Senior Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,742.00 to £50,056.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43742.00 - £50056.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2024 |
| Location: | Walsall, WS2 9PS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9407-24-0227 |
Summary
Act as a specialist practitioner and senior member of the Infection Prevention and Control Team supporting all health care workers, students, external contractors and support services within the organisation and across the health economy. Advise on the clinical care of relevant patients and appropriate infection prevention and control practices required to minimise risks of infection to patients, visitors and staff. Act as a role model to promote and facilitate high standards of clinical practice. Be a named lead for a division within the organisation and seen as a Senior point of reference in supporting the divisions governance processes. To liaise with the key stakeholders to ensure effective, safe utilisation of beds and that patients are placed appropriately in order to minimise the risk of transmitting infection. To communicate sensitive information to patients, staff and carers and provide advice and reassurance as appropriate. To work with Trust colleagues to improve and maintain standards of contemporary infection prevention practice within the hospital environment and participate in appropriate audit cycles/ quality improvement projects. To identify potential barriers and solutions to enable improvements utilising expertise. To contribute and lead in the investigation of health care associated infections, develop thematic analysis and accurate reports to Trust governance meetings including Divisional Quality Meetings and Infection Prevention and Control Committee.More can be seen in the attached Job Description.