Specialist Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner

NHS; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Specialist Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner in Portsmouth. This full-time role involves both independent and collaborative work within clinical settings, emphasizing IPC strategies tailored for both mental and physical health. Candidates should possess advanced communication skills and a relevant degree or qualification in infection control, with opportunities for leadership and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within an infection prevention and control team.
• Evidence of audit and research.
• Evidence of managing junior members of staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory support and guidance to inpatient areas.
• Manage and support clinical teams to complete IPC audits.
• Conduct assurance and compliance activity.

Skills

Highly developed communication skills

Quality focus

Ability to analyze complex information

Self-motivated

Excellent presentation skills

Education

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Degree level IPC specialist qualification or equivalent (e.g., PG Cert)

Recognised teaching qualification

Higher professional or management degree (e.g., MSC/PG DIP)

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner

The closing date is 22 June 2025

Come and join our dynamic multidisciplinary IPC team. This role requires someone who is proactive and adaptable and willing to travel to a variety of locations across the trust geography. Our newly formed trust offers a diverse clinical profile which is interesting and challenging. Any individual taking the post will be required to make dynamic risk assessments based on the patient setting and risk profile adapting IPC guidance to fit both mental health and physical health rehabilitation inpatient settings. The role also provides advice to community and clinic based teams. There will be opportunities for teaching, developing estates knowledge, liaising with teams outside IPC, and developing resources and guidance to support the staff within the trust.

In addition to providing clinical advice you will be a senior IPC specialist nurse who will be required to support and mentor more junior members of the team. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who values IPC and wants to develop their skills outside of the acute setting.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to work as part of a small multidisciplinary team, whilst the role involves being a team player it also requires independent working and managing your own diary. This is an agile role with clinical responsibilities in a variety of clinical locations across a large geographical area. The post is both office based and working directly with clinical teams, you will need to be prepared to travel across the county to complete clinical visits. This is an ideal role for someone who has significant experience in IPC and is looking for a new challenge or a more senior position developing IPC skills in a variety of clinic settings.

The following provides some of the activity that would be expected

*Provide advisory support and guidance to inpatient areas and a variety of community and clinic based teams

*Manage and support clinical teams to complete IPC audits

*Teaching both informal and formal. Confidence in presenting to small and large audiences is requirement of this senior position

*Conduct assurance and compliance activity

*Line management, leadership and mentoring responsibilities

*Complete complex risk assessments taking into account the diverse environments of the trust

*Monitoring and ensuring compliance with the national standards of healthcare cleanliness

*Communication skills are essential as this role involves liaising with multidisciplinary teams and clinicians at all levels

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Registered appropriate health professional
• Degree level IPC specialist qualification or equivalent.eg PG Cert in infection prevention and control
• Evidence of continued professional development appropriate to your registration.
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Higher professional or management degree or higher specialist level e.g., MSC/PG DIP in infection prevention and control

Experience

• Experience of working within an infection prevention and control team
• Experience of working clinically as a nurse or AHP in different clinical settings with knowledge of a range of clinical procedures
• Experience of leadership and operational change management whilst also developing and maintaining high standards of quality care.
• Commitment to self-development with ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of current thinking and policy effecting health and the public sector.
• Experience of managing staff schedules such as rosters, skill mix management.
• Experience of managing junior members of staff.
• Has experience of working autonomously and managing own workload.
• Evidence of audit and research.
• Evidence of policy development.
• Experience of working in an acute sector Infection Control Team.
• Experience of working in a Community/Primary Care/Private sector Infection Control Team

Additional Criteria

• Highly developed communication skills, ranging from informal 1:1 discussions, formal presentations covering both oral and written skills
• A strong understanding of multidisciplinary issues and commitment to multi-disciplinary working.
• Quality focus with innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
• Has good IPC knowledge and the ability to work automatously.
• Able to analyse complex information and facilitate the application of theory to practice.
• Verbal reasoning skills
• Ability to work automatously and also as part of a team
• Excellent presentation skills
• Evidence of achieving change in clinical practice
• Ability to produce learning and teaching materials
• Knowledge of evidenced and research based practice
• Computer literate i.e., PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Self-motivated, and able to motivate others, securing the cooperation of colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Being flexible and adaptable to work in order to meet competing priorities

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearbased on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-COR-7929

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)