This is an exciting opportunity for a registered healthcare professional to join a busy award winning proactive infection prevention and control team, providing support and advice for staff across acute and community settings. The post provides significant opportunities for development as an individual. This post will provide the chosen candidate with a unique opportunity to join our team and make a difference.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
The post holder will work within a multi disciplinary team comprising of Infection Prevention and Control Nurses, microbiologists, laboratory staff and administration staff to provide professional advice to all disciplines of staff relating to Infection Control Practice and Policies. The post holder will be responsible for promoting and developing good practice in the field of infection control. Daily tasks include surveillance; training, audit and assisting in the management of outbreaks of infection. Ensuring that these are implemented, delivered and evaluated in line with governmental directives and local policies.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
To liaise, motivate and negotiate with all trust staff on issues regarding infection control. To liaise with outside agencies e.g. business representatives, regarding infection control issues, new products etc. Required to communicate and understand confidential highly contentious, emotive, complex and sensitive information. This involves effectively communicating with all grades of staff internally and externally in a sensitive manner. This also includes dealing with members of the public, including carers and relatives. Demonstrable the ability to analyse and judge complex situations and facts which require analysis and interpretation and comparison of a range of options. Act as patients advocate in all matters relating to the patients care, treatment and welfare. Visit patients' and their families within departments acting as a link between staff and themselves in relation to infection control issues. Selects and initiates appropriate actions to prevent and control infection and uses professional judgment in recognizing and challenging poor practice. Provides specialist advice and makes decisions on the management of complex cases for patients/clients and staff. Audit and monitor adherence to infection control policies through departmental audit. Maintain clinical skills through clinical placements on a regular basis to inform expert advice and maintain professional code of practice. Give specialist advice to clinical/non clinical areas regarding equipment and its decontamination. Acts as a supervisor for students of various disciplines. Responsible for the delivery of training programmes to all trust staff. Actively promotes evidence based practice and the value of audit and research to other healthcare professionals. Maintain and improve professional knowledge, skills and competence in accordance with national and local policies and local guidance, to ensure the delivery of evidence based practice.