Health Protection Nurse

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Location: Oldham Council Offices, Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham, OL1 1HD

Shortlisting and Interview Dates:

Shortlisting 8 May 2025, interviews to be held 22 May 2025

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and innovative nurse to join the Health Protection Team at Oldham Borough Council. The post holder will be responsible for many aspects of health protection in the council, including: leading on infection prevention and control in a variety of settings; leading on education workshops; supporting the Health Care Associated Infections/Antimicrobial Resistance strategy; supporting complex situations including where communicable infection is present in closed/vulnerable settings; non-communicable environment hazards; immunisation and supporting the council’s emergency planning role.

Key Responsibilities

• To deputise and in the absence of the Lead Health Protection Nurse, lead on the Implementation of Infection Control Components in the revised Health and Social Care Act (2012)
• To lead on outbreaks of infection reported across Oldham’s adult social care systems and respond to all settings, including education
• To lead on the Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) Annual Audit programme in a variety of settings
• To lead on quality performance monitoring, supporting the HCAI/AMR agenda
• To develop and deliver IPC Workshops and Health Protection education to a variety of organisations, including Adult Social Care and Primary Care.

Key Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years post registration nursing experience (Part 1 NMC registered).
• Have or be willing to undertake a recognised Infection Prevention & Control qualification.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit.
• Teaching and presentation delivery skills
• Nursing knowledge of community infection control and communicable disease and infection control in health care and social care settings
• Experience of working autonomously, managing own time and priorities whilst achieving tight deadlines in projects and tasks
• Experience of working in a health and community setting, working closely with clinical colleagues and health care providers

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Us

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information .

Our Values and Behaviours

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

Our Benefits Package

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.

Inclusive Recruitment

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

If you’re an applicant with disabilities, anyone aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer or someone who has served in the Armed Forces and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme .

Data and Privacy

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Important information

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.