North London NHS Foundation Trust
Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
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Role Overview
The post holder will work within North London Foundation Trust with the role primarily based at Chase Building, Chase Farm Hospital as a Senior Infection Prevention and Control Specialist Nurse. The post holder will be expected to travel as required across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey with some cross working within Camden and Islington locations to support the wider IPC service.
This is a fixed term 12-month contract to provide maternity cover.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of any processes/procedures and monitor compliance with national standards of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). This includes The Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infections, National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) and IPC Education Framework.
- Provide specialist expert advice to prevent and control infections using evidence-based practice including outbreak management.
- Support best practice in IPC at all times, professionally challenging as required.
- Implementation of local and national guidance working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Surveillance, analysis and interpretation of infection data.
- Education and training of staff and service users.
- Participation in Vaccination campaigns.
- Auditing of clinical practice and the built environment.
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About North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
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In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Elizabeth Cunningham
- Job title: Infection Prevention and Control Matron
- Email address: elizabeth.cunningham3@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07769280224
Available for contact Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.
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