Head of Infection Prevention and Control

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding this exciting opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register
• Appropriate Degree
• Masters level qualification or equivalent
• Mentor Preparation Programme/ ENB 998/C&G 7307 or teaching qualification

Desirable criteria

• Post registration qualification in IPC

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant time working in IPC with a highly specialised knowledge in a wide variety of clinical specialities
• Demonstrate experience of leading and managing a team/department
• Participation in quality improvement, clinical governance and safety initiatives
• Some experience of undertaking research, audit and surveillance and data analysis
• Significant experience in presenting and teaching to a broad audience
• Evidence of working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment and across differing organisations

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including writing reports, policies and guidelines
• Adaptable and responsive to service changes whilst maintaining a positive "can do" attitude
• Skilled in managing and influencing others to deliver IPC initiatives in the context of organisational goals and strategic objectives
• Good insight into current local, national and global IPC policy developments and initiatives
• Ability to plan and organise own workload and that of others and work to deadlines

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• NHS Pension scheme
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
• Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.

Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 195.9KB)
• Establishing Identity (PDF, 243.0KB)
• Say Hello to Wage Stream (PDF, 7.2MB)
• Our Values (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Our Trust (PDF, 674.0KB)