Overview
An opportunity has arisen to join our newly expanding, Doncaster Place based Infection Prevention & Control Team. This post works across organisational boundaries to achieve our ambition of reducing avoidable infections as a system within the borough of Doncaster, putting the patient at the centre of all that we do.
Key Responsibilities
The role includes staff education, promoting good infection control standards, audits and feedback of results, responding to outbreaks, and supporting Quality Improvement initiatives. As an Infection Prevention and Control Specialist Nurse you will provide specialist guidance for staff delivering clinical and strategic infection prevention programmes, deliver IPC services across the Acute Trust and community social care services, and support the training and development of systems to improve the quality of IPC management through delivery of national directives and development of local quality, patient safety and safe systems of working for staff.
Qualifications and Experience
• Sound clinical nursing skills.• Understanding of basic principles of infection control.• Ability and drive to empower and facilitate effective infection control practice.• Self‑motivated, kind and compassionate approach to patient care.
Organisational Context
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives – the DBTH Way – and we pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care.
Work Flexibility
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to ensure you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement – if it works for the service we will do our best to make it work for you.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups, including those with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Benefits
- Extensive range of learning opportunities
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
- NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers
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