Infection Prevention and Control Officer

6 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Salary Band 4 £25,147 - £27,596

To assist the Infection and Prevention and control team embed excellent IPC standards throughout the Trust through the implementation and monitoring of IPC policies, training and motivating of staff to achieve continuous improvement in quality of Infection Prevention & Control.

To be a point of contact filtering and monitoring requests from staff, and when required patient, relatives, visitors and company representatives for the Infection Prevention and Control Team within NEAS and ensure that accurate information is passed on in a timely manner.

Maintain and promote effective communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team and external agencies. Provide and receive complex, sensitive information and when necessary be persuasive to promote excellent infection prevention and control standards.

Assist the IPC Team to implement and monitor Infection Control policies including supporting the collection, analysis and reporting of performance and compliance information as required.

Assist in assuring implementation of Infection Control policies and standard operating processes are adhered to in the clinical areas through regular quality improvement cycles.

To participate in the planning, implementation and development of Infection Prevention & Control in-house study days and courses.

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities for this role.



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