Job summary
- Main area
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working days to be agreed. Flexibility required)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR302-0725
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- I'w gytuno ar ôl penodi
- Town
- Agreed on appointment
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior IPC Nurse
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB are seeking a notable nurse leader to take on the role as Senior Infection prevention and control nurse. This is an exciting opportunity as we prepare to develop a Primary as well as a Secondary care service within CTMUHB.
This role requires strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, and a thorough understanding of infection prevention and control principles. The nurse will work closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure a safe and clean environment for patients and staff.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
· Leadership and Management
· Policy development – working closely with Head of Nursing for IPC and with senior staff to contribute, implement and review IPC strategy, policies and protocols
· Education and Training -participate in the development and delivery of training and education programmes to all members of CTMUHB
· Surveillance and Reporting -provide reports to IPC meeting
· Clinical Advice- provide expert clinical advice on IPC relating directly to patients
· Collaboration -working collaboratively with other departments and external agencies to promote Infection prevention and control practise
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Mange the Infection prevention & control team ensuring supervision, mentorship and assessment via the development review process
Ensure safe systems and processes are in place for infection control to identify and minimise risks with regard to IPC; in relation to clinical practice, influencing clinical managers and patient safety
Collaborate in the investigation of complaints, accident reports and untoward incidents and give highly specialist advice ensuring the implementation of recommendations of action
Receive and impart highly sensitive and complex information regarding IPC on a regular basis to others within and outside of the Health Board, including Welsh Government.
Communicate and demonstrate politeness, courtesy and sensitivity when communicating highly sensitive information to patients/ clients, visitors/ relatives and colleagues with regards to transmissible infections, overcoming any barriers to understanding.
Work with the IPCT to review the strategic, surveillance, educational and audit plans and participate in the development and implementation of agreed action plans and programmes
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration
- Degree qualification, achieved or working towards.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Clear understanding and specialist knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control.
Desirable criteria
- National strategy and legislation knowledge applied operationally.
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in infection prevention and control as a band 6 or relevant transferrable experience in quality improvement initiatives
- Teaching experience
- Working with a wide range of disciplines and grades of staff
- Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Experience and understanding of national guidance and strategic frameworks
aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
- Advanced decision-making abilities.
- Ability to analyse highly complex information and identify actions
- Ability to lead and influence team and others.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
values
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable
- Reliable and committed.
- Work flexibly and if necessary outside office hours and at any site.
- Ability to travel across the Health Board
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Filipe Leitao
- Job title
- HeadNurse IPC /Pennaeth Nyrsio arheoli heintiau
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752601
- Additional information
further information please contact;
Zoe Clement
SIPC PCH
01685 23035
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