Corporate Audit and Surveillance Assistant

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for an energetic and motivated healthcare practitioner who genuinely has a desire to work in the speciality of Infection Prevention and Control. You must be passionate about patient care, enthusiastic about exploring new ways of working and a team player, to help us deliver our overall Healthcare Associated Infection improvement strategy at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a small team with a supportive administration team and work closely with Microbiology to deliver safe, patient centred care, providing a 7 day service to our 2 acute hospitals and 3 community hospitals as well as our community nursing service.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include; undertaking audit, surveillance, supporting campaigns, along with guiding and supporting clinical staff on Infection Prevention and Control guidelines and policies and therefore promoting safe, quality, patient centred care. You will be committed to quality improvement.In return you will be joining a team who are committed to supporting you in your development, providing you with the knowledge and skills to undertake your role.

The successful applicant will receive a 4 week induction period and be supported in the use of core competencies to assess knowledge and skills as part of their continuous professional development in this field.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

17 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CP-6152827

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 2 in Maths and English
NVQ Level 3 in Health or Social Care (Level 3 Diploma in Health Care) or demonstratable experience and willing to complete in the first two years
Completion of the Core Competency pack -or demonstratable experience and willing to complete in the first two years

Desirable

Foundation Degree

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and experience on patient safety practices
Previous experience of working as part of a team
Understands the principles of audit and surveillance

Desirable

Demonstrate skills of infection prevention and control practices and act as a professional role model

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 2 in Maths and English
NVQ Level 3 in Health or Social Care (Level 3 Diploma in Health Care) or demonstratable experience and willing to complete in the first two years
Completion of the Core Competency pack -or demonstratable experience and willing to complete in the first two years

Desirable

Foundation Degree

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and experience on patient safety practices
Previous experience of working as part of a team
Understands the principles of audit and surveillance

Desirable

Demonstrate skills of infection prevention and control practices and act as a professional role model

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.