Infection Prevention Control and Sepsis Practitioner

Job overview

A specialist practitioner within the field of Infection Prevention Control and sepsis. Able to make informed decisions within their scope of professional practice, involving staff, patients and public, ensuring national standards and agreed objectives and targets met.  The role welcomes any healthcare worker background.

Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.

Please be advised that the interviews for this post will take place week commencing 12/01/2026.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• To support and assist the IPC Team in providing a service to the Trust (across both sites) in reducing the incidence of healthcare associated infections. This will include the review, formulation, implementation and education of evidence based practices.
• The post holder will be a strong patient advocate, ensuring that the care of patients reflects best clinical standards and that all patients are treated with dignity and respect.
• Act as a specialist advisor to all grades and disciplines of staff in matters relating to IPC and sepsis.
• Explains the significance of microbiological reports, where relevant, to other staff and advises on isolation precautions and supervises the introduction and progress of such techniques in specific situation.
• Provide specialist advice on the planning of individual nursing care of patients with infectious conditions
• Seeks early evidence of cross-infection, with a view to recommending immediate control measures, by correlating information from laboratories and clinical areas about the incidence and pathology of infection
• Be proactive in the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant surveillance data
• As part of the IPC team investigate outbreaks of infection within the Trust and put control measures in place.Identifies infection control risks in order to plan preventative measures with clinical teams

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• A knowledgeable clinical practitioner supporting staff, service and policy development within a defined area/specialty.
• Effectively communicate information with key stakeholders to ensure maintenance of high standards of infection prevention and control across the organisation.
• A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
• Manage a daily clinical workload following up on known infected patients, advising on isolation of patients, treatments and alert organisms.
• Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.
• Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; assessing and managing outbreak situations and ward closures.
• Participate in education and training of identified staff groups, link staff., patients and carers.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available. Produce reports and utilise data to inform, predict and educate.
• Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but  unpredictable levels of physical effort
• Support patients, carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

For further details please see the attached job description.