# GESH Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Band 7 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/gesh-infection-prevention-and-control-nurse-band-7/4f9d9f36-452d-4719-a1d6-94bc1aa02308 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/gesh-infection-prevention-and-control-nurse-band-7/4f9d9f36-452d-4719-a1d6-94bc1aa02308.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St George's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata incl outer - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends and BHs due to operational pressures) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-29T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T12:41:24.121Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Infection_Prevention_Control/Infection_Prevention_Control-v8272415 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272415?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Band 7 Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner provides specialist advice, support and leadership across clinical areas to promote and maintain high standards of infection prevention and control trustwide. The role works closely with Ward Managers, clinical teams, microbiology, bed management and other services to identify and manage infection risks, support safe patient placement and ensure compliance with Trust and national IPC standards. The post contributes to infection surveillance, clinical and environmental audits, outbreak investigation and management, surgical site infection surveillance, policy implementation and the development of performance indicators. The role also provides education, guidance and expert advice to clinical staff, acting as a visible role model and supporting continuous improvement in infection prevention and patient safety. ### Main duties of the job - Provide specialist Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) advice, support and leadership across the Trust. - Undertake infection surveillance, risk assessment, investigation and outbreak management. - Conduct clinical and environmental IPC audits, identify areas for improvement and monitor action plans. - Provide expert advice on IPC standards, policies, clinical practice and patient placement. - Deliver IPC education, training and support to clinical and non-clinical staff. - Support the implementation of national guidance, Trust IPC policies and the annual IPC programme. - Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to promote safe practice. - Contribute to IPC reporting, surveillance, research, quality improvement and service development. - Provide operational leadership and supervision to junior members of the IPC team. - Work flexibly across both sites according to service requirements. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - At least 2 years experience in an acute setting at Band 6, IPC Nurse - Experience of undertaking audits relating to infection control - Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating training programmes, for a variety of staff - Car driver with own means of transport **Desirable** - Experience of working autonomously - Experience of trialling new products and making appropriate recommendations - Managing a team ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Be able to work well within a team, as well as independently - Experience of outbreak investigation and management. **Desirable** - Demonstrates leadership, problem-solving and change-management skills. ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - First level degree in nursing or related subject - First level registration - Degree/Diploma/ENB329 Infection Control Nursing or equivalent - ENB 998 or equivalent teaching qualification **Desirable** - MSc in Infection Control ## Documents - [band 7 ipc nurse (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587736) - [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 440.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2465) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.