Infection Prevention Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) - We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, motivated and/or experienced infection prevention & control specialist nurse and team leader to take up a post within our IPCT.

This would be an ideal opportunity for a dynamic, confident, and highly motivated nurse wishing to further their career in a specialist and pivotal field within healthcare. The role is interesting and tasks include daily patient ward rounds, providing proactive advice to patients/staff/visitors, problem solving, undertaking audits, infection surveillance, outbreak management and teaching.

This post requires travelling to other trust premises and therefore candidates must be able to get around the trust sites in a timely and efficient manner. You must have enthusiasm to continue professional self-development and development of others. You will need to demonstrate your expertise and the contribution you can make to building a team, maintaining and improving trust infection rates and leading the trust forward as a centre of world class care.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, motivated and/or experienced infection prevention & control nurse to take up a post within our IPCT.

The post holder will support the IPCT in:

o the development and implementation of local and national infection prevention and control policies and initiatives

o clinical audit

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world;

chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The key duties and responsibilities of the role are:

Planning and Organisational Skills

Lead and coordinate the IPC team on a daily basis ensuring appropriate prioritisation of workload for the team.

Ensure that the IPC team review high priority patients across the Trust on a daily basis.

Responsible for planning and prioritising own daily workload to ensure that both internal and external deadlines are met.

Lead on and co-ordinate a programme of audits and negotiate with managers to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients and staff.

Undertake projects and service developments relating to infection prevention and control.

Risk assess and advise on appropriate patient placement decisions (as requested by ward managers/senior nurses/patient flow team) to ensure smooth running and optimal bed occupancy with minimal risk.

Contribute to the Infection Control Committee and other management/team meetings and assist with development of the Trusts annual infection control report acquiring information from a wide variety of sources.

Contribute to infection prevention and control policies and advise on related aspects for other Trust-wide policies.

Responsibility for review of infection prevention and control nursing documentation to support effective management and care planning/pathways.

Patient and Client Care

Challenge poor infection prevention and control practices and involve relevant staff to facilitate and improve quality of patient care.

Escalate concerns relating to infection prevention and control where appropriate to the IPC Matron.

Assist with the review of all serious incidents relating to infection prevention and control.

Visit patients/relatives (as requested by clinical teams) to inform and advise in matters of infection prevention and control.

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