Job summary
- Main area
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-CO-6176592
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Infection Control Support Officer
NHS AfC: Band 4
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
To support other members of the Infection Prevention & Control Team in managing and monitoring all aspects of infection prevention & control activity at the Trust and contribute to the overall success of the Trust by ensuring that practice is compliant with Care Quality Commission Standards.
Main duties of the job
- Work with IPC team, matrons, and other senior nurses to improve and maintain standards of cleanliness within the hospital environment and participate in cleanliness audits and inspections e.g., PLACE audits.
- To support specialist aspects of the IPC service e.g., fit testing, decontamination, risk management of waterborne pathogens and the monitoring of relevant Quality Management Systems.
- Develop positive relationships with ward and other clinical areas through a frequent presence and communications with all grades of staff.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Team leading/supervision experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of requirements for Quantitative Fit Testing
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to use various microsoft applications eg excel, word, and outlook
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of risk management of waterborne diseases
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Scott Shenton
- Job title
- Decontamination Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 078866007539
- Additional information
Alternatively contact Louise Wilkins on 07929856218.
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