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NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.

Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.

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0300 330 1369

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Ref: 990-NUR-6854915-E Vacancy ID: 6854915

IPC Nurse Consultant

Accepting applications until: 02-Jan-2025 23:59

Open

Accepting applications until: 02-Jan-2025 23:59

Location

Any NHS England Office
Nationally
SE1 8UG
West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Permanent
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
22.5 hours per week

Salary

£74,290 - £85,601 per annum pro rata (exclusive of London Weighting)
Yearly

(NHS AfC: Band 8c)

Specialty

IPC Nurse Consultant

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

This is an exciting part-time opportunity to join the national infection prevention & control team at NHS England. The post plays an important role in the delivery of the IPC commitments and human health targets within the 2024-2029 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (NAP). 

UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029 - GOV.UK

As a Nurse Consultant (IPC) the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service leading and supporting strategic clinical delivery of the national IPC programme.

The post holder will lead the provision of an efficient, effective, and high-quality professional and well co-ordinated clinical support service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements, ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.

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  • Develop and lead IPC service reform and modernisation initiatives.
  • Take a lead role, as requested, in the analysis of highly complex problems, including the development of solutions related to the modernisation of IPC clinical and care practice.
  • Develop and support the implementation of agreed IPC service improvement standards.
  • Support the effective delivery of services and the achievement of IPC performance targets, standards, and quality indicators across all HSC services.
  • Work collaboratively with professional and policy leads at the DoH influencing a range of policy functions including the development of national standards, commissioning directions and performance indicators.

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for:

  • Using their specialist knowledge and expertise in IPC to advise and inform the development of long-term strategic plans for reducing HCAI, which impact across the whole of the NHS and social care in England.
  • Developing IPC strategy and policy which impact on the care of patients throughout the NHS and social care and support the implementation of these strategies and policies throughout England. · Providing expert advice and leadership for the development of national IPC resources, policies, and standards.
  • Collaborating with others in securing funding to develop research and development programmes in IPC & HCAI, to improve current clinical practice and service redesign.
  • Developing and implementing systems to ensure clinical information is effectively managed and best practice is shared across the team, Directorate, and the wider NHS organisations as appropriate.
  • Taking a lead in the coordination of training and development of Clinical Fellows across the Department or Directorate.
  • Oversight and management of all aspects of any allocated clinical budgets.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Live on the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register and have at least 5 years’ experience working at a senior management level in health and social care.
  • Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of post registration specialist qualification / training in IPC.
  • Demonstrate experience of delivering improvements in infection control and across a range of patient pathways in line with evidence based best practice.
  • Demonstrate track record of leading, supporting and delivering significant change in IPC services, including hospital and community.
  • Demonstrate experience and ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in IPC organisational change, improvement, and service delivery.
  • Demonstrates evidence of a proven track record of achieving challenging targets and standards.
  • Demonstrate evidence of involving and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders, internal and external to the organisation.
  • Demonstrate a wide breath of knowledge in health and social care achieved through operational and strategic experience at an organisational level.
  • Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to a range of disciplines e.g., IPC service improvements, financial management, performance management, staff management and information management.

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate evidence of designing and implementing effective IPC service improvement programmes and measures to address poor performance to maximise the likelihood of successful delivery of improved services and outcomes for patients.
  • Demonstrate evidence of addressing issues of IPC standards and performance while maintaining effective and positive working relationships.
  • Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
  • Ability to build effective cross functional working relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders to drive organisational agenda.

Values and behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution of others.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.

Others

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel nationally across sites where required

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Gavin Eyres
Job title
Assistant Director of Programmes: IPC
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Please e-mail to book an informal discussion with a member of the team.

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