Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Specialist

Our vision for Single Corporate Services  

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care. 

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? 

Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme. 

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.   
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.  
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.  
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. 
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.  
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.  
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

Band 7: £47,810 - £54,710 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: permanent

Are you passionate about Infection Prevention?   An exciting opportunity has arisen within our dynamic Infection Prevention Team.  This is a great opportunity for the right candidate who wishes to expand their knowledge, experience and learn new skills. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual with strong leadership skills that will inspire and motivate others to take individual responsibility for IPC across the Trust.  

The successful candidate will be expected to be an expert autonomous practitioner with excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will need to promote and set high standards of IPC, providing expert advice to mitigate risks of infection to patients, staff and visitors. 

Key duties of the role include:

• Promote and set high standards of IPC in line with Trust policies, protocols and guidelines. 
• You will be required to work to high standards maintaining a high quality finish to aspects of your work.
• Liaise with the operations department and bed managers on a daily basis to ensure effective patient placement and minimise risk of infection. 
• Apply microbiological, immunological and epidemiological knowledge to reduce and prevent infections and communicable disease. 
• To act as a role model of expert clinical practice empowering others through effective role modelling, teaching and team working. 
• Be a strong patient advocate, ensuring that the care of patients reflects best clinical standards. 
• To work with the DIPC/Dep DIPC/Senior Matron to contribute to development of the IPC strategy. 
• Responsible for the day-to-day line management of staff. 
• To provide support and mentorship for more junior members of the team.

if you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kelly Brechany, Senior Matron IPC PHU and IWT. Telephone 02392 286 000 Ext 1746

For additional information, please see attached Job description 

Qualifications

Essential 

• Current RN with NMC registration 
• Recognised Specialist post registration qualification in Infection Control
• Teaching qualification/experience 

Desirable 

• BSc Degree Level Qualification (considering or working towards a MSc)

Experience 

• Evidence of change management with relevant management/leadership course
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
• Clinical supervision 

Knowledge

• Clinically competent 
• Clinical decision maker
• Advanced communication skills
• Effective leadership skills
• Organisational skills and forward planning 
• Flexibility 
• Coaching and mentoring 
• Critical appraisal skills
• Strong customer service 
• IT literate 
• Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.  

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.