Responsibilities
* To develop and deliver bespoke IPC training packages to compliment the IPC training programmes for social care providers across Cumberland.
* To provide specialist IPC advice and support to key NHS and social care providers across Cumberland in order to protect health, reduce communicable disease outbreaks and Health Care Acquired Infections.
* To provide IPC advice and support to incidents and outbreaks of communicable diseases across Cumberland (and in line with the arrangements contained within the Cumbria & Lancashire Outbreak Plan).
* To develop and deliver infection prevention and control (IPC) quality improvement initiatives with social care providers across Cumberland and in collaboration with key NHS and social care partners.
* To assist the Public Health Manager (Health Protection) with other health protection duties, as required. This includes emergency planning, resilience and response (EPRR) responsibilities, oversight & assurance of the NHS vaccination & screening programmes and asylum seeker, refugee & evacuee (ASRE) Public Health health screening work. 8. To attend and contribute to appropriate subgroups e.g., local IPC groups & committees, Cumbria Resilience Forum, Health Resilience Forum (HRP), Cumbria Health Protection Oversight Group (HPOG), NHS Vaccination and Screening Boards & meetings, and ASRE meetings and forums to maximise the health and well being of our population.
About the Employer
Cumberland Council is a unitary council responsible for all local authority services for the area of Cumberland, which covers an area of 3,012 square kilometres and has a population of 276,876. The Council was established in 2023 to replace Allerdale Borough Council, Carlisle City Council, Copeland Borough Council and Cumbria County Council.
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