OUR VALUES IN ACTION
• Care and Compassion • Quality and Teamwork • Dignity and Respect • Openness, honesty and responsibility
We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Band 7 Infection Prevention and Control Nurse. We would also welcome applications from trained and experienced Infection Prevention and Control Nurses.
The Infection Prevention and Control Team support NHS acute, community and mental health services as well as council-run and independent care homes. This high profile role provides an interesting, varied and exciting opportunity as we progress the infection prevention and control agenda across the Scottish Borders.
We appreciate this may be a career change for you and will be an important decision. We would love to welcome you to come and meet us and shadow one of our Infection Prevention and Control Nurses for a day to see if this role would appeal before you decide to apply. Please call Ailsa Dickson, Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse on 01896 826262 for a chat and to arrange a convenient day to visit.
With a minimum of 3 years experience working as a qualified nurse and living our organisational values, you will train to be a source of expert, specialist knowledge on Infection Control issues. You will develop skills and influence attitudes and behaviours to support patient safety through the reduction in healthcare associated infection.
It is a requirement for this post to attain a post graduate Infection Control Diploma which we would fully fund and support you to complete. Commencing as a trainee, (Agenda for Change Annex 21) you will progress to Band 7 on successful attainment of the Infection Control Diploma. Failure to attain the Diploma within four years would result in redeployment to an alternative Band 6 nursing post within NHS Borders.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:- 06/02/2026
As from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes .
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here .
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here .
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
**PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.