Strategic IPC Lead: Infection Prevention & Control

Steering Point; Leinster; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Funded professional development

Bonus and benefits package

Job summary

Steering Point represents a well-established private surgical hospital in the Irish Midlands seeking an Infection Prevention & Control lead to drive IPC strategy, policy, surveillance and accreditation across the hospital.

You will chair the Infection Control Committee, report to the Quality & Risk Manager and Director of Nursing, and have a strong voice in hospital-wide decisions, shaping infection prevention practices and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active NMBI registration on the General register.
• Post-graduate IPC qualification (Level 9) or IPC specialist qualification with substantial experience.
• Five or more years' post-registration experience, much of it in IPC or CNM2 roles.
• Proven track record leading IPC programmes, HCAI surveillance and audit in an acute setting.
• Experience with HIQA, CHKS or equivalent regulators.

Responsibilities

• Lead the IPC programme end to end: strategy, policy, surveillance, audit, outbreak response, education and accreditation.
• Chair the Infection Control Committee and report to Quality & Risk Manager and Director of Nursing.
• Drive hospital-wide IPC governance and decision-making.

Skills

IPC leadership

Healthcare leadership

Surveillance

Audit

Outbreak response

Education

Education

Post-graduate IPC qualification (Level 9)

Significant IPC experience

Job description

Steering Point represents a well-established private surgical hospital in the Irish Midlands seeking an Infection Prevention & Control lead to drive IPC strategy, policy, surveillance and accreditation across the hospital.

You will chair the Infection Control Committee, report to the Quality & Risk Manager and Director of Nursing, and have a strong voice in hospital-wide decisions, shaping infection prevention practices and outcomes.