Band 7 Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

4 weeks ago

Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom HCRG Full time
Job Introduction

As a Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centered care and services to support individuals and teams. Working within a collaborative environment, you will provide essential services tailored to meet the unique needs of those we serve.

Based in Swindon,  you will have the flexibility to work within a model that supports both on-site and hybrid working arrangements, depending on the nature of the role. HCRG Care Group is committed to fostering an agile and adaptable workforce to best meet the needs of our organization.

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Band 7 Infection Prevention and Control Nurse to join the Bath Swindon Wiltshire (BSW) business unit based in Swindon. 

The role of the Infection Prevention and Control nurse will be based in Swindon (venue to be confirmed). However, there is an expectation they will need to travel to other sites within the Swindon area and on occasion to Bath and Wiltshire sites. There is also an opportunity to work from home occasionally and in collaboration with the line manager.

There may also be times when it is necessary to cover the IPC Leads from Wiltshire and Bath 

The role is offered at 30 hours per week working across 5 days Monday-Friday.

Main Responsibility

This list is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required of the role: - 


•     To act as an advocate for all aspects of IPC and support the Clinical and Management team to demonstrate best practice. 


•     Have the authority to challenge inappropriate practice, if appropriate, including antimicrobial prescribing practice. 


•     Collating and monitoring Business Unit IPC assurances and ensuring these are regularly shared with the Business Unit Management team and local governance structure for oversight and discussion, as well as provided to the DIPC and Head of IPC towards HCRG Care Group IPC Annual Plan. 


•     Supporting the Business Unit Senior Management Team to ensure all services are performing to the highest standards of IPC, and compliant with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice (2015). 


•     Represent the Business Unit at the HCRG Care Group IPC Sub-Committee. 


•     Acting as an IPC specialist point of contact within the Business Unit for colleagues. 


•     Identifies and manages own professional development and training needs in relation to this specialist role. 


•     To deliver training and education related to IPC.


•     Ensuring that every service within the Business Unit has a named IPC Champion, and that the local IPC Champions network meet regularly to update and discuss on relevant topics for IPC. 


•     Ensuring that all colleagues within the Business Unit are all kept informed of any changes to national and local IPC related policy, procedures and guidance.   


•     Monitoring all IPC incidents reported within the Business Unit and seeking assurance from service managers of a satisfactory outcome. Ensuring that lessons learned are also shared with colleagues and the senior management team. 


•     Supporting all services within the BU with the performance and completion of the annual IPC and Environmental Audit and ensuring that all identified actions are satisfactorily resolved in a timely manner.  

Please see the attached Job Description for the full list

The Ideal Candidate


•     First level Registered Nurse with current valid registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council


•     Nursing Degree or equivalent experience 


•     Post graduation qualification in IPC qualification or equivalent experience


•     Significant experience in Infection prevention and control as a band 6 or relevant transferable experience in quality improvement initiatives 


•     Have an understanding and awareness of infection prevention and control issues within national and political context


•     Experience of undertaking audits and writing reports


•     Effective communication skills, able to communicate effectively and confidently across multi-disciplinary team


•     Understanding of current IPC policies, guidance and national standards


•     Teaching experience 


•     Ability to manage own workload and prioritise effectively


•     Ability to self-motivate and motivate others.


•     IT skills – Word, PowerPoint, Excel


•     Participation in service development and change management.


•     Fully Driving licence 

Package Description

At HCRG Care Group, we value you and your contributions, offering a range of benefits to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing:


• Competitive Pay & Pension: Receive a salary of £46,148 with AFC terms and conditions  and NHS Pension.


• Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with professionals nationwide to develop and share best practices.


• Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and offers at leading supermarkets, retailers, and experience providers through our Reward Gateway.


• Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, including counselling, career coaching, and legal advice.


• Flexible Pay Options: Track earnings and access wages through Wagestream, providing financial flexibility.


• Learning & Development: Enhance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities.


• Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas for service improvements, and stay informed through regular leadership updates.

About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK\\\'s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We\\\'re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we'll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website\\\'s privacy policy. Attached documents
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