About this role
Job summary
As a valued member of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team, you will provide expert advice, guidance and support to clinical and non-clinical staff on all aspects of infection prevention, surveillance and control. You will play a key role in promoting a culture of patient safety and supporting the organisation's commitment to reducing healthcare-associated infections.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across a range of services, you will support the implementation of national and local infection prevention initiatives, policies and best practice guidance. You will contribute to surveillance programmes, ensuring the accurate collection, analysis and reporting of infection-related data to support quality improvement and regulatory compliance.
The role requires a proactive and visible presence within clinical services, acting as an IPC role model and providing support, challenge and education to staff at all levels. You will work alongside care teams to identify risks, promote best practice, and support continuous improvement in infection prevention standards across the organisation.
As an effective communicator, you will build strong relationships with multidisciplinary teams, helping to embed evidence-based infection prevention practices and deliver the highest standards of patient care.
Main duties of the job Infection Prevention Specialist
As an Infection Prevention Specialist, you will provide expert IPC advice, support and education across Provide Group, working with clinical and non-clinical teams to reduce healthcare-associated infections, manage risks and improve patient safety.
Key Responsibilities Provide specialist IPC advice and support across services. Support national and local IPC policies, standards and surveillance programmes. Undertake audits, analyse data and identify risks, trends and improvement opportunities. Support infection incident and outbreak investigation and management. Deliver IPC education, training and awareness programmes. Contribute to the annual IPC Programme, improvement plans and assurance reporting. Undertake clinical reviews, walkrounds and audits. Work with multidisciplinary teams to identify and mitigate IPC risks. Promote evidence-based practice, including hand hygiene, PPE and antimicrobial stewardship. Challenge poor practice and support regulatory compliance. Champion patient safety, learning and continuous improvement. About You You will be a registered healthcare professional with an interest in IPC, patient safety and quality improvement. You will have strong communication, influencing and analytical skills, with the ability to work collaboratively, interpret data, provide evidence-based advice and support sustainable change. Experience in IPC, audit, surveillance, education or quality improvement is desirable.
About us
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:Transforming Lives
Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Registered Professional with at least two years of IPC experience Demonstrate current knowledge and issues in infection prevention
Desirable
Infection Prevention Qualification or working towards Link Practitioner experience
Continuing Professional Development Essential
Evidence of CPD
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
Employer details Employer name Provide CIC
Address Provide HQ
Provide C I C
Colchester
CO4 9YQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.provide.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)