Infection Prevention Nurse in Wrexham

We are looking for a highly engaging individual to join our friendly, dynamic and progressive Infection Prevention and Control Team and the wider organisation at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board on our journey to achieve zero tolerance towards avoidable infection. You must be a registered health care professional and have worked within a proactive infection prevention team, demonstrating passion for ensuring the highest standards in infection prevention.

You will act as an inspirational role model to preserve patient safety and share your knowledge and experiences to develop junior staff within the team. As the Infection Prevention Nurse, you will be responsible for supporting the leadership and management of the Infection Prevention Service for Primary and Secondary care across the health economy, whilst also promoting and sustaining the Habits Campaign.

Excellent interpersonal skills are essential to this role, as you will be working closely with your Infection Prevention Sister/Charge Nurse across many disciplines both in the acute and community settings providing expertise on infection prevention issues, whilst also promoting and sustaining the Habits Programme. If you share our vision to deliver a zero tolerance towards health care associated infection and really make a difference to the safety of our patients, staff and visitors, this may be the perfect position for you.

Main duties of the job:

• You must be a registered health care professional and demonstrate passion for ensuring the highest standards in infection prevention.
• You will act as an inspirational role model to preserve patient safety and share your knowledge and experiences across the multiple disciplinary team within the East IHC.
• You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Infection Prevention Service for Primary and Secondary care across the health economy, whilst also promoting and sustaining the Habits Programme.

Please note that we will only accept applications from staff currently employed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation:

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000 across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework. Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities:

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential criteria: Registered Nurse, on live register; Professional knowledge acquired through degree, or evidence of working toward.
• Desirable criteria: Leadership development/course; Post-graduate qualification/module in infection prevention and control.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Clinical experience within acute healthcare, and ability to relate that experience to support staff in practice; Experience of performing audits in practice and using audit results to improve care for patients in the practice setting.
• Desirable criteria: Experience of infection surveillance programmes, including data collection methodologies; Experience of professional leadership in the clinical setting.

Skills:

• Essential criteria: Well developed interpersonal and communication skills; Able to positively challenge teams & individuals; Able to work with the multi-disciplinary professional team to negotiate and agree programmes of work.
• Desirable criteria: Recent evidence of change management in practice; Experience of effective policy implementation.

Knowledge:

• Essential Criteria: Demonstrates specialist knowledge commensurate with the role across the spectrum of infection prevention activity, in line with the Welsh Government endorsed Infection Prevention Society competences.
• Desirable criteria: Knowledge of surveillance methodologies, audit processes and quality improvement cycles.