# Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Bolton Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T10:34:23.654Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8248613
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8248613?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post.

An exciting and clinically significant opportunity has arisen for an experienced, specialist Band 7 registered nurse to lead the surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance programme within Royal Bolton Hospital.

This is a new, autonomous, specialist post. The post-holder will act as the Trust's named SSI lead, taking responsibility for surveillance methodology, data analysis, root cause investigation, governance reporting, and external liaison with UKHSA, and regional quality improvement networks (AQuA).

The successful candidate will combine expert clinical knowledge of wound infection with the seniority, credibility, and autonomy to drive sustained improvement in patient outcomes, working closely with clinicians, management, microbiology, theatres, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

This is a rare opportunity to build and shape a new specialist service from the ground up, with genuine scope to influence Trust-wide and regional infection prevention practice.

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details and specific information about this 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**

- Experience in Wound management. IPC
- Surgical experience

**Desirable**

- Infection control experience

### Professional Registration & Qualifications

**Essential**

- NMC Registration
- Degree in Nursing or related healthcare subject.
- Postgraduate qualification in Infection Prevention and Control

**Desirable**

- Master's degree or working towards MSc
- Teaching and Assessing qualifications
- Leadership qualification
- Quality Improvement qualification

## Documents

- [open letter (pdf, 235.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2681)
- [applicants with a disability (pdf, 207.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1983)
- [welcome to bolton nhs foundation trust (pdf, 774.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3041)
- [ssi surveillance nurse - job description (pdf, 904.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10602377)
- [ssi surveillance nurse - person specification (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10602376)

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