Job summary
CSH Surrey are currently looking for an Assistant Practitioner to join their Infection Prevention & Control Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our Integrated Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team within North West Surrey.
If you have a passion for supporting the community and have experience or interest in infection control and care homes/community care, we would love to hear from you!
The post holder will report into the Nurse Consultant in Infection Prevention and Control and be an integral part of an integrated team, to ensure community services remain compliant with theHealth and Social Care Act, 2015: Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infectionsand registered with no restrictions with the Care Quality Commission.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this position.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest
established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this role.
The post holder to work with the team and to have a high degree of autonomy in completing and achieving set competencies. Responsibilities will include:
- Work to the NWSA joint vision and values
- Ensure that all IPC team enquiries are dealt with in an efficient, polite and confidential manner within post holder area of competence, and/or passed onto the relevant team member for action
- To work well both autonomously as well as within the team
- Managing own workload and time efficiently, prioritising responsibilities as required to ensure continuity of the NWSA IPC service
- To understand the principles of IPC and preventing the spread of infection
- Have the confidence to challenge poor practice appropriately where it is observed and raise with operational colleagues
- Deliver training including hand hygiene and cleaning, within own area of competence
- Carry out regular peer review visits to Adults and Children's services clinical teams and NW Surrey care homes using locally agreed frameworks, and including carrying out environmental and hand hygiene audits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this role.
The post holder to work with the team and to have a high degree of autonomy in completing and achieving set competencies. Responsibilities will include:
- Work to the NWSA joint vision and values
- Ensure that all IPC team enquiries are dealt with in an efficient, polite and confidential manner within post holder area of competence, and/or passed onto the relevant team member for action
- To work well both autonomously as well as within the team
- Managing own workload and time efficiently, prioritising responsibilities as required to ensure continuity of the NWSA IPC service
- To understand the principles of IPC and preventing the spread of infection
- Have the confidence to challenge poor practice appropriately where it is observed and raise with operational colleagues
- Deliver training including hand hygiene and cleaning, within own area of competence
- Carry out regular peer review visits to Adults and Children's services clinical teams and NW Surrey care homes using locally agreed frameworks, and including carrying out environmental and hand hygiene audits
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general level of education to GCSE (A* - C Grade) or equivalent.
- Previous experience working a health or social care setting.
- Level 3 in Health & Social Care, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care studies (or will commit to completing).
Desirable
- Direct Infection Prevention and Control experience i.e. IPC Link or Champion.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of infection control guidance and standards
- Experience of a higher level of skills and knowledge of practice
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills.
- A team player.
- Able to provide high standard of care.
- Tact and diplomacy.
- Empathy and sensitivity.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Good observational skills and reporting skills.
- Ability to manage stressful situations.
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs.
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of infection prevention and control within health or social care settings.
- Working knowledge of NHS IT systems eg ICE, EMIS, Cerner, or willingness to learn.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general level of education to GCSE (A* - C Grade) or equivalent.
- Previous experience working a health or social care setting.
- Level 3 in Health & Social Care, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care studies (or will commit to completing).
Desirable
- Direct Infection Prevention and Control experience i.e. IPC Link or Champion.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of infection control guidance and standards
- Experience of a higher level of skills and knowledge of practice
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills.
- A team player.
- Able to provide high standard of care.
- Tact and diplomacy.
- Empathy and sensitivity.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Good observational skills and reporting skills.
- Ability to manage stressful situations.
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs.
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of infection prevention and control within health or social care settings.
- Working knowledge of NHS IT systems eg ICE, EMIS, Cerner, or willingness to learn.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
