Infection Prevention Nurse | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE1 5WW |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Leicester |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6190054/358-6190054-COR |
Summary
University Hospitals are Leicester (UHL) is looking to recruit a Band 6 Nurse to join the IP team, which is part of the wider Corporate Nursing Team.
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland – and increasingly specialist services over a much wider area. Our nationally and internationally-renowned specialist treatment and services in cardio-respiratory diseases, ECMO, cancer and renal disorders reach a further two to three million patients from the rest of the country.
Spread over the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals, we also have our very own Children’s Hospital and work closely with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
If you are a registered healthcare practitioner with experience or working towards a qualification in infection, prevention and control, who is looking to use their knowledge and skills across the whole range of health and social care settings, then this is the job for you. Working with a proactive and progressive IP Team, with a reputation for making it better for our patients and staff, by going the extra mile.
You will have a key role in ensuring our patients have the highest standard of infection prevention possible, through support for our clinical colleagues and support for those who deliver care. Your role will include surveillance, monitoring and investigation of alert organisms. You will conduct, support, and collate audits of IP practice in addition to providing advice support and education. You will require excellent organisational and communication skills to enable you to work collaboratively with primary, community and secondary care providers. You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to participate in other nursing and quality assurance activities within the Trust.
The successful candidate may be required to undertake an IP qualification and have a wide range of teaching experience, some related to infection prevention and audit and surveillance. The post requires travel to different sites and it is essential that the successful candidate has the ability to commute between locations.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
high-quality care for all,
being a great place to work,
partnerships for impact, and
research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
we are compassionate,
we are proud,
we are inclusive, and
we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
Support the implementation of the Trust Infection Prevention programme
Promote adherence to UHL policies designed to reduce the risk of infection.
Provide guidance and support to staff to reduce to risk of healthcare associated infection.
Support the delivery of the Trust wide IP education programme and local education in response to need
Support IP audit and surveillance programme
Reports to Senior Nurse Infection Prevention, supported by Specialist Nurses
Work with the Clinical Management Groups to develop action plans to promote and evidence compliance with the annual Infection Prevention programme
Assists clinical staff in answering patient/carers concerns and complaints with issues relating to infection prevention
Provide advice on cleaning and decontamination processes
Participate in Root Cause Analysis investigations and support the development if action plans as required
Provide infection prevention advice to support compliance with the IP annual programme and other centrally and locally agreed interventions to reduce the risk of infection
Communicates actions required for safe infection prevention and control practice
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024