Infection Prevention and Control Senior Nurse

The post holder will work as an integral member of the Infection Prevention and Control Team within the Integrated Care Board's (ICB) Nursing and Quality Team and will hold responsibility for the surveillance of infection, identifying areas for improvement and the escalation of any infection prevention and control concerns, as appropriate, across a variety of health and social care settings.

The post holder will work collaboratively with ICB colleagues, Local Authority, care providers, Primary Care and UKHSA to improve aspects of infection prevention and control practice, and act as a source of expert advice and guidance to these services, facilitating and participating in any training as required.

Effective working with a range of stakeholders across Coventry and Warwickshire is key to the delivery of this role., Working with Local Public Health, UKHSA, health and social care colleagues act as an expert advisor on infection prevention and control in a range of community settings, completing IPC reviews where significant concerns are identified.

Communicate sensitive information about IPC quality concerns and/or confidential patient information related to IPC, which may be unwelcome, to care providers and work with those providers to ensure that appropriate actions are agreed and implemented.

Work with contracting and quality leads to develop appropriate key performance indicators for a range of health and care providers, to enable the quality assurance of IPC practice in identified services.

Develop and implement a range of audits across a variety of Health, Social care and independent provider specialties and environments to ensure best practice and assist junior members of the team to undertake audits.

The successful candidate will be supported by the IPC Operational and Strategic Lead Nurses to develop their infection prevention and control knowledge and skills to support the system.

The post offers a hybrid model of working which will include office, home, and work within the field.