Overview
As an Infection Prevention Specialist, you will advise and support staff to reduce healthcare-associated infections and promote patient safety. You will collaborate across services to implement IPC policies and contribute to data-driven quality improvement and regulatory compliance. You will educate teams, identify IPC risks, and drive continuous improvement in infection prevention standards. You will build strong multidisciplinary relationships and model evidence-based practices, helping the organisation deliver high-quality care.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist IPC advice and support across services
- Support national and local IPC policies, standards and surveillance programmes
- Undertake audits, analyse data and identify risks, trends and improvement opportunities
- Support infection incident and outbreak investigation and management
- Deliver IPC education, training and awareness programmes
- Contribute to the annual IPC Programme, improvement plans and assurance reporting
- Undertake clinical reviews, walkrounds and audits
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to identify and mitigate IPC risks
- Promote evidence-based practice, including hand hygiene, PPE and antimicrobial stewardship
- Challenge poor practice and support regulatory compliance
- Champion patient safety, learning and continuous improvement
Key requirements
- Registered Professional with at least two years of IPC experience
- Demonstrate current knowledge and issues in infection prevention
- Desirable: Infection Prevention Qualification or working towards
- Desirable: Link Practitioner experience
- Essential: Evidence of CPD
- strong communication
- influencing
- analytical skills
- infection prevention and control (IPC)
- audits and surveillance
- data analysis
Infection Prevention Specialist in Colchester employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
