Infection Prevention & Control Nurse

The post holder will be responsible for promoting and developing all staff in the field of Infection Prevention and Control through creating and maintaining a culture of effective healthcare among staff.

Essential

• Proven experience of prioritising work and meeting deadlines.
• High level interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to recognise the importance, confidentiality and sensitivity of
• issues and act with the utmost discretion.
• Ability to liaise and coordinate with teams from other departments / organisations.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• IT / keyboard and computer skills for data input / retrieval and presenting purposes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral with all patients, carers and staff.
• Interest in and knowledge of IPC.
• Understanding of Health and Safety requirements in a patient environment.
• Analysis and interpretation of complex situations.
• Negotiation skills.
• Excellent time management.
• Innovation.
• Motivational skills.
• Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Able to work without supervision.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Knowledge of national health and social care policy.
• Knowledge of evidence based guidelines e.g. NICE guidelines, NPSA alerts, current nursing legislation.
• Interest in and knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control.
• Effective time management skills.

We care. 

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964. 

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We encourage all Ramsay employees to participate in public health vaccination programmes including flu and Covid 19.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.