Associate Director of Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC)

The Associate Director of Infection Prevention Control (ADIPC) has strategic leadership and management responsibility for the ongoing development and sustainability of a high quality and innovative infection prevention and control service for the Trust.
The post holder will have significant Trust wide responsibility with respect to developing, leading and directing the Trust's programme to reduce healthcare-associated infections as established in national and local trajectories. This includes leadership and strategic direction to the following areas:
o Development and delivery of strategy and improvement programmes to achieve national infection reduction targets.
o Achieving excellent clinical infection prevention practices by all staff groups.
o Improving environmental cleanliness, to meet and exceed minimum national standards.
o Antimicrobial stewardship.
o Emergency planning in relation to infectious agents.
o Infection outbreak and incident management.
o Environmental aspects of IPC such as water and ventilation safety.
o IPC leadership.
The post holder will work in complex partnerships with sites and areas across and outside the Trust to develop a strategic approach for the provision of services with infection prevention embedded at their core., We would welcome applications from both NMC and HCPC registrants who have a strong scientific and / or research background.
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
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You will be an innovative and enthusiastic individual who will be integral in delivering our strategic vision for IPC. The IPC programme will be built on a foundation of data integrity and evidence-based practices to impact and reshape the way that health care is delivered to prevent patient harm and create a safer environment for patients and staff. This corporate role presents a great opportunity for a senior health care leader to have real impact in encouraging positive system and behaviour change to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP).
We are seeking an ambitious, creative and forward-thinking professional, keen to build on our vision to achieve healthcare without avoidable infections. Positioned within a supportive and multi professional integrated team you will be expected to demonstrate strong leadership and change management skills and work with partners at a senior level.
Striving to improve the health of CYP, you will be skilled, resilient and creative in your approach to problem solving. It is essential you are a team player, have excellent people and leadership skills and the ability to work with colleagues across the breadth and depth the organisation. Applicants must have outstanding analytical and communication skills and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site., As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
+ Great flexible working opportunities
+ Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Extensive staff health and well-being programmes