Infection Control Lead Nurse job in Sutton at Spire Healthcare

Infection Control | Band 7 | Sutton | Full Time | 6 Months FTC | Fully Funded Training Programs | Career Progression

Spire St Anthony’s Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an Infection Control Nurse to join our experienced and dynamic team on a 6 month FTC. This role is supporting all infection prevention and control processes within the hospital.

Founded in 1904, Spire St Anthony's Hospital delivers care through skilled and dedicated staff working together. With a completed £27m development investment, we provide very high quality healthcare to patients around Sutton, Epsom, Surrey and South London. We have six operating theatres coving a wide range of specialities and procedure including Ortho, Gynae and Cardio. There is an ITU department providing care and accommodating more complex patients.  We have a number of developmental training courses and progression opportunities available for our ambitious employees.

Duties and responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Clinical Services, you will be responsible for the co-ordination and development of a quality infection prevention and control service at Spire St Anthony’s Hospital providing leadership, support and guidance to all staff and ensuring a patient focussed service.

The post holder will demonstrate a high level of autonomy to challenge inappropriate practice and must demonstrate clinical decision-making to assist in containing and reducing the incidence of infection through risk assessment, surveillance, audit, intervention and education.

Who we're looking for

• NMC registered nurse
• Experienced with the IP&C agenda and standards
• IPC certificate desirable, but nor mandatory
• Experience of working in teams with minimum supervision.
• Experience of working in an acute environment.
• Competence across a range of skills, supported by professional and clinical knowledge acquired through state registration.

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

 For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Elena Tsoneva on 07921 065 874 or [ Link removed ]

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications