Infection Control Nurse
Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Infection Control Nurse
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Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 6 Jun | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 37e89872f0094ff4b0b1b2695f4815db
Location ref: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Full Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Nurse to join our proactive, dynamic and highly regarded IPC team. We are a small but influential service with a strong profile across the Trust, supporting safe, high-quality care at our King's Mill, Newark and Mansfield sites.,
- Clinical infection support -- Provide clinical advice and support on all infection-related issues to staff across the Trust.
- IPC fundamentals -- Deliver guidance on core infection prevention and control practices, supported by the wider IPC team.
- Shared caseload -- Work collaboratively with IPC Nurses/Practitioners to manage the infection control workload.
- Designated areas & audits -- Take responsibility for specific clinical areas and audit programmes within the IPC service.
- Policy adherence -- Ensure IPC policies are current, implemented effectively and monitored through regular auditing. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a role with visibility, variety and purpose, we'd be delighted to receive your application.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here