Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Established in 1998 from the merger of Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals, the Trust has been on a long journey of development and improvement to its current position as the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents. It became a Foundation Trust in December 2010.
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. The Trust employs around 4,400 individual members of staff. Our turnover was £425 million in 2021/22.
The Trust provides a whole range of services across its hospital sites. The majority of planned care, like day case and orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation services, is provided at Ashford Hospital, with more complex medical and surgical care and emergency services at St. Peters Hospital.
Key details
Location
Site: St Peter's Hospital
Address: Guildford Road
Town: Chertsey, Surrey
Postcode: KT16 0PZ
Major / Minor Region: Surrey
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary
Salary: £39,205 - £47,084 pa including HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Job Overview
Support and assist the Infection Prevention & Control Team in providing a comprehensive infection control service to the Trust (across all sites), continuously analysing a range of complex information and problem solving in order to reduce the incidence of healthcare associated infections.
Responsibilities
1. Assist with the day-to-day work of the IPC Team, including reviewing microbiology results using the Winpath system and advising on appropriate control measures, whilst considering a variety of complex, competing and challenging variables.
2. Carry out infection control ward rounds and delivering informal ward based training to promote best IPC practice.
3. Carry out IPC audits and providing high quality written reports and verbal feedback.
4. Assist with undertaking continual surveillance / analysis for a variety of healthcare associated infections for early detection of outbreaks and advising on outbreak management, in liaison with the Nurse Consultant.
5. Utilise a range of excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to impart infection prevention and control advice and key messages to staff of all grades and professionals, sometimes in challenging situations.
6. Assist with providing an infection control link nurse programme, in liaison with the Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention and Control.
7. Provide a visible presence in clinical areas, acting as a role model and advocate for high standards of infection prevention and control, challenging poor practice as appropriate.
8. Support the Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention and Control and the Associate Director Infection Prevention and Control to develop Trust wide policies in infection prevention and control, including decontamination, ANTT and standard IPC precautions.
Applicant requirements
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
* This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse
* Willingness to undertake training / formal qualification in IPC
Experience
* Extensive nursing experience, e.g. 5 years or more
* Experience of delivering training
* Experience of carrying out audits, ideally IPC audits, including written audit reports
Knowledge
* Knowledge of current infection prevention and control issues, particularly in secondary care (the hospital setting)
* Knowledge and understanding of nursing / healthcare procedures
* Knowledge and understanding of the audit cycle
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of outbreak management
Skills
* Can utilise a range of excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for communicating with staff of all grades and different professions, including being tactful in challenging situations
* Ability to deal with challenging situations and behaviours, always remaining calm and professional, whilst having personal resilience
* Can use various IT applications, such as Word and Excel
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Sally Anne Harris
Job title: Specialist Nurse Infection Prevention and Control
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01932722544
Available: Available between the hours of 8am-4pm Monday-Friday. #J-18808-Ljbffr