Head of Built Environment IPC

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) leader to become Head of Built Environment IPC on a 24-month fixed-term basis. You will lead a complex portfolio spanning healthcare redevelopment, water safety, ventilation, decontamination, and environmental IPC assurance.

You will influence at site, divisional, executive and Board levels, embedding IPC principles in transformation and infrastructure, while shaping strategy, policy and

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with a statutory regulator.
• Master’s level education or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience with built environment IPC including water safety and ventilation.
• Experience leading and implementing service improvements across multiple services.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Trust-wide built environment IPC portfolio with governance and risk management.
• Embed IPC requirements in capital developments and refurbishment projects.
• Provide specialist risk assessments and escalate significant infection prevention risks.
• Develop strategy, policy, and assurance frameworks; contribute to incident management and research.
• Represent IPC service at senior forums and support Board reporting.
• Provide professional leadership and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Risk assessment

Stakeholder influence

Infection prevention and control

Education

Registered healthcare professional (GMC/NMC/GPhC)

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Continued professional development

PhD/Professional Doctorate or study at this level

PRINCE2 / Project/Programme management qualification

Tools

PRINCE2

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) leader to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as our Head of Built Environment IPC.

This is a rare 24-month fixed-term opportunity to lead one of the most complex and high-profile built environment IPC portfolios in the NHS.

Working closely with the Director and Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control, you will provide strategic leadership and expert oversight across a broad portfolio including healthcare redevelopment programmes, capital projects, water safety, ventilation, decontamination, environmental risk management and estates-related infection prevention assurance.

As a senior member of the IPC leadership team, you will influence decision-making at site, divisional, executive and Board level, ensuring infection prevention principles are embedded within service transformation, healthcare infrastructure and operational planning.

We are looking for a registered healthcare professional with substantial senior-level IPC experience, strong leadership skills and a proven ability to manage complex risks, influence stakeholders and deliver improvement across organisational boundaries.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of built environment IPC within one of the UK's leading academic health science centres while contributing to innovation, education, research and service excellence.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide strategic leadership for the Trust-wide built environment infection prevention and control portfolio, ensuring effective governance, assurance and risk management across healthcare infrastructure, redevelopment, water safety, ventilation, decontamination and environmental IPC programmes.
• Working closely with senior clinical, operational, estates and facilities colleagues, you will ensure infection prevention requirements are embedded throughout capital developments, refurbishment projects, service reconfigurations and operational activities.
• You will provide authoritative specialist advice, undertake complex risk assessments, oversee assurance arrangements and support the identification, mitigation and escalation of significant infection prevention risks.
• The role includes leading the development of strategy, policy and assurance frameworks; contributing specialist expertise to incident and outbreak management where environmental factors are relevant; and supporting organisational improvement through audit, education, research and innovation.
• You will represent the IPC service at senior internal and external forums and contribute to executive and Board-level reporting and assurance processes.
• You will provide professional leadership to staff within your portfolio, build effective partnerships across organisational boundaries and drive continuous improvement in infection prevention practice.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with a statutory regulator e.g. GMC, NMC, GPhC etc.
• Educated to master’s level, working toward this or comparable experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• PhD/Professional Doctorate or study at this level
• Professional publications PRINCE or other Project/Programme management qualification

Experience

• Substantial practical experience of providing senior IPC advice and assurance in relation to the built environment, including water safety, ventilation, decontamination, estates works and capital or redevelopment schemes.
• Experience of identifying, communicating and escalating significant or emerging risks, including challenging senior stakeholders and securing delivery of corrective actions across organisational boundaries
• Substantial senior experience at a senior clinical level leading and delivering services
• Extensive experience of implementing quality systems and benchmarking
• Complaints management and experience of the litigation process.
• Experience of leading and successfully implementing service improvement/redesign programmes in a multi disciplinary environment/ across a range of services
• Proven track record and have demonstrable formal research expertise, knowledge and skills

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name Deborah Barry Job title Deputy Director Infection Prevention and Control Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07553724251