Infection Prevention & Control Practitioner in Frimley

Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Frimley Health Infection Prevention & Control Team as a Band 6 Infection Prevention & Control Practitioner. This permanent position will be primarily based at Frimley Park Hospital, offering a rewarding chance to contribute to patient safety and high-quality care through infection prevention.
We are seeking a motivated and experienced registered practitioner from nursing, midwifery, or allied health professional backgrounds. Applicants should have significant experience working at Band 5 or above within an acute hospital setting, demonstrating a strong understanding of infection prevention and control principles.
The successful candidate will work as part of a dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking team, playing a key role in promoting best practice, reducing healthcare-associated infections, and supporting clinical teams through advice, education, and audit. You will be expected to work independently, as well as collaboratively, with clinical and non-clinical staff across the Trust.
This role offers a unique opportunity to expand your specialist knowledge and contribute to service development within a progressive NHS Foundation Trust committed to continuous improvement and excellence in care.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Infection Prevention & Control Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering the Trust’s Infection Prevention & Control Annual Plan. Your responsibilities will include the identification, prevention, surveillance, and management of infections across the Trust, supporting patient safety and high standards of care.
You will contribute to the investigation and management of infection-related incidents and outbreaks, undertake clinical audits, and assist in the development and implementation of evidence-based policies and procedures. A key part of your role will involve educating and supporting staff at all levels, promoting best practice and infection prevention strategies throughout clinical and non-clinical areas.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong interest and enthusiasm for infection prevention and control, with excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills. You will be able to influence and engage staff across all disciplines, working collaboratively within a supportive team environment. Competence in using Microsoft Office applications is essential, and you must demonstrate evidence of ongoing professional development. A flexible and proactive approach is required, along with the ability to act as a visible role model for safe, effective practice.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a detailed description of the job and responsibilities, please refer to the job description and specifications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Professional degree or diploma in relevant field
• Appropriate statutory professional body registration
  

Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience at Band 5 level in an acute hospital setting
• Experience of carrying out clinical audit
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience as an IPC Link Practitioner
  

Skills
Essential criteria

• Competence in using Microsoft Office applications
• Can demonstrate up to date knowledge and practices in infection prevention and control
• Good inter-personal and communication skills
  

Special requirements
Essential criteria

• Willingness to travel between hospital sites
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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