Infection Prevention & Control Practitioner

NHS AfC:
Band 7

Main area Infection Control Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will include weekend and bank holiday working) Job
-CORP-7604341-B7

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Headington Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/02/2026 23:59 Interview date 23/02/2026

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

Infection Prevention and Control is at the top of the agenda at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We currently have an opportunity for an experienced IPC band 7 registered nurse/healthcare practitioner to join our team. We are looking for someone who firmly believes in improving safety for patients and staff. The role will challenge and develop the many skills you already have whilst creating and identifying a new set.

Covering four hospital sites and a number of satellite services across Oxfordshire with a huge range of specialties, the scope of learning is vast. The role of the IPC nurse has many dimensions, from identifying infectious patients, providing management advice to protect others, to ventilation, building works and water safety. You will also be involved in teaching and education and in advising clinical teams.

The IPC service is a 7-day service and therefore employees will be required to work weekends and bank holidays. The IPC team has unique access to the combined expertise of the /Microbiology Consultant team together with the Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre to investigate healthcare associated infection and manage outbreaks in collaboration with Oxford University.

OUH is an airborne HCID regional facility as part of the national HCID network since July 2025.

The post holder reports to the deputy Lead Nurse and Manager Infection Prevention & Control, with an overall purpose of supporting the Infection & Prevention Control Service across OUHFT. The prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) is a corporate and national priority, and a core element of safe high-quality care that promotes patient dignity and positive experiences for patients and their families.

The post holder will be a role model for infection prevention and control, a visible IPC practitioner within clinical areas. They must be able to work independently across the setting, be an effective member of the wider team and demonstrate excellent communication skills. They will provide specialist advice and expertise to support the prevention, surveillance, and control of infection across OUHFT.

Contributing to the day-to-day maintenance and further development of a high quality, proactive, responsive, and accessible infection prevention and control service. Working in this team will also support you to work autonomously to create quality improvement projects in IPC, using your creative and leadership skills whilst having support from the team to allow you to achieve these goals. Personal development is important to the Oxford IPC team so you must be interested in your future and the future of our IPC team.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

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