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Infection Control Assistant

4 months ago

Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster Medical Practice Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Job Title**:Infection Control Assistant

**Accountable to**:IT/Estates and Facilities Manager

**Key Relationships**:Lead Nurse Partner, Estates and Facilities Assistant, Site Supervisors, clinical staff

**Salary**:LMP Grade 3 - £22,208 per annum, pro rata

**Job Summary**:
The post holder will have a responsibility for infection prevention and control audits and actions across the organisation. The post holder should be passionate about Infection Prevention and Control and be committed to supporting this through the organisation.

The postholder will be responsible for undertaking clinical audits across the practice at each site and developing and implementing action logs from these.

The postholder should be able to adapt to changes in policies or guidance at little notice and be proactive in cascading these changes to staff.

The postholder will also be responsible for the development and review of paperwork, audit documents and action logs.

We are also advertising for an Estates and Facilities Assistant role, which could be undertaken alongside this role.

**Key Duties/Responsibilities**
- You will work alongside the Infection Control lead for the Practice, along with the Estates and Facilities Managers, other team members and site supervisors, as well as the wider clinical teams.
- Responsible for supporting the Infection Prevention & Control team through effective communication with a wide range of individuals across the Practice.
- Maintains and develops own professional competence and seeks to extend scope of personal knowledge and scope and role of professional practice.
- To promote high standards of health, safety and hygiene.
- To take measures to ensure the safety of visitors and staff, reporting hazards, accidents or incidents and managing the appropriate follow up actions as detailed in the practice policies.
- Supports the Infection Prevention and Control in the promotion, development and sustainability of a patient safety culture.
- To ensure that work is completed within timescales, meeting the required quality standards e.g. level of service is provided, thoroughness, adherence to quality measures and protocols
- To use effective and efficient IT processes to support the role.
- To effectively organise activities to support the efficient working of the role.
- Provide training to other members of staff wishing to be involved in the audit process.

**Confidentiality**:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the
Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

**Health & Safety**:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Reporting potential risks identified
- Act as Chaperone when requested by clinician and in accordance with the Chaperone policy.

**Equality and Diversity**:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with the Practice policies and procedures, and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

**Personal/Professional Development**:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own persona