Infection Control Nurse

6 days ago

Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital Full time

Infection Prevention Lead Nurse

Ipswich Hospital | Permanent contract | Part time | Includes weekend work | Competitive salary, depending on experience | 22.5 hours per week (3 days a week)

If you want to work in infection prevention and control, you'll love this brilliant opportunity to join the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. We have a part-time position to become the Infection Prevention Lead Nurse at Ipswich Hospital. Together with the Director of Clinical Services for the Hospital you will be operationally responsible for the day to day management of Infection Prevention and Control for the hospital. Continue your journey with us whilst we support you to be your best.

As an Infection Prevention Lead Nurse at our Ipswich Hospital, you'll be registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including NMC. With post-registration experience (at least two years in infection prevention and control), you're able to carry out investigations and root cause analysis, as well as advising the clinical team.

The Role

  • You will be expected to work autonomously within all departments, offering advice and support to the clinical team.
  • You will liaise with the lead microbiologist and support the DCS as the DIPC with your specialist knowledge.
  • You will manage the infection prevention audit schedule and lead the infection prevention link team.
  • You will carry out investigations and root cause analysis and assist heads of department with quality improvement plans.
  • You will be required to produce an annual Infection Prevention programme and provide face to face teaching to the clinical and non-clinical team.
  • Your expertise will be required to assist the matron in facilitating and coordinating the quality assurance review, and produce the annual Infection prevention report.
  • You will support the DCS and clinical heads of department with provision of Clinical Governance at site.

The person

To succeed as the Infection Prevention Lead Nurse you will need to:

  • Have a registration with the appropriate governing body and have the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC
  • Have at least 2 years' experience in an infection prevention role
  • Be an excellent communicator and team worker – plus be flexible and motivated
  • Have the ability to fully understand each patient's needs and provide individual attention

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital.

Set in over 19 acres of private woodland, Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital is a haven of tranquility and repose. Only private patients are treated at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital, making us the only purely private hospital in East Anglia and the first within the Nuffield Health Hospitals group. We are currently registered with the Care Quality Commission for 60 beds, with areas of specialty in cataract, cosmetic, gynaecology, imaging & radiology, orthopaedics and urology & men's health Ipswich has a CQC (Care Quality Commission) rating of good.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.

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