Senior Infection Prevention & Control Nurse

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic Infection Prevention Service team as a Senior Infection Prevention & Control Nurse at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The role offers an opportunity to enhance your clinical skills while ensuring effective infection control practices. Candidates must be registered nurses with a commitment to professional development and teamwork, with a range of benefits including generous annual leave and salary sacrifice schemes.

Benefits

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars and home electronics

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Local financial advice from Stockport Credit Union

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Evidence of professional qualifications in the healthcare field.
• Degree-level education and supporting practice learners course.

Responsibilities

• Promote effective infection prevention practices across the organization.
• Lead a team and foster clinical excellence and quality care.
• Implement Trust policies regarding safeguarding and service duties.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Effective communication

Leadership

Coaching skills

IPC knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse on NMC register

Evidence of study at degree level

Professional qualification relevant to speciality

Job description

Senior Infection Prevention & Control Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic Infection Prevention Service team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

The Infection Prevention Service is seeking to appoint a full time Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate who wishes to expand their knowledge, experience and learn new skills within a dynamic team.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a sound knowledge of clinical nursing, excellent clinical skills and experience working in the field of infection prevention. You will need to be able to empower staff and facilitate effective infection prevention practice within the organisation.

Interviews are planned for 8th July 2025

Main duties of the job

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team are vital, with an ability to motivate others, prioritise your workload and have a positive approach due to the challenging work, as no two days are the same.

As the service covers off site facilities, community sites as well as the Stepping Hill site, an ability to travel is an essential part of the role.

You will be required to work to high standards maintaining a high quality finish to aspects of your work. If this sounds appealing to you, then apply fast as the rarity of this post means when we have sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close this vacancy at an earlier time.

The post is full time, 37.5hours, over 7 days with a need for flexibility as there may be early starts, late finishes on some days, with advanced notice.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on NMC register
• Professional or clinical qualification relevant to speciality or evidence of working towards
• Evidence of study at degree level
• Supporting learners in practice course

Knowledge

• Update research & evidence based practice
• Evidence of further learning

Experience

• Experience of working in infection prevention & control
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Evidence of ability to effectively co-ordinate a team
• Coaching skills

Skills

• Demonstrate ability to assess, plan, implement & evaluate care around IP
• Awareness of implementing change & willingness to learn new skills

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.