Job summary
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
Junior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
Two Band 6 / Full Time/ Permanent/ Royal Free hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) - We are looking for enthusiastic, proactive, motivated and/or experienced infection prevention & control nurse to take up a post within our IPCT.
This would be an ideal opportunity for a dynamic, confident, and highly motivated nurse wishing to further their career in a specialist and pivotal field within healthcare. It's an exciting time to join our friendly, proactive, productive and awarding winning team. The role is interesting and tasks include daily patient ward rounds, proactive advice giving to patients/staff/visitors, problem solving, undertaking audits, infection surveillance, outbreak management and teaching.
This post requires travelling to other trust premises and therefore candidates must be able to get around the trust sites in a timely and efficient manner. You must have enthusiasm to continue professional self-development and development of others. You will need to demonstrate your expertise and the contribution you can make to building a team, maintaining and improving trust infection rates and leading the trust forward as a centre of world class care.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- RGN (A) essential
- Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience (A) essential
Desirable
- Be prepared to work towards degree level education/ modules in infection prevention and control (E)
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience at Band 5 or 6 in acute nursing (A) essential.
- Experience in teaching multidisciplinary staff (A/I) (essential).
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- nderstanding of clinical risk, clinical governance and national benchmarks.
- Evidence of participation in audit and the promotion of evidence based practice (A/I) (essential).
Desirable
- Able to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols.
- Research appreciation and ability to influence others through research findings (I) (essential).
- Understanding of effective staff deployment and management of budgets. (I)
- Understanding of national frameworks (I)
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Ability to be self-directed in designated projects but also participate as a team member (I) (essential).
- Understanding of the role competencies of the post being aware of own boundaries and other members of health care team (I) (essential).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (I) (essential).
Person Specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- RGN (A) essential
- Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience (A) essential
Desirable
- Be prepared to work towards degree level education/ modules in infection prevention and control (E)
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience at Band 5 or 6 in acute nursing (A) essential.
- Experience in teaching multidisciplinary staff (A/I) (essential).
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- nderstanding of clinical risk, clinical governance and national benchmarks.
- Evidence of participation in audit and the promotion of evidence based practice (A/I) (essential).
Desirable
- Able to contribute to business plans, policies and clinical protocols.
- Research appreciation and ability to influence others through research findings (I) (essential).
- Understanding of effective staff deployment and management of budgets. (I)
- Understanding of national frameworks (I)
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Ability to be self-directed in designated projects but also participate as a team member (I) (essential).
- Understanding of the role competencies of the post being aware of own boundaries and other members of health care team (I) (essential).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (I) (essential).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
