IPC Nurse

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health trust in Shrewsbury seeks a Band 5 or Band 6 Nurse eager to specialize in infection prevention and control (IPC). This role requires effective communication, training skills, and the ability to influence practices across various services. Candidates must be registered with the NMC, possess IPC experience, and be prepared for travel around the region. The position offers a salary between £38,682 and £46,580 per year, contributing to excellent patient care and high IPC standards.

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC and demonstrate IPC experience.
• Ability to influence across Trust and manage IPC standards.
• Collected and analyze data for IPC - excellent IT skills required.

Responsibilities

• Establish credibility to influence IPC practices.
• Act as a role model and undertake audits and assessments.
• Deliver training and present information to groups.

Skills

Advanced communication

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Complex information communication

Education

NMC Registration

First Level Degree or equivalent

Evidence of teaching

Continual professional development

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

In the additional information please answer the following question: "Give an example of when and how you have influenced IPC practice and initiated change in your current role".

Are you a Band 5 Nurse wishing to progress into a specialty, or are you a current Band 6 wishing to further hone your skills?

We are looking for Nurses that are passionate about infection prevention and control (IPC), ensuring your patients receive excellent quality care at all times to join our friendly team. Bring your passion, enthusiasm, commitment and expertise to make a difference every day.

The post-holder will be able to use their knowledge and experience of infection prevention and control to support compliance with Regulation and Governance Standards and improve Standards of Care and Clinical Practice.

You will need to be registered with the NMC and demonstrate IPC experience in your current role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will require the ability to establish credibility and influence across the Trust, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills to deal with complex matters and situations as they arise. Working autonomously within a team, the post-holder will take responsibility to ensure high standards of IPC are delivered, act as a role model as well as undertaking audits, risk assessments and providing expert IPC advice and support to all areas of the Trust including services ranging from community nursing to specialist community clinics as well as our inpatient wards.

The successful candidate must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be effective at motivating others to deliver safe care and reduce the incidence of infection.

The post will involve the collection and analysis of data, writing of reports, development and delivery of training and presenting to groups. Excellent IT skills, proficiency in Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and web based applications is required.

This post requires travelling around the County and region and therefore the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post is essential.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Highly developed specialist knowledge achieved through First Level Degree or equivalent portfolio of evidence
• Evidence of teaching within current role
• Fulfils or willingness to work towards Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Competences
• Evidence of continual professional development and education

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills
• Ability to take initiative, work autonomously, make decisions and prioritise workload
• Ability to communicate complex information to patients and their carers in a sensitive and supportive way at a level they can understand
• Ability to develop solutions to non-routine issues and situations
• Ability to identify and assess relevant information, interpret and present complex data using a number of forms of analysis and presentation

Other

• Ability to meet travel requirements of the post which may require travel across the Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin and region.

Experience

• Experience of provision of training/education
• Evidence of in-depth experience in infection prevention and control
• Experience of working with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook programmes

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum/pro rata