Band 6 Deputy CNS - Infection Control
A 6 month secondment position has arisen for an enthusiastic Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist in Infection, Prevention & Control based at the Royal Brompton Hospital, part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be a highly specialised nurse and role model, providing expert professional advice and education on the prevention and control of infection to other professionals, multidisciplinary groups, patients and carers. You will participate in the surveillance, monitoring and investigation of infections and outbreaks.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to contribute to patient safety and support the entire hospital to improve patient experience and outcomes, as well as supervising junior staff. The role requires someone who is very passionate about improving the care we provide and who can communicate and build effective relationships across the organisation.
The post holder will be based at the Royal Brompton Hospital, but will be providing cover cross site which will require travelling between sites 2 fixed days a week, attend meetings at Harefield Hospital as well as working closely with the wider GSTT team. The post holder may be required to deputise for the IPC matron when necessary.
You need to be confident, IT literate (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, MS word, Microsoft) and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
Working hours will be Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
To work, within the operational scope of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team, facilitating the prevention, surveillance, investigation and control of infection within the Adult and Paediatric Acute setting.
To participate in education programmes for all grades of staff on aspects of infection prevention and control, to improve compliance with best practice. The post holder will be required to operate flexibly within the IPC team structure to ensure that a comprehensive service is provided to the Trust acute services.
The Role Duties Fall Under The Following Categories
Patient/customer care (both direct & indirect)
Clinical Research / Audit
Education
Management and Leadership
Service development
People management
Communication
The Trust’s Directorate of Infection (DOI) comprises Infection Prevention & Control (IPC), Infectious Diseases (ID), the antimicrobial pharmacy team, the Centre for Clinical Infection & Diagnostics Research (CIDR), and the diagnostic laboratories (Microbiology and Virology). For over a decade, seamless integration of these essential elements has been the hallmark of our service delivery model. The Trust currently reports amongst the best IPC performance in the Shelford group of England’s 10 leading academic healthcare organisations and is widely regarded as a national exemplar for IPC.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Arrowsmith Job title: Matron IPC Email address: d.arrowsmith@nhs.net
