Band 3 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Job summary:

We seek to appoint a dynamic, motivated, and enthusiastic registered nurse, Operating department practitioner or midwife to join the Infection Prevention and Control team at University Hospitals Birmingham

Heartlands Hospital.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to the quality of care and improve outcomes for patients.

You will be a registered Practitioner with a recognised infection prevention and Control qualification or a willingness to undertake this qualification.

You will have current experience in improving practice in infection prevention and control locally, have experience of delivering education to colleagues and demonstrate your commitment to continual professional development.

As part of a responsive team, you will be a strong role model for infection prevention and control and with support of the senior nursing team, provide advice for health care services within UHB.

Working autonomously, you will inspire and influence staff, empowering them to ensure that IPC policies and procedures are fulfilled, and evidence based and support in making improvements.

Excellent communication skills are essential for this role.

If you are enthusiastic, able to show initiative and a professional role model who want to work as part of a proactive team, we would like to hear from you.

Main duties, tasks & skills required:
The main duties of the job involve providing specialist infection control advice to patients and staff.

You will be a point of contact for information and advice for the patient, family and carers and all staff involved in the care of patients.

You will be required to support the development of staff caring for patients through formal and informal education, practice development and role modelling.

As a CNS you will practice under the direction of the band 7 senior IPCN and lead nurse team, working towards achieving agreed levels of competence, skills and knowledge to enable independent autonomous practice within their scope of clinical practice.

You will need to have good time management skills be able to undertake several duties autonomously as well as working with in a large team.

Good communication skills are essential.

In conjunction with other relevant clinical staff the post holder will assist with clinical development in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice and quality assurance and monitoring within the service.

In the role you will need to use a range of techniques to ensure and monitor standards of infection prevention and control are met.

Through clinical practice, audit, research, and teaching to continually improve the standards of care and patient experience.

The IPC team are there to ensure safe and effective clinical practice, enhance patient experience and ensure delivery of organisational objectives.

About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description:

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:

Essential:

Evidence of completion of a Health Related Education and Development programme/ Care Certificate

Desirable:

GCSE or equivalent to Level 2 Functional Skills Maths & English

Experience:

Essential:

Experience of recent working in an acute hospital / provider led healthcare environment as an Health Care Support Worker
Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
Experience of carrying out assigned duties after training and using initiative
Competent in a range