Infection Prevention and Control Lead
Role: IPC Lead
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week
Location: Head Office Based (Loughborough) with expected travel to services across the country where needed.
Salary :From £45.000
We have an exciting new opportunity to join our senior management team of Rushcliffe Care Group.
About Us
1. You will be joining Rushcliffe Care, a company with over 30 years of experience in offering the highest levels of care to our most vulnerable in society.
2. Providers of specialist care for over 100 service users.
3. We offer genuine training and development opportunities to all our committed staff. All staff are able to complete NVQ level awards (or equivalent and above), fully funded by Rushcliffe Care and fully supported by our own in-house training team.
4. We can offer real career and development opportunities across our sites. Don’t believe us? Over 70% of our Registered Managers began in entry level positions within Rushcliffe and over 50% of our Senior Management Team did!
All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check, the cost of which is covered by Rushcliffe Care.
About the Role
This is the lead role within the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team and, therefore, the post holder will be expected:
To act as the lead contact for all services to improve their IPC knowledge and practices, especially for health and social care workers.
To have prior experience of implementing strategies within community settings.
To be responsible for the development of and to oversee compliance of the Rushcliffe Care Group’s IPC Delivery Plan.
To collaborate with relevant stakeholders across the Company, to develop and improve IPC standards and reporting any key issues and necessary actions to the Rushcliffe Care Group’s Board of Directors; along with sharing these with the IPC team as appropriate.
To be able to apply expertise in dealing with highly complex issues across a range of different situations and settings.
In addition, knowledge and understanding of clinical governance systems, including risk management and safeguarding are required.
About You
Essential
Critical analysis skills to interpret research and guidance and apply as appropriate.
Data analysis skills for the collection and interpretation of surveillance data.
Report writing skills and presentation to meetings, boards, partners, etc.
Policy writing, implementation and evaluation skills.
Programme development skills.
Experience of use of infection control audit tools and report writing.
Effective communication skills, enabling communication across all levels of the Rushcliffe Care Group, stakeholders, partners, public and service users. Negotiation and influencing skills.
IT literacy across a range of applications; word progress, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, email and internet software.
An ability to work to tight deadlines, manage and prioritise workload and to deliver high quality work.
The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision.
Leadership skills.
Cllinical experience within a Health Care setting
Desirable
A post registration qualification in Infection Prevention and Control
Specialist knowledge across the range of infection, prevention and control, such knowledge will be acquired through experience, diploma specialist training and / or short courses.
Training and education skills – development, delivery and evaluation of training packages. Experience of teaching / presenting to large groups.
Experience of staff leadership / management of a team.
Experience of managing projects from inception to delivery.
Experience of working with / leading work with external colleagues to implement infection prevention strategies.
5. Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence/Own Transport (Mileage paid)