Infection Prevention and Control Nurse

Band 6

• Clinical Support
• Band 6
• Permanent
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week
• 328-CP-7495674

• The James Cook University Hospital
• Middlesbrough
• £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
• Yearly
• 11/11/2025 23:59

Job overview

Are you ready for a new challenge?

Are you committed to change to ensure patient safety?

Could you make a difference?

Are you:

• Interested in developing your nursing career
• Committed to giving the highest standard of patient care
• Compassionate towards patients and their families
• An excellent communicator
• Highly motivated, energetic and innovative

An exciting opportunity has come up for the infection prevention and control team. We are currently looking for a Band 6 nurse to work providing a 7-day service to our 2 acute hospitals and 3 community hospitals as well as our community nursing service.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include; patient reviews, undertaking audit, surveillance, education and supporting campaigns. Alongside this you will be guiding and supporting clinical staff on Infection Prevention and Control guidelines and policies, therefore promoting safe, quality, patient centred care. You will be committed to quality improvement, engaging with patients and staff and have the ability to translate guidance and strategy into changes of care.

In return you will be joining a team who are committed to supporting you in your development, providing you with the knowledge and skills to undertake your role.

The successful applicant will receive a minimum 4-week induction period and be supported in the use of core competencies to assess knowledge and skills as part of their continuous professional development in this field.

Get your career in the right direction, with the right organisation and at the right time - please come to the IPC team and be part of this organisation.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants

Working for our organisation

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC professional code of conduct
• Commitment to evidence based practice
• Ability to use initiative to make a decision within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing plus specialist experience/training
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of recent relevant continual professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
• Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Jo Carter
• Job title
• Lead Nurse
• Email address
• jo.carter1@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 854800

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