Infection Prevention and Control Nurse | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) are offering a new and exciting secondment opportunity for two highly motivated, enthusiastic and inspiring individuals to work alongside existing infection control teams working in acute hospital services and community settings. These are new development posts that provide an opportunity to rotate between different system areas. The placements will include secondary and primary care settings and care homes. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) is a partnership of health and care organisations that work together to provide joined up care across Nottinghamshire.

As a registered health care professional you will work with the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Teams in a development post, to develop your knowledge and skills in infection prevention and the control of infections. The IPC team are committed to the prevention of avoidable infections and ensuring that national and local agendas are incorporated into the clinical setting to support the delivery of high standards of care for our patients. The post holder must have a keen interest in IPC e.g., IPC link Practitioner. During the secondment you will be supported with and involved in a small quality improvement project looking at improving urinary tract infection diagnosis and management. This role offers the successful candidate a great opportunity to share in the culture of learning, continuous improvement and promotion of good practice across various specialties and services to support with improving the quality and safety of patient care., Disability Confident
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

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