimise the transmission of infections. Engage in change and improvement initiatives. This post involves being able to work across all Trust sites and possible community clinical areas.

Be able to problem-solve, assist in decision making and support more senior members of the team in the management of the IPC service.

Can effectively communicate in varying forms with the multi-disciplinary and senior teams.

Manage one's own workload, whilst prioritising time effectively. Be able to audit, interpret and analyse results and feedback these in an understandable way to others.

Assist with the education and development of others.

Practice with evidence-based values and up to date knowledge base.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Integrate and work effectively within the onsite IPC team maintaining high standards of Infection Prevention and Control across acute and community areas, providing support to clinical areas to minimise the risk of transmitting infections to our patients.

Person specification

Skills

Team player with ability to work without supervision on own initiative.

Able to develop alliances and partnerships.

Innovative

Motivational

Ability to influence decisions

Ability to challenge poor Infection Control practice

Effective time management.

Able to work on various sites/ community and clinical areas.

Good written and verbal communication skills

Used audit tools to collect and analyse data

Desirable criteria

Managerial skills

Able to understand the organisational structure

Research awareness

Able to prepare and present reports

Experience

Evidence of comprehensive general nursing experience

Two years’ experience at Band 6.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of experience in practice improvement or change management related to Infection Control.

A noted interest in IPC/ experience as a link nurse or IPC ambassador

Qualifications

First level Registered Nurse – Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Evidence of continuing professional development.

Recognised teaching and assessing qualification. Or evidence of delivering teaching packages.

1 st Level Degree in a healthrelated subject.

Willing to undertake a post Registration qualification in Infection Control.

Desirable criteria

In possession of a postregistration qualification in Infection Control.

Additional

Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

To undertake this post, you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle. Should you not meet this requirement due to a disability, you are of course able to apply and a discussion regarding whether reasonable adjustments could be made to the role would take place before any offer is confirmed.

Good record of attendance.

Able to take part in on call rota on completion of training.

Knowledge

Current knowledge of Infection, Prevention and Control, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’S), policies and guidance.

Understanding of patient safety and governance processes including escalation of concerns, incident reporting and review.

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Recruitment Information for Candidates

Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Guidance on Completing Your Application

Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Continuous Service

WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.