Job summary
- Main area
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-C8195566
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wycombe Hospital - Trust Wide
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Practitioner
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and detail-driven practitioner to join our Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team as a Clinical Specialist Practitioner for Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance.
Working under the direction of the SSI Surveillance Practitioner and Matron for IPC, you will play a key role in monitoring, detecting, investigating and reporting surgical site infections and other healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) across the Trust. Using standardised UKHSA surveillance methodology, you will help identify infection trends, support outbreak investigations and drive infection prevention initiatives across surgical and perioperative services.
This role suits someone with a background in surgery, theatres or infection prevention and control who has strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, and the confidence to work autonomously across a busy acute Trust
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and detail-driven practitioner to join our Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team as a Clinical Specialist Practitioner for Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance.
Working under the direction of the SSI Surveillance Practitioner and Matron for IPC, you will play a key role in monitoring, detecting, investigating and reporting surgical site infections and other healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) across the Trust. Using standardised UKHSA surveillance methodology, you will help identify infection trends, support outbreak investigations and drive infection prevention initiatives across surgical and perioperative services.
This role suits someone with a background in surgery, theatres or infection prevention and control who has strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, and the confidence to work autonomously across a busy acute Trust
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and
What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in nursing or allied health science
- Mentorship/teaching qualification
- Evidence of recent continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Infection prevention and Control Qualification
Experience and training
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a ward/department on a regular basis at minimum
- Working as part of Multi disciplinary team
- Understanding of NHS plan and recent initiatives
Desirable criteria
- Back ground in surgery/theatres or infection prevention control
- Undertaking various audits and completing the action plan
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness and understanding of current health issues
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to relate to patients and staff at all levels and across professions
- Computer literate (MS Office, MS Teams); able to manage, analyse and present data
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills; able to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and situations
- Knowledge of the Code of Professional Conduct
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of surgical pathways and theatre protocols
- Ability to read and appraise academic papers and evidence-based guidance
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
- Able and willing to travel to other Trust sites as required
- May be required to work occasional weekends
- Adapts to different working conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Savitha Sreehari
- Job title
- Matron - Infection Prevention and Control
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07866157032
- Additional information
Additional contact
Ana Rita Correia
Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Practitioner
07816 855125
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