Infection Prevention and Control Support Worker

We are looking to appoint a Band 3 Infection Prevention and Control Support Worker, to be based at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, also involving travel to our second site at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

You will be joining a highly motivated and proactive team and will have an active role in providing support to develop, maintain and sustain all aspects of infection prevention and control service delivery within the Trust; working closely with the Infection Prevention and Control Specialist Nurses, other team members and other healthcare partners/agencies. This role will require individuals to be able to take part in a seven day working rota, in support of delivering a seven day infection prevention and control service.

The successful candidate will have previous acute healthcare experience and possess a keen interest in infection prevention and control.

Main duties of the job

Support the Infection Prevention and Control Team with the assessment of patients' nursing/clinical needs in relation to infection prevention and control.

Collect and report information, maintaining accurate patient records of any infection prevention and control advice given.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, carers/relatives and service users, and professionals across health and social services.

Support with the undertaking audits of compliance with infection prevention and control policies and procedures and liaise with appropriate clinical staff at time of audit, drawing attention to matters of urgency.

Participate in the dissemination of audit findings promptly to appropriate staff groups, supporting the collation of action plans in response to audit findings and ensuring that recommendations are implemented and infection prevention and control standards maintained.

Collect relevant and valid surveillance data using electronic/paper data capture systems, as per Trust infection prevention and control surveillance programme.

Support the infection prevention and control team in the implementation and maintenance of the Trust infection prevention and control programme.

Contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust infection prevention and control training and education programme.

The Trust's services are provided from three locations:

o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery