Role Responsibility
Kent County Council is recruiting an experienced Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) Nurse to join our Public Health Team.
You will provide expert clinical advice, drive quality improvement in infection control practice, and support outbreak prevention and management across a wide range of care and community environmentsincluding care homes, schools, and refugee/asylum accommodation settings.
About the Role
You will:
- Support sustainable infection control networks and contribute to strategic planning for health protection.
- Provide expert IPC advice across care homes, schools and community settings.
- Deliver IPC audits, quality visits and Care Quality Commission (CQC) assurance.
- Develop IPC policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training to strengthen system-wide practice.
- Work closely with partners including UKHSA, the ICB IPC team, and care providers.
About You
You will be:
- A registered nurse or midwife with significant IPC experience.
- Skilled at partnership working, influencing and leading change.
- Confident analysing and presenting complex information.
- Able to work autonomously, travel across the county, and manage competing demands.
Why Join Us?
- Play a key role in protecting public health across Kent.
- Help shape resilient infection control systems during a period of sector change.
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.