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Surveillance coordinator and support staff
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Mondays to Fridays 09:00 to 17:00 (Flexible working))
Job ref
392-RNOH-1204
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Town
Stanmore
Salary
£31,081 - £33,665 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2025 23:59
Interview date
06/06/2025

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SSI Surveillance Coordinator and IPC Team Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 4

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. 

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.  We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated Good by the CQC
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence,  leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

The post holder will largely participate in undertaking the surveillance program of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) in line with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) guidance, on patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust. The post holder will also provide day to day administrative functions for the Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT).

Main duties of the job

Responsible for gathering, collating and inputting SSI data in the trust local database and UKHSA SSI database designed to monitor such infections, conforming to tight timelines. Play an assisting role in maintaining a proactive approach to the prevention, control, investigation, and surveillance of surgical site infections and other healthcare-associated infections within the Trust, under the supervision of the IPC SSI Surveillance Nurse and other senior members of the IPCT. The SSI Coordinator/ Administrative support staff will demonstrate a level of skill and understanding which enables the individual to take responsibility for specific tasks delegated by the IPCT or in accordance with agreed policies and procedures. The staff will undertakes routine administrative tasks for the surveillance work and/or specifically identified tasks under the supervision of a qualified nurse, and where they have received training, support and instruction to reach a level of competence enabling them to take on this wider role.

Working for our organisation

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust aims to be a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Be responsible for entering data onto local databases and feedback to clinical teams involved in conjunction with the infection prevention and control team.

 To contribute to the development of SSI guidelines, protocols and policies at a local level. Have a central role of collecting SSI data throughout the trust, coordinating the collection of and preparing the data for submission to UKHSA; and for presentation of these to the Surgical Site Infection Prevention Group (SSIPG) and the Infection Prevention and Control Committee (IPCC).

With the IPCT, support changes in practice as determined by the data analysis.

Contribute to writing reports and presenting project information to the SSIPG, IPCC, or other committees as necessary.

Send correspondence via emails and/or letters to patients, GPs, and Consultants regarding SSI follow up i.e. post-discharge questionnaires (PDQ) and/or MRSA positive from pre assessment screening and secure follow up results after treatment from the GP.

Liaise with Procurement Team to ensure that product ordered can be made available at the team when required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE level or equivalent in English and Mathematics
  • Educated to A level standard or NVQ Level 3 in health and social care
Desirable criteria
  • 1st Degree Education or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working within a healthcare environment or public facing role/ corporate setting.
  • Demonstrate basic Report writing skills
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrable previous experience of working in an health care organisation providing direct patient care, working with surgical and or orthopaedic patients or in an infection control setting

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable organisational skills
  • Ability to follow instructions and use own initiative
  • Demonstrable communication skills both written and verbal at all levels within a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to seek guidance when appropriate and work as part of a team
  • Ability to work under supervision and independently.
  • Excellent IT skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Ability to develop and maintain data-bases
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to trouble shoot
  • Proficiency on working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other relevant applications.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Basic knowledge of infection control principles and practice
  • Understanding of surgical site infection and the UKHSA surveillance service
  • Basic knowledge of audit cycle
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of the health service

Disposition and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Accountability – takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
  • Openness – shares information and good practice appropriately
  • Mutual respect – treats others with courtesy and respect at all times
  • Good time keeping
  • Confident and have the ability to work flexibly to meet the varied demands of the service
  • Willingness to undertake appropriate training as necessary

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkBronze Trailblazer by Race Equality MattersDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldAccredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRoyal College of Anaesthetists AccreditedCareLeaver Covenant

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Reggiel Borgonia
Job title
Lead Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02089095625
Additional information

For queries or to arrange an informal visit, please get in touch during office hours 09:00 to 17:00  from Mondays to Fridays via phone number 02089095625 (Ext. 5231). Alternatively, you can send an e-mail to [email protected] and I'll endeavour to respond to you within 48 hours or earlier. 

 

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