Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner

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Kirklees
Corporate Strategy, Commissioning & Public Health
Legal, Governance & Commissioning
Public Health
Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner
37
1
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Permanent
13-14
£39,782- £ 44,632

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner to work within the community, providing Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) services for Kirklees Council. You will be joining a supportive and proactive team, who value the contributions of each team member to help and ensure that IPC standards are embedded within all community health and social organisations.

We are looking for a qualified/registered Nurse or Health Care Professional who is an experienced IPC Nurse/Practitioner to join our team. The candidate will be, passionate about IPC and support the delivery of safe and effective clinical care, whilst contributing to reducing the risks of healthcare associated infections.

You will have an active role in all aspects of IPC throughout the population of Kirklees. The roles will include recording, analysis, correlation and reporting of information from the laboratories. The jobholders will work within a locality area to conduct, support and collate audits of IPC practice and surveillance of incidences of infection. The roles includes responsibility for working collaboratively with a range of health and social care providers to ensure high quality care across a number of sectors. Excellent organisational skills are required to lead the delivery of education and training, audits, surveillance and to support primary and community care colleagues in the IPC agenda.

It is essential that you have relevant experience and a qualification in IPC or the desire to develop to this level, and be able to work both autonomously and as team member.

Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not use a car for all or most of the time.  It is essential that you hold a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will either use a council vehicle or your own car.

An enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) will be required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

 

Donna Roberts is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

17 September 2020, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.