Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

NHS; Stockton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Infection Prevention and Control Nurse to join their team. This role involves providing expert advice and support in infection prevention, working collaboratively with various healthcare professionals to ensure the highest standards of patient care. You will be responsible for investigating outbreaks, delivering training, and contributing to clinical audits. With a commitment to quality improvement and staff development, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on patient safety and care quality. If you are passionate about infection control and want to be part of a supportive and inclusive environment, this role is for you.

Benefits

Health and Well-being Initiatives

Staff Benefits

Opportunities for Personal Development

Performance Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC registration and degree in nursing required.
• Experience in Infection Prevention and Control and clinical settings within the last 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist adviser on infection prevention and control.
• Deliver training and support to staff on IPC measures.
• Participate in audits and contribute to infection control reports.

Skills

Infection Prevention and Control

Clinical Audit

Report Writing

Training Delivery

Microsoft Office Proficiency

Quality Improvement

Communication Skills

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC Registration

Degree in Nursing

Mentorship Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

This post may close early due to sufficient applications.

To provide infection prevention and control nursing services and expert advice in North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice in the prevention, surveillance and investigation of infection. To provide infection prevention and control advice as specified in Service Level Agreements.

Main duties of the job

Work as part of a team with the infection prevention and control nursing staff, Infection Control Doctor and Microbiology staff, and will liaise with external agencies and partners as required.

Provide an information flow to Senior Clinical Matrons, Heads of Service, General managers and Clinical Directors as required

Work as part of a team providing support for an assigned directorate

Be required to work with all staff and patients and be confident to professionally challenge poor practice at times.

Represent the trust externally to share good practice. Competently report back to the trust.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Job responsibilities

Act as a specialist adviser to all staff in matters relating to infection prevention and control.

Liaise and agree action with all necessary staff in the event of an outbreak of infection.

Assist in the investigation of outbreaks of infection with specific reference to source, mode of spread and means of control, and to implement plan for containment and prevention of further spread.

Contribute to the IPCT clinical audit programme to continuously evaluate clinical procedures to ensure compliance with agreed infection prevention and control measures, recommending change when necessary to reduce risk trust wide, including implementation of research and recent validated advances in infection prevention and control.

Identify and provide information and specialist education appropriate to need for different staff groups.

Represent the Infection Prevention and Control Team on relevant committees, working groups etc and provide active membership and appropriate specialist input.

Participate in the production of infection prevention and control reports as necessary.

Deliver formal and informal IPC training to a wide range of staff in different settings.

Participate in the production of infection prevention and control reports as necessary.

Requirement to travel to different sites, as necessary.

Provide counselling and/or information to patients, carers and staff on infection prevention and control measures relevant to their individual needs.

Participate in the formulation and review of policies and guidelines for the prevention and control of infection.

Contribute to QI projects and initiatives to improve IPC practice.

Have an awareness of the Trust financial position and work efficiently and effectively to contribute to budgets

Act as a practice supervisor to students attached to the department as part of their training

Support junior members of the team

Conduct appraisals as required

Maintain accurate records

Proficient on Microsoft packages such as word and excel

Ensuring all relevant logs are kept up to date

Contribute to the IPCT clinical audit programme

Required to work autonomously, prioritise own workload, manage own diary. With supervision and guidance available from the IPC team, IPC matron and IPC lead nurse.

Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities.

Participate in review of own performance regularly and development of personal development plan at least every 12 months

Take responsibility for own actions

Recognise own personal strengths and weaknesses and identify appropriate strategies to enhance the strengths and overcome or minimise the weaknesses

Apply personal effectiveness skills in terms of time management, prioritisation, resource management, self-motivation and team work

Person Specification

Qualifications

• registered nurse with NMC registration
• Degree (or commenced on pathway)
• evidence of further post registration experience
• Mentorship in practice or equivalent teaching qualification
• Evidence of teaching in current role

Experience

• broad post registration experience in clinical settings within the last 2 years
• Involvement in IPC in current role
• experience of involvement in audit and root cause analysis
• Awareness of national IPC policies
• experience in report writing
• experience in delivering training

Skills

• Ability to work on own initiative
• able to transport self and equipment between sites
• Good IT skill, proficient with Microsoft packages
• Experience of working with patients and carers
• Able to work autonomously and prioritise work load
• Quality improvement skills
• experience of preparing and delivering presentations

management

• experience of mentoring or supporting junior team members
• Appraisal and people management skills

communication

• excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• able to work well in a team and with all other staff members in the hospital and externally

Financial and phsyical

• Driving license and access to own vehicle

other

• previously worked in IPC team

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.