Infection Prevention and Control Healthcare Support Worker

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is looking for an Infection Prevention and Control Healthcare Support Worker to join their Community Infection Prevention and Control Team. This role is to support care homes and other adult social care services, with a focus on improving IPC standards and providing training.

Benefits

Development opportunities in professional and leadership

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Functional Literacy and numeracy abilities sufficient to undertake the role is essential.
• Care Certificate gained through vocational capacity, not online.

Responsibilities

• Improve infection prevention and control standards.
• Share best practices and training with various care settings.

Skills

Flexible approach to workload

Working on own initiative

Education

NVQ level 3 or above in health and social care

NVQ Level 2/3 in Healthcare

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Infection Prevention and Control Healthcare Support Worker

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

The Community Infection Prevention and Control Team are looking for a team player to join them on a secondment / fixed term basis to support care homes, extra care, domiciliary care, supported living and non-CQC registered adult social care services such as day centres.

If you have experience working within the community as an IPC link professional this would be perfect opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills within an established team.

Full driving licence essential to role and we would recommend an informal visit to meet the team.

Shortlisted applicants will undertake a literacy and numeracy assessmentas part of the interview process, if you are successful your interview will be held on the same day.

Main duties of the job

The role will focus on improving infection prevention and control standards by undertaking scoping phase then and sharing best practice and training. The project aim is to gain a knowledge around IPC for different settings and providing bespoke support packages to improve IPC knowledge.

Closing date of applications: 06 May 2025

Interview date: 19 May 2025

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Able to demonstrate Functional Literacy and numeracy abilities sufficient to undertake the role is digitally literate
• NVQ level 3 or above in health and social care

Experiance and Knowledge

• NVQ Level 2/3 in Healthcare gained by working in a vocational capacity or evidence of relevant equivalent experience. Care Certificate gained by working in a vocational capacity (we will not accept an online care certificate)
• Evidence of hand hygiene training and assessment
• Evidence of audit / data collection.

Skills

• Evidence of working on its own initiative, and flexible approach to workload.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust