Senior Community Infection Prevention Nurse(Integrated Role HB & LA's)

at  Hywel Dda University Health Board

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational Senior Community Infection Prevention Nurse to join a friendly, ambitious, and exciting Public Health Directorate. The successful applicant will be working in an integrated capacity between the Health Board and Local Authority. Do you share a passion to protect our population, and have the skills to lead others to do so? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual who will provide leadership and clinical expert advice to develop, implement and evaluate a defined organisation wide Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programme and provide expert advice in all aspects of IP&C across the authority. You will support a preventative approach to IPC within the local population across a range of settings. We are seeking an individual with developed project management skills and lead learning and development initiatives and drive innovation. You will drive the service development activities, working with the Health Board’s Immunisation & Health Protection Service, Infection Prevention team and Local Authority and other stakeholders.
You will lead in the development of standards and audit to underpin best practice, evaluating new initiatives to improve IPC strategies, improving health and outcomes for our population health and wellbeing.
The post holder will work to a level equivalent with the national job profile for senior infection prevention nurse. They will use their own initiative and be accountable for assessing and interpreting technical and relevant clinical information in order to implement the organisation’s IP&C programme and provide complex/ expert advice on the prevention and control of all infections.
Work with the Health Board’s Immunisation & Health Protection Service, Infection Prevention team and Local Authority and other stakeholders in developing the strategy in this specialist field.
Initiate, implement and participate in education and training, risk management programmes, quality improvement methods, policy development, surveillance processes and use of audit.
Manage conflict and challenge inappropriate practice through effective utilisation of professional knowledge and negotiating skills.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews will be held on 22/11/24.
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Six community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
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