Job responsibilities
JOB
DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Infection Prevention Specialist
Reports to: Matrons
for infection Prevention
Accountable to: Deputy Director of
Infection Prevention and Control
Band: 7
Unit/Department: Infection Prevention and Control
CSU Directorate: Chief Nurse
Location Trustwide
AfC Job No:
2795
2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
post holder will work as a highly specialised member of the Infection
Prevention and Control team (IP&CT), practicing at an advanced level,
demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision making, to
promote a reduction in the incidence of infections across the Trust through
strong leadership, surveillance, education, policy development and audit.to
patients, carers and all health care professionals on all aspects of
infection prevention and control throughout the Trust.
JOB
DIMENSIONS
To
ensure the maintenance and development of clinical excellence in healthcare
by informing and utilising the Trusts policies, strategies, audit processes,
education and research agenda with reference to infection prevention and
control.
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Leadership
Provide leadership to the clinical
team working with Matrons, develop new roles/ways of working
Provide a visible clinical lead and
role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality
compassionate care.
Support staff to provide efficient,
effective, safe and quality care to patients as an expert practitioner.
Deliver a positive patient
experience.
Support in the delivery of an
effective, evidence based, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope.
Responsible for the day to day
supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.
Motivate staff in the delivery of
quality patient care.
Anticipate problems and take
preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available.
Investigate and respond to
accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.
Ensures that workload and
performance monitoring data for the team is collected, collated and utilised
to ensure the effective and efficient working of the team. Reviews this
information with Matrons on a regular basis.
Work with the Matrons in the
development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CSU and
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals business plans.
Engage users and carers views on
service delivery and development.
Propose, develop and implement
policy, protocols and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty.
Exercises a personal duty of care
in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and
supplies appropriately.
Clinical
To provide expert infection
prevention and control advice based on sound evidence and national guidance
To lead the implementation of the
Trust IPC policies and guidelines and provide a strong senior role model
Provide high quality care as an
expert practitioner and act as a role model and resource for advice, support
and guidance.
Provides specialised advice
contributing to the diagnosis and care of patients.
Responsibility for ensuring
setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the
quality of patient care.
Undertake clinical procedures where
dexterity and accuracy are required.
Assess, plan, implement and
evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical
skills.
Make clinical assessments and
treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols.
Organises own clinical workload.
Undertake duties on wards or
departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.
Supervise clinical staff to promote
the delivery of excellent clinical standards.
Receives supervision of clinical
care and outcomes from nurse/ specialist team leader.
Act in accordance with the relevant
professional code i.e. NMC.
Fulfil the requirements as directed
by the Nursing and Midwifery Council/ Health and Care professionals
council(HCPC) to maintain and revalidate registration.
Ensure and promote the maintenance
of a safe, clean and secure working environment.
Act in such a way that safeguards
the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is
familiar with and adheres to, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) safeguarding policies.
Raise concerns with regards to
risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing
policy and supporting processes.
Ensure that documentation standards
are maintained in accordance with NMC/HCPC and LTHT guidelines, whether
written or computerised.
Promote and maintain positive
working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust,
involved in the care of patients.
Communication
Maintains accurate clinical and
other records using the LTHTs documentation.
Support patients and their
families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring
they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care
delivery.
Deliver complex information to
patients and staff.
Liaise with external health
providers and other agencies (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of
care delivery.
Quality
Improvement & Research
Improve the quality and safety of
our services by being proactive in promoting and supporting the Leeds
Improvement Method.
Participate in quality improvement
programmes as required.
Keep up to date with and
communicate service developments, advances and research.
Through the use of audit, local
research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that
needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.
Actively promote patient
involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive
patient experience
Maintain and sustain the momentum
of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of
the clinical area.
Undertake audit programmes specific
to client group, treatments and developments.
Help to set, monitor and seek to
continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including
those standards defined in local and national guidance.
Participate in clinical trials as
appropriate.
Work closely with Research and
Innovation to promote research, disseminate outcomes and findings to support
evidence based practice.
Education
and Training
Participate in own and others appraisals
and in the development of own personal development plan and performance
review.
Provides specialist training and
education at post-graduate level within the University settings as agreed
with Matrons.
Undertake role specific training
and competencies.
Provide education and training to
patients and their carers.
Keep up to date with developments,
advances within the specialty.
Collaborate with other members of
the team in clinical areas and departments to ensure that the provision of
education and training is clear and robust.
Mentorship and supervision of
junior staff.
Participate in specialist national,
regional and local conferences as agreed with Matrons. Support staff to
deliver evidence based practice and research activities to further enhance
patient care.
Undertake mandatory and priority
training within the required time scales
This
does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these
may be subject to change with professional and service developments
5.
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to delivering high
quality evidence based care
Commitment to working in a
multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the specialty area,
valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and
creative working environment
Commitment to own personal and
professional development and to the development of others within the team.
