Corporate Director of Infection Prevention & Control

Job overview

Stakeholder Event:  12th June 2026

Panel Interview:  15th June 2026

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced senior IPC nurse leader to work in one of England’s largest acute hospital Trusts.  Leading IPC strategy, you will provide credible and visible leadership across our multiple sites and deliver professional advice on all aspects of IPC. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Nurse, you will be responsible for ensuring strategies are developed and implemented to prevent avoidable Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) at all levels in the organisation.  With a track record of managing IPC teams, you will thrive on maintaining the highest standards of IPC and demonstrate an engaging and inclusive approach.  Working closely with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nurse, you will be confident in providing assurance at board level and have experience of developing and presenting papers at formal committees. This is a real opportunity to operate at scale and make a significant contribution to patient care.

Main duties of the job

As Corporate Director of Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) the post holder will lead the Infection Prevention and Control strategy and agenda in collaboration with the Deputy Chief Nurse/Chief Nurse.

The post holder will also be a senior member of the Corporate Nursing team and provide leadership and support to the wider portfolio within the Chief Nurse’s remit as required.

The post holder is responsible with the Chief Nurse (Director of Infection Prevention and Control) and Infection Control Doctor (ICD) for the prevention, monitoring, investigation and control of infection within the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide senior leadership, strategic support and specialist clinical expert advice across the organisation in relation to infection prevention and control, clinical sustainability and clinical quality, including the drive to improve standards of care and patient experience. They will exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care. They will ensure the delivery of a robust Infection Prevention and Control service to the Trust (across all sites) thereby reducing the incidence of healthcare associated infections and contributing to the quality of patient care and service delivery.

They will work with a high level of autonomy, working closely with the divisional teams and corporate services such as Estates, creating workable solutions, providing highly expert advice and acting as a representative for the Trust on external advisory groups/bodies as required.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Chief Nurse Senior Leadership Team to be the public face of infection prevention and control and will be responsible for the production of the annual report, providing details on the organisation’s infection prevention and control programme and publication of Health Care Associated Infection data for the organisation.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full role and responsibility.