Main area Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (rotation onto weekends) Job ref 287-CEF-49-25
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal site Town Liverpool Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
The post holder will have a responsibility to assess, audit and educate clinical & nonclinical staff within the Trust infection control and the policies that govern effective clinical practice. This will be under the supervision and support of the Team Leader. The post holder will be required to give guidance and advice regarding Infection prevention and control measures within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post will focus on developing skills and knowledge in clinical staff and ensuring compliance with approved policies on infection control. This is a role that will assist the post holder to develop their nursing skills. The post holder must be committed to working within a multidisciplinary team across all clinical areas of the trust. This role is a pivotal component in ensuring a comprehensive, effective and robust response to maximise and impact upon the national requirement to reduce all health care associated infection.
The role includes many varied activities including receiving laboratory information on patients with infections, patient reviews and patient education, surveillance and audit of practice and the environment, staff education, outbreak management, advising on Estates and refurbishment projects, reviewing clinical products, representing IPC at various forums and meetings and responding to clinical queries from staff and the public.
The post is primarily based on the Royal site; however, there may be cross site working required to cover on the Aintree site.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work with clinical staff to ensure evidence-based policies and practice is followed for the management of:
1. Infection prevention & control
2. Isolated/infected patients
Provide instruction and training to individuals and groups of staff on all of the above aspects which will require persuasive, motivational, negotiating and reassurance skills to overcome barriers to understanding.
Assist in National & Trust wide, ward and departmental based education and training programmes.
Identify training needs and gaps in knowledge and practice with regards to Infection prevention. Assist in compilation of root cause analysis, Action Plans and propose changes in areas of poor compliance.
Answer public and patient enquiry regarding risk of infection and its management.
Educate clinical & non-clinical staff to ensure practice is effectively documented and standards are adhered to in relation to intravenous access documentation.
Work in close liaison with medical microbiology & clinical staff on all wards, working creatively and introduce innovative methods in order to integrate infection control into all.
Participate actively in observational studies and audit regarding bacteraemia's.
To ensure good communication with relevant multidisciplinary members within the Trust about practice.
Be able to assess and identify sensitive situations and manage conflict where a more senior member of the Infection Control Team needs to be involved.
Produce regular reports on the progress of the project for the Infection Control Team.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RGN
* Teaching and assessing
* Degree (nursing or equivalent)
Experience
* Broad range of clinical experience and experience in speciality or related area
* Previous experience as an Infection Control Link Nurse or equivalent
* Participated in service development and implementation of change
* Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area
Knowledge
* Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area
* Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
* Demonstrate a working knowledge of infection prevention and control
Skills
* Participated in service development and implementation of change
* Ability to communicate unpleasant /sensitive information to patients in a variety of settings
* Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
* Able to manage work autonomously
* Able to present information to professional groups
* Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
#J-18808-Ljbffr