Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

We are seeking to recruit an experienced band 7 or 8a Infection Prevention and Control Nurse to join our team at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is rated as Good by the CQC and on a journey to becoming Outstanding for our patients, our communities and each other.
The post provides an opportunity for you to learn skills in managing and developing the Trust's Infection Prevention and Control Service in conjunction with the Associate Chief Nurse for Infection Prevention. You will be responsible for managing the Infection Prevention and Control Nurses on a day-to-day basis and have overall and continuing responsibility for implementing strategies to reduce the risk of infection to patients, staff, and visitors., The successful applicants will assist the Trust to meet specific health targets e.g. MRSA, C. difficile and Gram-negative bloodstream infection and the requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infections and Related Guidance.
Applicants should have excellent communication skills, be a team player and also able to work independently. Applicants should be able to work effectively in an environment with frequent interruptions and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations on a daily basis. The role involves daily communication with clinical staff to provide advice on safe patient care.
The successful applicant will deputise for the Associate Chief Nurse for Infection Prevention & Control. The role currently involves participation in an on-call rota, however this is under review.

Working for our organisation
+ Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.