Community Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Specialist

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen, for an experienced Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Nurse Specialist to join the award winning, innovative North Yorkshire Community Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT). The Team are dynamic with a proactive approach to infection prevention and control. The post holder will be an active member of the team with a focus on producing high quality IPC resources  working closely with the teams Educational Resource  Specialist.  The team are the market leaders in producing IPC policies, posters and educational work books for Care Homes, GP Practices and Domiciliary Care.

The post will include collaborative working with colleagues in IPC, UKHSA, ICB and Local Authorities.

Main duties of the job

• Produce high quality IPC resources e.g. work books, posters, policies. Working closely with the Education Resource Specialist in the team
• Provide advisory and clinical input to facilitate and continuously improve quality infection prevention and control care for patients in the community.
• Contribute to marketing meetings with the team.

• Provide specialist clinical advice, support and counselling for patients, relatives and the general public on community infection prevention and control issues.
• Provide advice on infection prevention and control practices including outbreak management.
• Investigate outbreaks of healthcare associated infection, with particular reference to their source and mode of spread.
• Provide nursing advice to those patients with alert organisms e.g. C. difficile, PVL,             MRSA.
• Use assessing, planning, implementing and evaluation skills to provide         individualised care.
• Establish effective partnerships with patients and their families and act as the         patient’s advocate to ensure their needs are met appropriately.
• Provide advice on individualised patient care based upon the principles of             evidence-based practice.
• Recognise, investigate and take the necessary action to resolve HCAI issues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Gillian Partridge on [email protected]