Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

NHS; Croydon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Croydon is seeking an experienced infection prevention and control nurse for a fixed-term role covering maternity leave for 12 months. The ideal candidate will possess essential IPC experience and qualifications. This role involves providing specialist advice, ensuring adherence to IPC practices, and leading initiatives to enhance patient and staff safety.

Qualifications

• Previous IPC experience is essential for this role.
• Computer literacy required.
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide IPC advice and support to staff and teams.
• Act as an adviser, disseminating skills and knowledge.
• Contribute to service organization in the absence of senior staff.
• Identify and investigate outbreaks of infections.

Skills

Self-motivated

Excellent communication skills

Ability to engage with others

Organisational skills

Education

Degree in IPC

Teaching and Assessing in clinical practice course

MSc in IPC or equivalent

Job description

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced infection prevention and control nurse on a Fixed Term basis to cover maternity leave for 12 months.

The successful candidate will need to be self-motivated, have a good work ethic, passion for IPC, ability to manage own workload,demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with others. The ability to influence and articulate best IPC practice across our broad range of services is essential.

The post holder will develop a quality, proactive and evidence-based IPC service, to prevent and reduce the incidence of infections and implement systems to enhance patient and staff safety across the organisation.

Previous IPC experience is essential for this role. The successful candidate must also be computer literate,have good organisational skillsand be able to demonstrate autonomous working and to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Interviews: 3rd December 2025

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) advice and support to staff and teams working both in the acute and community services to ensure adherence to good practice in IPC is maintained.

The post holder will act as an adviser disseminating specialist skills and knowledge to all staff groups, patients and visitors and be visible and accessible to staff, patients and visitors always acting as a good role model.

The post holder will contribute to the daily organisation of the service in the absence of the Senior Infection Prevention & Control Nurse.

The post holder will provide strong, visible on-site leadership, support and guidance to all Trust and community staff and ensuring a patient focused service.

The post holder will identify and ensure prompt investigation of outbreaks of infections, analysing the available information so that root causes can be identified, lessons learned and shared and practice can be improved to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Ensure processes are in place and assist with the collection of clinical surveillance and monitoring data for national and mandatory surveillance as required.

Utilise analysis of the results of this surveillance to identify areas where improvement can be made and work with clinical teams to achieve this.

The post holder will work in collaboration with Clinical site practitioners to ensure safe placement and movement of patients to enhance positive patient experience.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification

IPC experience

• Years of IPC experience
• Acute hospital experience
• Teaching and Training

Qualifications and skills

• NMC registration
• Degree in IPC
• Teaching and Assessing in clinical practice course
• MSc in IPC or equivalent

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.