Infection Prevention and Control

1 week ago


Wishaw, United Kingdom NHS Lanarkshire Full time

The Role

To ensure an efficient and effective support service by providing a comprehensive confidential secretarial and administrative service to the infection prevention and control department consisting of Infection Prevention and Control and Surveillance.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

Professional qualification i.e. HNC in a relevant discipline (Business Admin/Secretarial Studies/Public Administration) or equivalent previous experience in a secretarial role Well-developed interpersonal skills. Excellent communication skills. Good organisational and planning skills. Understanding of a range of procedures and processes. Ability to prioritise work and work on own initiative whilst under pressure. Proficient I.T. skills, which include a working knowledge of Microsoft packages. Ensuring confidentiality, diplomacy and discretion are maintained at all times

It would be great if you also have

Minute taking skills Experience of working with Nurse Specialists Previous experience providing administrative support within the NHS Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information Knowledge of medical terminology Familiarity with LanQip

Contract type

Permanent  Full time  37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in the Infection Prevention and Control Department within University Hospital Wishaw. The working pattern for this role is 0830-1630 Monday -Thursday and 0830-1600 Friday.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )

Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .



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