Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to lead the newly established Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) service.
The newly established Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) service, which sits within the Public Health and Integrated Commissioning Directorate, aims to provide high quality, specialist IPC advice, support, local surveillance, and care to community-based settings such as these that provide health and social care services.
We are looking for an experienced NMC-registered nurse to lead the Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) team. You will oversee and contribute to the provision of all aspects of the Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control Delivery Plan, including managing and overseeing the activities of the team.
You will lead the team in promoting effective IPC practice and techniques to both staff and service users, with the aim of reducing the burden of avoidable infections, the transmission of infectious disease, and subsequent poor health outcomes across the community. You will help to foster a service that is flexible, convenient, confidential, and tailored to meet the needs of the population.
Main duties of the job
You will lead the day-to-day delivery of the service, providing senior-level specialist advice and supporting timely, evidence-based IPC guidance across community settings. Working closely with health and care system partners, you'll help shape local IPC strategies, ensure compliance through audits and policy development, and drive high standards of practice using clinical expertise and behavioural insights.
You'll monitor and review the CIPC service to ensure high-quality delivery and lead the development of local IPC policies and plans ensuring cross-sector collaboration.
You'll build and maintain strong relationships with commissioners, health partners, community settings, and Council teams to ensure effective collaboration and communication and represent the service at strategic forums and communities of practice.
Candidates will:
- Have substantial nursing experience and specialist knowledge in infection prevention and control.
- Have led change, managed teams, and delivered training and educational programmes.
- Is skilled in problem-solving, critical analysis, applying research to practice, and is proficient in data analysis.
- Demonstrates strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, and is skilled in building collaborative relationships.
- Has experience developing and managing audit activity.
Dates for interview will be: 2nd September 2025
Please contact Ruth Granger, Consultant in Public Healthruth.granger@sheffield.gov.ukfor an informal discussion about the post.
About us
As one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees, we aim to recruit and develop people who share our passion for Sheffield. If you work for us, you will be part of a team, which provides a huge range of services to our 574,000 residents, businesses large and small, as well as to our many visitors to the city.
We work as one team for Sheffield to meet challenges head on and involve local people to improve our services and quality of life in our city. Our employees talk about the pride they feel in making a difference, and in return for their dedication and contribution, we offer a workplace where people feel supported and can perform at their best.
If you work for us, you'll have a wide range of employee benefits available to you.
Full-time employees start with 26 days of holiday, increasing to 31 days after five years, plus bank holidays. Part-time employees receive a pro-rated amount. Depending on your role, you may have the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave, temporarily reduce your hours or take a career break.
We contribute 19% to your pension pot. You can join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers' Pension Scheme depending on your employment status.
We have a wide range of flexible working options. These vary depending on the job role. You are welcome to discuss options at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to lead the newly established Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) service.
Background
Sheffield is a large city with a diverse population and geography, over one-hundred care homes, supported living homes and Extra Care housing facilities, as well as a number of early years,special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schools, and temporary accommodation settings that support some of the most vulnerable residents of the city.
The newly established Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) service, which sits within the Public Health and Integrated Commissioning Directorate, aims to provide high quality, specialist IPC advice, support, local surveillance, and care to community-based settings such as these that provide health and social care services.
The role
We are looking for an experienced NMC-registered nurse to lead the Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) team. You will oversee and contribute to the provision of all aspects of the Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control Delivery Plan, including managing and overseeing the activities of the team.
You will lead the team in promoting effective IPC practice and techniques to both staff and service users, with the aim of reducing the burden of avoidable infections, the transmission of infectious disease, and subsequent poor health outcomes across the community. You will help to foster a service that is flexible, convenient, confidential, and tailored to meet the needs of the population.
Key responsibilities
Service and Programme Delivery: You will lead the day-to-day delivery of the service, providing senior-level specialist advice and supporting timely, evidence-based IPC guidance across community settings. Working closely with health and care system partners, youll help shape local IPC strategies, ensure compliance through audits and policy development, and drive high standards of practice using clinical expertise and behavioural insights.
Performance Management: You will monitor and review the CIPC service to ensure high-quality delivery, support improvements in public health outcomes, reduce preventable healthcare-associated infections, and assist commissioners in maintaining effective IPC standards across community-based services.
Planning: You will lead the development of local IPC policies and plans, ensuring cross-sector collaboration and long-term strategic alignment. This includes conducting health surveillance, needs assessments, and data analysis to inform policy and address health inequalities.
Resource Management: You will use your specialist knowledge to allocate resources effectively and ensure value for money.
