Advanced Nurse Specialist

Advanced Nurse Specialist, Infection Prevention and Control Job Reference: 185-A-20-85610 Employer: Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Department: Specialist Services Location: Exeter Salary: £38,890 - £44,503 per annum pro rate We offer a fantastic benefits package with competitive pay rates with annual increases, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years, access to the NHS Pension Scheme to which you and the Trust contribute. Our Medical workforce has separate arrangements. Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, support for flexible working and access to an On-site Ofsted graded ‘Outstanding’ Nursery. We promote a healthy work life balance, provide an Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have a number of NHS discounts available either directly through ourselves or online through NHS Discounts. As part of our recruitment process we can tell you more about our benefits package and you will see that we offer everything you would expect and more The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) provides Acute and Community services across Exeter and East Devon serving a population of more than 450,000 people. In our latest CQC full inspection of our services, the RD&E received an overall rating of “good”. We were rated as “outstanding” for our Emergency and Critical Care services, and for Caring Trustwide. The Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked as the joint best performing non-specialist Trust in the country for overall patient experience of care in the 2016 Care Quality Commission (CQC) Adult Inpatient Survey. The main hospital site is in the historical Cathedral city of Exeter that has abundant family amenities and beautiful surrounding countryside. It is situated in the middle of the South West Region with easy access to the countryside and coast of Devon and Cornwall. It is well served by rail, road and air links. Good educational facilities such as the University of Exeter and good Ofsted rated schools are available locally. Our Community sites are equally well positioned and are a good place to work. Enjoy a good quality of life in the South West and be part of our caring workforce. What an intersting, exciting and cahllenging time to be working within Infection Prevention and Control We are looking for a qualified, experienced and enthusiastic Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Specialist to join our well established Infection and Prevention and Control Team. The applicant must have experience of working as an Infection Prevention and Control Nurse at a Band 6 or 7 level and have either completed their training in Infection Prevention and Control or working towards a recognised qualification. Successful candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrate ongoing professional development. You will play a key role in the delivery of the Infection Prevention and Control Programme across the Trust. Along with audits, education, policy development and day to day clinical work, you will be responsible for a designated clinical area and will lead on projects and implementing change in those areas. The team is based at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital but provides a service across two main sites, community and mental health services along with Devon Partnership Trust and the Community Infection Management Service. Requirements: Evidence of working towards or completion of a recognised qualification in IPC (Diploma/degree) Substantial IPC experience within an Acute Trust If you are enthusiastic, able to show initiative and a professional role model who wants to work as part of a proactive team, we would like to hear from you. We will support you through the challenges of this exciting post with opportunities to meet your practice and educational needs. You must have your own means of transport, as the ability to travel throughout Devon may be required. Hours: 37.5 hours/week Our vision is to provide safe, high quality seamless services delivered with courtesy and respect. To achieve our vision we expect all our staff to uphold our Trust values. Our Trust values are: Honesty, Openness & Integrity Fairness Inclusion & Collaboration Respect & Dignity Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon. DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POST WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE VACANCY BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89956547