Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) - We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, motivated and/or experienced infection prevention & control nurse to take up a post within our IPCT. This would be an ideal opportunity for a dynamic, confident, and highly motivated nurse wishing to further their career in a specialist and pivotal field within healthcare. The role is interesting and tasks include daily patient ward rounds, providing proactive advice to patients/staff/visitors, problem solving, undertaking audits, infection surveillance, outbreak management and teaching. This post requires travelling to other trust premises and therefore candidates must be able to get around the trust sites in a timely and efficient manner. You must have enthusiasm to continue professional self-development and development of others. You will need to demonstrate your expertise and the contribution you can make to building a team, maintaining and improving trust infection rates and leading the trust forward as a centre of world class care.
About Us
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist about 15% of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Details
Date posted: 15 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 6
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part‑time
Reference number: 413‑98355‑QS‑MS
Job location: Infection Control - E00020, Manchester, M20 4BX
Responsibilities
The post holder will work closely with the Trusts multi‑disciplinary teams supporting infection prevention and control practices across departments. This will include providing IPC advice and supporting the IPCT leadership in reviewing and implementing changes in practice. The post holder will support the IPCT in the development and implementation of local and national infection prevention and control policies and initiatives, decontamination, surveillance, outbreak investigation and clinical audit. Clinical responsibilities include providing clinical expertise to clinical areas when patients are identified with healthcare‑acquired or communicable infections, supporting clinical areas to maintain biosecurity measures, maintaining a clinical visibility at ward and departmental level, ensuring safe evidence‑based practices through audit and feedback, improving quality and safety by participating in the development and implementation of robust policies and guidelines, supporting the collection and communication of data for surveillance, compiling reports, providing specialist advice to manage incidents and outbreaks, improving quality and safety through improvement methodologies, evaluating decontamination processes, monitoring product purchasing, supporting audit programmes and environmental audits, working with ward staff to manage an inpatients caseload with alert organisms, fostering good interdepartmental relationships, representing the IPCT at meetings, and being flexible across hours of work in the unlikely event of a significant outbreak.
Leadership tasks include providing specialist advice and clinical support to clinical teams, fostering professional relationships, influencing improvement, designing and monitoring services, supporting the Infection Control Nursing Team, developing knowledge and skills, participating in learning environments, representing the IPCT at conferences, and assisting in the development of an Infection Prevention and Control Link Worker.
Education responsibilities involve developing own knowledge, participating in learning environments, representing the IPCT at meetings and conferences, facilitating learning, and assisting in development and evaluation of a link worker.
Research and audit tasks include applying evidence, participating in data capture for surveillance, supporting the Lead Nurse, sharing best practice, and assisting in development and evaluation of policies and procedures.
Communication & working relationships involve working across organisational and professional boundaries as part of the multidisciplinary team.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
* RN/Current NMC registration
* Degree or equivalent level of education or experience
* Evidence of current professional development
* Teaching and assessing certificate
Desirable Qualifications
* Certificate or diploma in Infection Prevention & Control
Essential Experience
* Demonstrable interest and knowledge in infection prevention and control issues.
Desirable Experience
* Experience of participation in clinical audit and research.
* Experience of involvement in quality improvement.
Essential Skills
* Interpersonal skills
* Ability to assess and assimilate information and adopt a problem solving approach to achieve change
* Ability to work independently and in a small team and with a range‑of staff across the organisation
* Able to cope with unpredictable workload with frequent interruptions
* Work flexibly
* Ability to assess risks associated with occupational exposure (i.e. sharps injuries) and provide specialist guidance and signpost ...
* Report writing / Presentation skills
* Computer literate
Desirable Skills
* Computer literate
* Be able to accurately input and extract data from NHS computer systems ie ability to use Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc
Essential Knowledge
* Knowledge of current guidance relating to infection prevention and control
* Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
* Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
Desirable Knowledge
* Knowledge of research/audit in specialty
Essential Values
* Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
* Capability to work some unsocial hours including weekends
Additional Information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer Details
Employer name: The Christie NHS FT
Address: Infection Control - E00020, Manchester, M20 4BX
Employer's website: https://www.christie.nhs.uk/
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Part‑time
Job Function
Health Care Provider – Hospitals
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