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Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales. We exist to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for people in Wales.

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales.

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Address: No.2 Capital Quarter; Tyndall Street; Cardiff; CF10 4BZ
Contact Number: 02921 500200

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Ref: 028-NMR014-0623 Vacancy ID: 5353114

Head of Nursing for IP&C and Healthcare Associated Infections

Closed for applications on: 28-Jun-2023 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 28-Jun-2023 00:00

Location

Site: Number 2 Capital Quarter
Address: Tyndall Street
Town: Cardiff
Postcode: CF10 4BZ
Major / Minor Region: Cardiff

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £80,786 - £93,164 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8d)

Specialty

Main area: Infection Prevention and Control

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

Take responsibility for autonomous expert clinical decision making and directing the specialist advice offered in support of the Health Boards/Trusts for clusters or incidents/outbreaks of infections.

Develop and communicate the vision for the role of innovation, the development of effective and coherent strategy and operational policies to support this vision across the whole health economy.

Drive innovation in new methodologies and technology for IPC through collaborative working with partners e.g. NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP), Baxter (ICNET), Association for Safe Aseptic Practice (ASAP), Surgical Testing Material’s Laboratory (SMTL) etc.

Provide clinical leadership in the development of appropriate strategies to engage effectively with key stakeholders in health and social care and seek contribution and opinion from service user and citizens on the prevention of HCAI.

Oversee governance and safety arrangements for planned organisational or clinical visits

Contribute expertise in the planning and delivery of key meetings within HARP and PHW and those that address the national agenda with stakeholders e.g. HCAI forum, HCAI and AMR delivery Boards etc

Support the HARP nursing leads to deliver and support improvement programmes across the healthcare economy to reduce HCAI.

Drive the strategy for, supporting and ensuring alignment across the system promoting a ‘Once for Wales’ and ‘every contact counts’ approach.

Drive reform and support organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence in IP&C and HCAI reduction

Engage with key strategic regional, national and UK policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies

Identify examples of national and international best practice and to ensure that NHS Wales benefits from relevant innovations in healthcare

Support the use of behavioural change and human factor theory in IP&C improvement.

Support development of an innovation infrastructure in line with capacity in organisations

Lead and champion new initiatives or projects as necessary

Working with HEIW, providers and clinical experts to design new training products and improve national learning in IP&C for all staff groups.

Advising inspectorate bodies e.g. HIW, CIW on expected standards for IP&C by setting

Provide expertise of best practice methodologies, regulatory requirements, policy imperatives in support of stakeholders knowledge.

Initiate, lead and participate in research and the evaluation of evidence.

Collaborate with the UK nations in the development of policy and practice while representing the best interest of Wales.

Contribute and drive development in the content and resources available for HARP web pages and explore media opportunities to promote IP&C.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job.

Using a generic application or automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, does not usually provide enough personal evidence of your skills and experience relevant to the role. This can make it difficult for us to assess your suitability and will reduce your chances of being shortlisted.

To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert, providing clear evidence and examples to demonstrate how you meet each requirement.

Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

If you require sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Visa routes, please ensure you self‑assess your eligibility for sponsorship for this role before applying.
Check the Skilled Worker visa guidance or Health and Care visa guidance for details on job eligibility, salary, English language, and sponsorship requirements.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse level one
Relevant Master’s Degree (180 credits at level 7) or equivalent
Postgraduate teaching qualification (ENB 998/C&G 7307, PGCE) or equivalent
Recognised qualification in Infection Prevention & Control or similar (level 6 or above)
Evidence of ongoing professional development
IQT bronze or equivalent QI qualification/experience
Qualification in Leadership and/or Management

