Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

Transformation Unit; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Good annual leave

Pension schemes

Salary sacrifice schemes and discounts

Job summary

The Infection Prevention and Control Nurse role at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is Band 6, 1.5 WTE, with opportunities for full or part-time working and weekend duties. You will join a multidisciplinary IPC Team, providing expert IPC advice and support, contributing to surveillance, outbreak management and education across acute and community settings.

The post requires a registered nurse with NMC registration, ICT skills, and a post‑registration infection control

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Healthcare Diploma or equivalent.
• Post-registration Infection Control qualification (Level 3) or willingness to complete.
• Bachelor's degree in health-related subject or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist IPC advice and support to clinical and non-clinical teams.
• Review patients with known or suspected infections and support outbreak management.
• Contribute to HCAI surveillance, audit and assurance activity.
• Develop and implement evidence-based IPC policies and guidance, provide education and training.
• Work flexibly across acute and community services, including weekend IPC service provision.

Skills

Effective interpersonal communication

Organise and prioritise workload

IT/Office skills

Team working

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Healthcare Diploma or equivalent

PEAP or equivalent teaching qualification for supervisors

Post-registration Infection Control qualification (Level 3) or willingness to complete

Bachelor's degree in health-related subject or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa/ pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 27/10/2026

Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The Infection Prevention and Control Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for motivated and enthusiastic nurses to join our specialist team.

We have 1.5 WTE Band 6 opportunities available and welcome applications for full or part-time working. This could be appointed as one full-time and one part-time post, or two part-time posts. Working hours can be discussed with successful candidates, subject to service requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity for nurses with an interest in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) who want to develop their specialist knowledge and make a positive contribution to patient safety and the prevention of healthcare-associated infection.

Working within our multidisciplinary IPC Team, you will provide specialist advice and support, contribute to infection surveillance and outbreak management, and support assurance, education and improvement activity across the Trust.

We are looking for proactive, approachable nurses committed to high standards of care, patient safety and continuous improvement. You will be supported by experienced IPC colleagues to develop your specialist practice and progressively manage your own workload.

The role has a Trust-wide remit across acute and community services and includes weekend working as part of the IPC service provision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT), supporting the prevention, identification and management of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and promoting high standards of IPC practice across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Working across acute and community services, the post holder will provide specialist IPC advice and support to clinical and non-clinical teams; review patients with known or suspected infections; and support the investigation and management of outbreaks, incidents and emerging infection risks.

The role will contribute to HCAI surveillance, audit and assurance activity, identifying trends and supporting improvements in practice. The post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based IPC policies and guidance, provide education and training, and support decontamination, environmental cleanliness and wider IPC assurance.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, patients, families and wider stakeholders, the post holder will promote patient and staff safety and contribute to quality improvement and service development.

The post holder will manage an allocated workload with support from senior IPC colleagues and work flexibly across acute and community services, including participation in weekend IPC service provision.

Working for our organisation

At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining one of the UK’s largest and busiest NHS teaching organisations, providing care to the people of Sheffield and beyond across our hospital and community services.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our PROUD Values and Behaviours – Patients First, Respect, Ownership, Unity and Delivery – guide how we work together, how we support our colleagues and, most importantly, how we provide safe, high-quality and compassionate care for our patients.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment where colleagues feel valued, respected and able to contribute to improving the services we provide. As a major teaching organisation, we also recognise the importance of learning, research, innovation and continuous improvement and are committed to supporting the professional development of our staff throughout their careers.

Joining Sheffield Teaching Hospitals means becoming part of a diverse multidisciplinary workforce with opportunities to learn, develop and make a difference across a wide range of specialist, acute and community services. We also recognise the importance of supporting colleagues to balance their professional and personal lives and provide a range of staff benefits, wellbeing support and flexible working opportunities in line with service requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• Healthcare Diploma or equivalent
• To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Post-registration qualification in Infection Control at Level 3 (Certificate in Infection Control or equivalent) or willingness to complete
• Bachelors Degree in health-related subject or equivalent

Experience

• Relevant experience working at AFC Band 5 (or equivalent) to include some experience within an acute NHS setting or comparable healthcare environment.
• Experience as Infection Prevention and Control Link Worker or able to demonstrate application of Infection Prevention and Control knowledge in clinical areas
• Experience of secondment to Infection Prevention and Control Team
• Research or audit experience

Skills

• Evidence of professional development
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Capable of working effectively as part of a Team and in ways that are consistent with the Trust’s PROUD values
• Ability to organise, manage and prioritise workload effectively
• IT/Computer Skills including working knowledge of MS Office packages

Personal Qualities

• Patient First - examples of prioritising the patient
• Respectful - examples of respect to individuals
• Ownership - example of demonstrating ownership of work/project
• Unity - example of working in unity
• Delivery - examples of delivering (care or objectives)

Other Requirments

• Ability to work across sites where required
• Driving licence where applicable to community-based responsibilities

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.