director infectious disease physician Epsom, England
Job description
Band 9
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
Our Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team is recognised for its expertise and ability to support clinical and corporate services, which has been and continues to be vital to the delivery of safe services.
The Group Clinical Director of Infection Prevention and Control will be a highly visible, authoritative individual, who provides assurance to the Group Chief Nurse and DIPC that systems are in place and correct policies and procedures adhered to across the organisations to ensure safe and effective healthcare.
Main duties of the job
You will have a recognised qualification in infection prevention and/or public health and have significant clinical practice in this field, at least 2 years’ experience at an 8D level, with experience of leading an IPC team. You will need excellent interpersonal, organisational and leadership skills to take the IPC agenda forwards, and the ability to act as a role model in promoting the IPC principles across the Group, influencing, and improving the quality of care delivered to our patients. We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking leader to join our Group Corporate Nursing team working across Epsom and St Helier Hospital NHS Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Group Clinical Director of Infection Prevention and Control is a key clinical nurse leader and group IPC lead responsible for the strategic leadership of the IPC service and ensuring the Healthcare Group is compliant with related national statutory responsibilities.
The post holder will work closely with the Group Chief Nursing Officer/DIPC, Site Lead Infection Control Doctors, Site IPC Lead Nurses and the Site Leadership teams to develop the IPC strategy.
Applicants should have significant experience at a senior nurse level in IPC working in both acute and community settings.
In addition to having excellent communications skills, the ability to respond to critical and immediate changes of work priorities and demands is crucial to this role.
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to join the newly formed Group of both Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Working as a Hospital Group allows for more joined up decision making for local people, a larger and more resilient clinical workforce, reduced variation in care and access to a wider range of services for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find the attached job description which provides more detail on the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinical qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Educated to master’s level (or equivalent)
- Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge in IPC or Public Health
- Management qualification at postgraduate level or relevant experience
- Recognised teaching and assessing certificate.
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement qualification or leadership/ management qualification
- Evidence of external presentations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at a senior nurse level within a Health care environment with a minimum of 24 months at AfC band 8D.
- Experience of successfully implementing significant change projects across services.
- Successful involvement in service reconfiguration
- Experience of outbreak management.
- Experience of working with patients/service users to improve their experience.
- Experience of producing high quality reports in a timely manner for consideration at Senior level internally and externally
Desirable criteria
- Experience of detailed performance management
Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’
There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
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