Head of Built Environment IPC: Strategy, Risk & Estates

Trustwide; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) leader to serve as Head of Built Environment IPC on a 24-month fixed-term contract.

In this senior role you will provide strategic leadership and expert oversight across healthcare redevelopment programmes, capital projects, water safety, ventilation, decontamination and environmental IPC, ensuring IPC principles are embedded in service transformation and infrastructure planning.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with a statutory regulator e.g. GMC, NMC, GPhC etc.
• Formal postgraduate qualification in IPC
• Educated to master’s level, working towards this or comparable experience
• Postgraduate Management development/qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Evidence of continued professional development

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Work 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.
• Provide authoritative specialist advice, undertake complex risk assessments, oversee assurance arrangements and support the identification, mitigation and escalation of significant infection prevention risks.
• Lead 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.
• Represent the IPC service at senior internal and external forums and contribute to executive and Board-level reporting and assurance processes.
• Provide professional leadership to staff within your portfolio, build effective partnerships across organisational boundaries and drive continuous improvement in infection prevention practice.

Skills

Senior IPC leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Strategic thinking

Quality systems

Education

Formal postgraduate IPC qualification

Master’s level education

Job description

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) leader to serve as Head of Built Environment IPC on a 24-month fixed-term contract.

In this senior role you will provide strategic leadership and expert oversight across healthcare redevelopment programmes, capital projects, water safety, ventilation, decontamination and environmental IPC, ensuring IPC principles are embedded in service transformation and infrastructure planning.