Job overview

Infection Prevention and Control is at the top of the agenda at Oxford University Hospitals 
NHS Foundation Trust. We currently have an opportunity for an experienced IPC band 7 
registered nurse/healthcare practitioner to come and join our team. We are looking for 
someone who firmly believes in improving safety for patients and staff. The role will 
challenge and develop the many skills you already have whilst creating and identifying a new 
set.
Covering four hospital sites and a number of satellite services across Oxfordshire with a 
huge range of specialties, the scope of learning is vast. The role of the IPC nurse has so 
many dimensions, from identifying infectious patients, the management advice to protect 
others, to ventilation, building works and water safety. You will also be involved in teaching 
and education and in advising clinical teams. The IPC service is a 7-day service and 
therefore employees will be required to work weekends and bank holidays.
The IPC team has unique access to the combined expertise of the ID/Microbiology 
Consultant team together with the Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection 
Diagnostics | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre to investigate healthcare associated 
infection and manage outbreaks in collaboration with Oxford University. 
OUH is an airborne HCID regional facility as part of the national HCID network since July 2025

Main duties of the job

The post holder reports to the Lead Nurse and Manager Infection Prevention & Control, with 
an overall purpose of supporting the Infection & Prevention Control Service across the 
OUHFT. The prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) is a corporate and 
national priority, and a core element of safe high-quality care that promotes patient dignity 
and positive experiences for patients and their families.
The post holder will be a role model for infection prevention and control, a visible IPC 
practitioner within clinical areas. They must be able to work independently across the setting, 
be an effective member of the wider team and demonstrate excellent communication skills.
They will provide specialist advice and expertise to support the prevention, surveillance, and 
control of infection across OUHFT. Contributing to the day-to-day maintenance and further 
development of a high quality, proactive, responsive, and accessible infection prevention and 
control service.
Working in this team will also support you to work autonomously to create quality 
improvement projects in IPC, using your creative and leadership skills whilst having support 
from the team to allow you to achieve these goals. Personal development is important to the 
Oxford IPC team so you must be interested in your future and the future of our IPC team.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. 

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. 

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.