SSI Surveillance Coordinator and IPC Team Administrator

Responsible for gathering, collating and inputting SSI data in the trust local database and UKHSA SSI database designed to monitor such infections, conforming to tight timelines. Play an assisting role in maintaining a proactive approach to the prevention, control, investigation, and surveillance of surgical site infections and other healthcare-associated infections within the Trust, under the supervision of the IPC SSI Surveillance Nurse and other senior members of the IPCT. The SSI Coordinator/ Administrative support staff will demonstrate a level of skill and understanding which enables the individual to take responsibility for specific tasks delegated by the IPCT or in accordance with agreed policies and procedures. The staff will undertakes routine administrative tasks for the surveillance work and/or specifically identified tasks under the supervision of a qualified nurse, and where they have received training, support and instruction to reach a level of
competence enabling them to take on this wider role., RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art
inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust aims to be a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS., Be responsible for entering data onto local databases and feedback to clinical teams involved in conjunction with the infection prevention and control team.
To contribute to the development of SSI guidelines, protocols and policies at a local level. Have a central role of collecting SSI data throughout the trust, coordinating the collection of and preparing the data for submission to UKHSA; and for presentation of these to the Surgical Site Infection Prevention Group (SSIPG) and the Infection Prevention and Control Committee (IPCC).
With the IPCT, support changes in practice as determined by the data analysis.
Contribute to writing reports and presenting project information to the SSIPG, IPCC, or other committees as necessary.
Send correspondence via emails and/or letters to patients, GPs, and Consultants regarding SSI follow up i.e. post-discharge questionnaires (PDQ) and/or MRSA positive from pre assessment screening and secure follow up results after treatment from the GP.
Liaise with Procurement Team to ensure that product ordered can be made available at the team when required., The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
RNOH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of RNOH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients
+ Rated Good by the CQC
+ Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
+ Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
+ Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
+ Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site - improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK's leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
+ In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
+ Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
+ Patients first, always
+ Excellence, in all we do
+ Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
+ Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon., The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.