Desirable criteria

Evidence of higher level of practice development within specialist area
IQT silver or relevant improvement training
Evidence of antimicrobial, stewardship training
PhD in associated subject or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive leadership and management experience
Extensive experience in the synthesis and critical analysis of data
Proven knowledge and experience in the identification of areas requiring policy development.
Demonstrate ability to lead a programme of work for HCAI
Extensive experience of patient/ public engagement
Extensive experience in formal and informal presentation skills to a variety of audiences
Demonstrable experience of complex decision making
Routinely able to work as autonomous expert
Experience of multi- professional/multi agency working
Can critically analyse and synthesise evidence
Experience in cross boundary/country working
Experience in performance monitoring and management
HCAI / IPC Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas: Significant management experience at senior level within the NHS or other public healthcare related industry – Band 8 level. Proven trust wide level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment; Proven record in transferring processes and roles between locations; Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies; Significant experience and delivery of proven quality improvement programmes focused on improving patient care

Desirable criteria

Experience of leading professional projects
Significant experience managing IP&C across a range of settings
Significant experience in change management and quality improvement
Experience of conducting/participating in research
People management
Teaching/training assessment experience
Links to academia
Evidence of publications

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used to improve care and practice
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to represent a team and liaise with other professional organisations
Ability to innovate, lead and implement change
Ability to engage, motivate others
Competent in collaborative working
Competent problem solving skills
Competent with IT skills (word processing, PowerPoint, spreadsheets and data) and use of specialist databases
Competent reflective skills
Highly effective communication skills with healthcare workers/patients/service users
Ability to work in a calm and efficient manner in situations of extreme workload
Confident in presenting information to a variety of local and national audiences
Proven people management skills
Ability to drive, co-ordinate and lead upon a range of HARP activities involving other professionals and agencies
Ability to prioritise own workload and those of their team effectively so that work programme targets are met
Highly effective verbal and written presentation and reporting skills
Ability to develop strong links and work in collaboration with others both inside and outside the NHS and other nations
Ability to respond to unpredictable workloads and meet deadlines
Ability to delegate and prioritise work and the team
Ability to critically analyse research and apply to practice
Act as a role model
Supportive to senior nurse colleagues

Desirable criteria

Evidence of formal publication of scientific work, poster production, or oral presentations
Financially astute/ business aware
Confident and competent in leading national meetings

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Extensive specialist practical and theoretical knowledge in the field Infection Prevention and Control and HCAI reduction
Significant and in depth knowledge of the drivers for AMR and HCAI and Welsh Government expectations
Significant and in depth knowledge of the actions and outcomes required to achieve the ambitions of the UK National Action Plan and Welsh Government reduction expectations and the role of the other HARP programme leads
Evidence of significant relevant leadership experience
In depth knowledge and experience of supporting and managing outbreaks and incidents
In depth knowledge of the key clinical interventions required to reduce AMR and HCAI
Sound knowledge and understanding of advanced practice
Understanding of evidence based practice and its application to HCAI reduction and appropriate antimicrobial prescribing
Sound knowledge and understanding of wider professional nursing issues
Working knowledge of appropriate HR policies/ procedures
Able to deputise for senior leader if required

Desirable criteria

Understanding of organisational strategic frameworks and their implementations
Understanding and knowledge in using the drivers to reduce HCAI in various health and social care settings
Sound knowledge of the PHW strategic objective of ‘protecting the public from infection and environmental threats’
Involvement in professional nursing issues
Experience in work force planning
Sound knowledge of nursing structure within PHW

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Self-motivated
Very reliable and punctual
Ability to work independently and as part of the HARP team
Professional and approachable
Values the contribution of their team
Professionally autonomous
Resourceful and adaptable
Confident and innovative
Ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when working with others
Skilful in conflict resolution
Recognises the diversity and cultural needs of others

Desirable criteria

Welsh Speaker

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to travel across Wales and UK countries when required and internationally as need arises
Ability and willingness to travel between and to Health and social care settings on a regular basis in a timely manner
Able to work hours flexibly to cover service needs
Willingness to work at home by agreement with line manager and PHW policy

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Dr Eleri Davies
Job title: Deputy Medical Director & SRO for HARP programme
Email address: [email protected]
Additional information: For further details or to arrange an informal discussion please contact [email protected] (Executive Assistant to Dr Eleri Davies)