About this role
Job summary
About You
You will be a senior clinician with substantial expertise in infection prevention and control, health protection and outbreak management, with a strong track record of leadership, collaboration and system-wide influence. The post holder will work both collaboratively and autonomously using transferable knowledge and skills to help develop and deliver the Health Protection function across Lincolnshire. This involves acting as a catalyst for change in practice and service development. The post holder will actively engage in the broader work of the Health Protection Service, provide clinical leadership and guidance across both the Public Health division and wider Council, and will lead or contribute to defined areas of work such as Infection Prevention & Control, Screening & Immunisation, Sexual Health and Substance Misuse.
If you have any of the following qualifications, we would like to hear from you:
Adult nursing Childrens nursing Mental Health nursing And/or a background in nursing education You must have an active NMC registration, and you will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
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Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be resilient and able to appropriately challenge boundaries to identify innovative solutions that best meet the needs of the service, stakeholders and staff.
Key Responsibilities
Provide clinical leadership to the Health Protection Service and wider Public Health Division across all core domains of Public Health. Lead and assure the development, implementation and delivery of clear, robust health protection and IPC strategies, policies and protocols across multiple organisations. Act as the Clinical Lead for IPC within Public Health, providing expert advice and oversight. Provide clinical governance and expert advice to Public Health teams and commissioners of health and adult social care, ensuring effective IPC systems and statutory obligations are met. Collate and provide assurance that IPC systems and processes meet required standards for commissioners and providers. Lead a community-wide IPC programme, providing specialist operational advice and support to health, adult social care and non-healthcare settings to reduce avoidable harm. Provide leadership and deliver reactive clinical interventions to manage communicable disease incidents and outbreaks. Positively influence practice, quality and safety across the Health Protection and wider Public Health system.
About us
Lincolnshire County Council, is one of the largest employers in the county. We are an organisation that embraces diversity, innovation and progress. We value our people and want to ensure that we can support you in joining and growing with us.
We will view you as an integral member of our community and recognise that your well-being is paramount. To show our appreciation, weve crafted a competitive package designed to not only acknowledge your hard work but also foster a healthy work-life balance.
From health benefits and retirement plans, we strive to provide a package that supports well-being and financial stability and that meets the diverse needs of our workforce.
We want everyone who works with us to feel included and celebrate their uniqueness. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and promoting good relations for both employee and for the people of Lincolnshire.
People often say every day is a learning day and at LCC a culture of learning is something we really believe in. We recognise the importance of supporting your learning and development and can offer a variety of different learning opportunities depending on what is right for you and the organisation. This could be through your everyday tasks, through hands-on experience, structured programs, formal qualifications, coaching, or informal learning opportunities.
Job description Job responsibilities
PURPOSE OF JOB
Provide clinical leadership to the Health Protection Service and Public Health Division. Provide technical expertise and management for the Infection, Prevention and Control domain of the Public Health Outcomes Framework. This will be achieved by taking the lead in ensuring there are clear and robust, health protection and infection prevention and control strategies, actions and protocols embedded across a range of organisations in order to protect the health of the population in Lincolnshire.
Lead the evaluation of the public health response to a pandemic or infectious disease outbreak for example, pandemic and develop and assist in the implementation of strategies that improve performance; applying clinical knowledge and expertise, research techniques and principles to establish local evidence of effectiveness.
The post holder will provide clinical governance and positively influence the Health Protection and wider Public Health division
PERSON SPECIFICATION
This post is a key leadership role and the post holder will be required to provide expert specialist advice to influence and develop strategy, policy and operational guidance to promote best practice in response to emergency planning and infection prevention & control issues; and be able to work autonomously on a number
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
If you have any of the following qualifications, we would like to hear from you: Adult nursing Childrens nursing Mental Health nursing And/or a background in nursing education
Desirable
You must have an active NMC registration, and you will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Experience Essential
Experience: (Demonstrable experience identified within the section below) Extensive experience in working within health/NHS Eg: Five years clinical experience (minimum) Working with a variety of health and care providers Relevant experience of working in a specialist field First level degree or equivalent Relevant post graduate training Teaching and assessing qualification Experience of delivering training Experience of managing a team Working knowledge of investigation processes eg: Root Cause Analysis Experience of leading change management Experience of leading Project Management Extensive experience of report writing & audit
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.
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 Lincolnshire County Council
Address 3rd Floor, Lancaster House
36 Orchard Street
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 1XX
Employer's website https://jobs.lincolnshire.gov.uk/home.html (Opens in a new tab)