Band 8c Associate Director of Nursing - Infection Prevention

Job summary

You will be accountable for the operational and clinical delivery of the infection control services across all Service Directorates and the Trust, by establishing and leading an effective infection prevention team.

The post holder will deputise for the Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC) across the Director's portfolio with specific responsibility and accountability for Infection Prevention (IPC) and Control

Accountable to the Chief of Nursing and Therapies for the day-to-day strategic leadership, direction of the multi-disciplinary workforce, and for improvement in the quality of patient experience; in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints in relation to the managed services.

Main duties of the job

You will provide expert, visible and strategic professional leadership to the infection prevention and control workforce in delivering the local and national strategy to enable the Trust to achieve its' strategic agenda.

Lead and manage the Infection Prevention and Control Team to ensure they have a supportive, educational and advisory role for all staff and patients within the Trust. The teams have responsibility for minimising the risk of infection to patients, staff and carers (including minimising the risk of healthcare associated infection)

Lead on the delivery of a staff vaccination programme for influenza and Covid

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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