Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join our Doncaster Place based Infection Prevention & Control Team.  This is a post working across organisational boundaries to achieve our ambition of reducing avoidable infections as a system within the borough of Doncaster, putting the patient at the centre of all that do.  You will be required to work as part of the team facilitating the prevention, surveillance, investigation and control of infection within the Acute Trust and across community services within the borough of Doncaster. 

The successful candidate will be expected to have sound demonstrable IPC knowledge and skills and the ability and drive to empower and facilitate effective infection control practice.   If you self-motivated with a kind and compassionate approach then this post is for you. 

The role will include overseeing the day to day running of the Infection Prevention and Control team, being involved in  staff education, promoting good infection control standards, audits and feedback of results,  responding to outbreaks and Quality Improvement initiatives.  

Main duties of the job

As an Infection Prevention and Control Lead Nurse you will provide advanced specialist Infection Prevention support and guidance for staff delivering  clinical and strategic infection prevention programme and delivering IPC services across the Acute Trust and community social care services.  You will be equipped to support the training and development of systems to improve the quality of IPC management, by the delivery of national directives, to develop local quality, patient safety and safe systems of working for staff.  You will work with the Trust Antimicrobial lead and the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist in driving forward Antimicrobial Stewardship best practice.

The post holder will be required occasionally to travel as a requirement for this role across Doncaster and Bassetlaw  Teaching Hospitals sites as well as Care homes, extra care facilities, domiciliary care and specialist healthcare placements across the  Doncaster Borough to meet the needs of the service.  

The Lead Nurse will lead the IPC team, conducting Appraisals, managing sickness absence and managing the day to day running of the team.  They will deputise for the Nurse Consultant/Deputy DIPC when required.

Working for our organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000.  Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.   
 
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way.  We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.   
 
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
 
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
 
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
•    Extensive range of learning opportunities
•    NHS Pension Scheme
•    Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
•    Comprehensive health and wellbeing support 
•    NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
•    Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.