A Registered Nurse post in the Infection Prevention and Control Team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, which covers the Trust's three hospitals and its community work. The role focuses on reducing healthcare-associated infections through risk assessment, specialist advice to clinical staff and interpreting microbiology results. Teaching is an important part of the post, with surveillance and audit feeding into changes in practice. Candidates need post-registration experience, a teaching qualification and the ability to travel between sites, and must be prepared for weekend or on-call cover.
What the job involves
- Provide infection prevention and control advice and guidance to staff, patients, relatives and others, using national and local guidance
- Assess and manage infection risks from patients, staff, equipment and the healthcare environment, and recommend control measures
- Interpret microbiological information and judge its clinical relevance
- Support surveillance and audit, and interpret and share the findings
- Develop and deliver learning for staff, using a range of teaching approaches
- Contribute to the development and review of policies, procedures and standards
- Advise clinical teams and work across professional and organisational boundaries
- Work across Trust locations and take part in weekend working or the IPC weekend on-call arrangements as the service requires
Qualifications
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of an interest in infection prevention and control
Registration & licences
- Registered Nurse registration
Experience
- Post-registration experience
- Experience in an acute setting
- Audit experience
- Formal and informal teaching
- Participation in multidisciplinary meetings
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Other
- Personal and professional maturity
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrated enthusiasm
- Flexibility
- Ability to travel between sites
What’s offered
- NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance
- Employee health and wellbeing services
- Onsite nurseries
- Childcare vouchers
- Home electronics schemes
- Working carers support
- Carer-friendly policies
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