People Management: You will manage members of the team, overseeing recruitment, supervision, appraisals, and development to support staff performance and growth. This includes providing clinical supervision, supporting public health trainees, and fostering a positive, motivated team culture that maximises individual and team contributions.
Stakeholder Management: You will build and maintain strong relationships with commissioners, health partners, community settings, and Council teams to ensure effective collaboration and communication. Using strong communication and negotiation skills, you will share updates, reports, and training across stakeholders with varying levels of clinical knowledge, manage conflict where necessary, and ensure service outcomes are clearly understood and met.
Representation: You will represent the service at strategic forums and communities of practice, contributing to IPC quality improvement and ensuring the services interests are reflected in local, regional, and national discussions, particularly around antimicrobial resistance.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on ourSheff news page.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to lead the newly established Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) service.
Background
Sheffield is a large city with a diverse population and geography, over one-hundred care homes, supported living homes and Extra Care housing facilities, as well as a number of early years,special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schools, and temporary accommodation settings that support some of the most vulnerable residents of the city.
The newly established Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) service, which sits within the Public Health and Integrated Commissioning Directorate, aims to provide high quality, specialist IPC advice, support, local surveillance, and care to community-based settings such as these that provide health and social care services.
The role
We are looking for an experienced NMC-registered nurse to lead the Community Infection Prevention & Control (CIPC) team. You will oversee and contribute to the provision of all aspects of the Sheffield Community Infection Prevention & Control Delivery Plan, including managing and overseeing the activities of the team.
You will lead the team in promoting effective IPC practice and techniques to both staff and service users, with the aim of reducing the burden of avoidable infections, the transmission of infectious disease, and subsequent poor health outcomes across the community. You will help to foster a service that is flexible, convenient, confidential, and tailored to meet the needs of the population.
Key responsibilities
Service and Programme Delivery: You will lead the day-to-day delivery of the service, providing senior-level specialist advice and supporting timely, evidence-based IPC guidance across community settings. Working closely with health and care system partners, youll help shape local IPC strategies, ensure compliance through audits and policy development, and drive high standards of practice using clinical expertise and behavioural insights.
Performance Management: You will monitor and review the CIPC service to ensure high-quality delivery, support improvements in public health outcomes, reduce preventable healthcare-associated infections, and assist commissioners in maintaining effective IPC standards across community-based services.
Planning: You will lead the development of local IPC policies and plans, ensuring cross-sector collaboration and long-term strategic alignment. This includes conducting health surveillance, needs assessments, and data analysis to inform policy and address health inequalities.
Resource Management: You will use your specialist knowledge to allocate resources effectively and ensure value for money.
People Management: You will manage members of the team, overseeing recruitment, supervision, appraisals, and development to support staff performance and growth. This includes providing clinical supervision, supporting public health trainees, and fostering a positive, motivated team culture that maximises individual and team contributions.
Stakeholder Management: You will build and maintain strong relationships with commissioners, health partners, community settings, and Council teams to ensure effective collaboration and communication. Using strong communication and negotiation skills, you will share updates, reports, and training across stakeholders with varying levels of clinical knowledge, manage conflict where necessary, and ensure service outcomes are clearly understood and met.
Representation: You will represent the service at strategic forums and communities of practice, contributing to IPC quality improvement and ensuring the services interests are reflected in local, regional, and national discussions, particularly around antimicrobial resistance.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on ourSheff news page.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- We are looking for somebody who:
- - Has substantial nursing experience and specialist knowledge in infection prevention and control.
- - Has led change, managed teams, and delivered training and educational programmes.
- - Is skilled in problem-solving, critical analysis, applying research to practice, and is proficient in data analysis.
- - Demonstrates strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, and is skilled in building collaborative relationships.
- - Has experience developing and managing audit activity.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree and post-registration qualification in infection
- prevention and control and/or infectious disease management.
- First level Registered Nurse Adult (RNA) or Registered General Nurse
- (RGN) with current NMC registration and eligible to practice.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- We are looking for somebody who:
- - Has substantial nursing experience and specialist knowledge in infection prevention and control.
- - Has led change, managed teams, and delivered training and educational programmes.
- - Is skilled in problem-solving, critical analysis, applying research to practice, and is proficient in data analysis.
- - Demonstrates strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, and is skilled in building collaborative relationships.
- - Has experience developing and managing audit activity.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree and post-registration qualification in infection
- prevention and control and/or infectious disease management.
- First level Registered Nurse Adult (RNA) or Registered General Nurse
- (RGN) with current NMC registration and eligible to practice.
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).
