Clinical Nurse Specialist

7 days ago

Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen, due to the previous post holder leaving for a new opportunity, to join the small friendly IPC team as Clinical Nurse Specialist IPC. The post holder will be a nurse with existing experience in IPC, qualified in the speciality or near completion of approved course in IPC. The Infection Prevention and Control Service (IPCS) provides infection prevention and control (IPC) specialist advice; via the single point of access, proactive & reactive support for surveillance of infection, prevention and control of outbreaks and delivers training, and conducts audit. The aim of the service is to provide ongoing IPC programme to reduce the risk of health care associated infection and so contributing to the quality of patient care and service delivery.

The job purpose is to undertake surveillance of infection, undertake audits, participate in improvement projects; QI and support governance functions in IPCS. The post holder will establish and maintain effective relationships with medical staff, managers, senior nursing staff, professionals allied to health and other multi-professional trust members in order to deliver education and training across site. The candidate appointed will be supported to further develop management and leadership skills and be part of an IPC network across Kent and Medway.

Main duties of the job

The role will entail being a clinically focused practitioner who will strengthen the IPC contribution to patients and service users across DGT. A key priority for the post holder will be to develop and ensure practice compliance across the Trust is in accordance with National Standards and policies through policies, protocols, guidelines, participating in patient safety incident framework approach to incidents, identification of learning.

About us

We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.

If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

Produce and maintain surveillance information on new MRSA and Clostridium difficile isolates, GNBSI organisms, other mandatory surveillance system pathogens, notifiable infections, ensuring reporting is prompt and within agreed time deadlines , daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly.

Lead on representing IPC at MDTs, incident meetings, outbreaks along with divisional colleagues, utilise this data against infection data and develop prevention strategies with the Governance lead, represent at national networks.

Work under the direction of but without supervision of the Matron Infection Prevention and Control (MIPC), to ensure health care associated infections data is kept, be involved in the analysis and reporting to relevant teams

In line with national mandatory targets and reporting requirements, assist and work closely with IPCSC, Matron, in production of graphs and charts towards the preparation and provision of reporting of MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and GNBSI rates to UKHSA, and internal reports to Infection Prevention and Control Committee, Quality Committee, development of report writing skills, & cross cover with the Matron IPC to develop draft reports, contributing to the accurate data, and drawing on themes, trends around patient safety, clinical effectiveness and clinical quality.

Utilise the Trust software such as Datix to record, and pull out incident information, actions, bring these to closure.

Collate all the relevant information from a variety of sources to enable accurate and timely submissions of data in accordance with national mandatory targets.

Lead in delivering an annual schedule for the various audit programmes undertaken. This includes environmental/clinical practice audits. Undertake follow up actions as directed post audit/ site visits.

Input data from completed audits and prepare accurate draft reports. Distribute completed audits to the relevant Divisional Leads, and

Departments/Wards filing these and related evidence.

Represent the team at webinars and local learning exercises and events; CBRN tests, EPRR drills, Kent and Medway ICB meetings, conferences.

Please see attached job description for further information.

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

Registered General Nurse Part way through or completed IPC qualification at minimum undergraduate level modules in infection control, or can demonstrate they possess this Qualification in teaching, ENB 998 or equivalent, Student nurse mentorship qualification Course completion in Facilitation skills, and presentation skills. Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Clinical Audit training Outbreak management UKHSA SSIS UKHSA module Relevant IT Qualification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Excellent IT skills. Understanding of current healthcare issues clinical governance, risk management and quality controls assurance Highly developed interpersonal skills, particularly negotiation and persuasion skills Able to deal with patients and service users sensitively. Presenting at meetings, education forums, delivering training to wide audience Able to work autonomously or as part of a team. Able to work to deadlines. Able to take meeting notes and actions at draft level. Ability to organize own time and prioritise work whilst also meeting service priorities. Knowledge and experience in the application of audit Ability to work with minimal supervision. Ability to travel to Trust sites, work in different locations, bases.

Desirable

Report writing skills Participation in policy development and standard setting

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in an acute NHS organisation recently Experience of infection control roles in health/social care setting. Experience of working in clinical health setting caring for patients. Experience in managing staff, resources

Desirable

Experience of surgical site surveillance programme QI methodology experience Representing Trust at external forums

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