Infection Prevention Assistant | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Winchester, SO22 5DG |
| Company: | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6170882/251-CORP0882-INFCON |
Summary
We are looking for a Fulltime Band 3 Infection Prevention and Control Assistant based to work in our IPC department. You will be required to work acrosssite at our Andover, Winchester and Basingstoke sites.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to an expert specialist service that positively impacts on the experience of patients, visitors and carers.
To plan and conduct infection prevention audits on a regular and as required basis in accordance with the infection control audit programme, liaising with the relevant people to feedback any issues identified and to enter the audit data on to Trust and departmental systems accurately and in a timely fashion.
To be a good role model for infection prevention by promoting Trust standards and upholding infection prevention and control policies and procedures.
Flexible working patterns will be considered.
What we look for:
• Good communication and listening skills
• Interest in infection control and willingness to undertake training
• Computer literate and comfortable with Microsoft systems
What we Offer:
• Full training on auditing in infection control
• BCOT course in Infection Prevention and Control
• Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
For further information about this role please see the Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024
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