Infection Prevention and Control Support Worker

Job overview

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Infection Prevention and Control Team at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking to appoint a Band 3 Infection Prevention and Control Support Worker, to be based at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, also involving travel to our second site at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

You will be joining a highly motivated and proactive team and will have an active role in providing support to develop, maintain and sustain all aspects of infection prevention and control service delivery within the Trust; working closely with the Infection Prevention and Control Specialist Nurses, other team members and other healthcare partners/agencies. This role will require individuals to be able to take part in a seven day working rota, in support of delivering a seven day infection prevention and control service.

The successful candidate will have previous acute healthcare experience and possess a keen interest in infection prevention and control.

Main duties of the job

Support the Infection Prevention and Control Team with the assessment of patients’ nursing/clinical needs in relation to infection prevention and control.

Collect and report information, maintaining accurate patient records of any infection prevention and control advice given.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, carers/relatives and service users, and professionals across health and social services.

Support with the undertaking audits of compliance with infection prevention and control policies and procedures and liaise with appropriate clinical staff at time of audit, drawing attention to matters of urgency.

Participate in the dissemination of audit findings promptly to appropriate staff groups, supporting the collation of action plans in response to audit findings and ensuring that recommendations are implemented and infection prevention and control standards maintained.

Collect relevant and valid surveillance data using electronic/paper data capture systems, as per Trust infection prevention and control surveillance programme.

Support the infection prevention and control team in the implementation and maintenance of the Trust infection prevention and control programme.

Contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust infection prevention and control training and education programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Applicant requirements

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.