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NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Infection Control Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will include weekend and bank holiday working) Job ref 321-CORP-7096337-B7-PUB
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Headington Salary Dependent on experience Closing 23/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/05/2025
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
Job overview
Infection Prevention and Control is at the top of the agenda at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We currently have an opportunity for an experienced IPC band 7 registered nurse/healthcare practitioner to come and join our team. We are looking for someone who firmly believes in improving safety for patients and staff. The role will challenge and develop the many skills you already have whilst creating and identifying a new set. Covering four hospital sites and a number of satellite services across Oxfordshire with a huge range of specialties, the scope of learning is vast. The role of the IPC nurse has so many dimensions, from identifying infectious patients, the management advice to protect others, to ventilation, building works and water safety. You will also be involved in teaching and education and in advising clinical teams. The IPC service is a 7-day service and therefore employees will be required to work weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The post holder reports to the Lead Nurse and Manager Infection Prevention & Control, with an overall purpose of supporting the Infection & Prevention Control Service across the OUHFT. The prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) is a corporate and national priority, and a core element of safe high-quality care that promotes patient dignity and positive experiences for patients and their families. The post holder will be a role model for infection prevention and control, a visible IPC practitioner within clinical areas. They must be able to work independently across the setting, be an effective member of the wider team and demonstrate excellent communication skills. They will provide specialist advice and expertise to support the prevention, surveillance, and control of infection across OUHFT. Contributing to the day-to-day maintenance and further development of a high quality, proactive, responsive, and accessible infection prevention and control service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Registered Nurse/ Biomedical Scientists / Healthcare Scientists
* Recognised teaching qualification or equivalent experience of teaching.
* Degree (or working towards) in infection prevention and control or equivalent.
* Full registration standing with appropriate professional body
* Master’s level Study or willing to work towards.
* Infection Prevention Society Competencies completed/in progress
Knowledge, Training and Experience
* Recent experience in infection prevention & control at Band 6 or above
* Evidence of highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
* Teaching
* Experience of conducting audit and data analysis
Personal
* Ability to work weekends and bank holidays
* Able to travel between hospital sites and satellite units
Planning and Organisational Skills and Aptitudes
* Ability to develop positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
* Ability to prepare & present reports
* Able to use initiative and ingenuity to solve complex problems
* Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
* Advanced leadership skills.
Responsibility for policy/service improvement
* Experience of writing policies or guidelines
Responsibility for research and development
* Experience of quality improvement process
* Contribute to the implementation of research findings into clinical practice and service development
* Involvement with research projects
COVID-19:
The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Next Steps:
Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
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