Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen to become a member of the Infection Prevention Control team in CTMUHB fon a perminant basis.
The post holder will provide specialist advice in relation to all aspects of infection prevention and control, working 5 days per week within CTMUHB .
This is a chance to develop your infection prevention and control knowledge/skills and become an integral member of the team.
This post is a perminant post and you may be required to cover across all 3 sites in CTMUHB.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
Work closely with other members of the Infection Prevention and Control Team in the provision and promotion of a comprehensive infection prevention and control service.
You would provide evidence based IPC advise to all members of CTMUHB.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
The post holder will provide specialist advice in relation to the care of patients and matters pertaining to infection prevention and control, working with others to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection.
Please refer to job description and personal specification for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
The post holder will provide specialist advice in relation to the care of patients and matters pertaining to infection prevention and control, working with others to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection.
Please refer to job description and personal specification for further details.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a band 5
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills
- Personal organisation skills
- Demonstrates ability to lead/influence others
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Desirable
- IPC experience
- Experience of training / teaching
- Experience of audit
- Experinece and understanding of the National Guidance and stratergic frameworks.
Language skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh at Level 3 Speaking/Listening
Values
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to the service
- Reliable and comitted
- Ability to travel across the Health Board
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a band 5
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills
- Personal organisation skills
- Demonstrates ability to lead/influence others
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Desirable
- IPC experience
- Experience of training / teaching
- Experience of audit
- Experinece and understanding of the National Guidance and stratergic frameworks.
Language skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh at Level 3 Speaking/Listening
Values
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to the service
- Reliable and comitted
- Ability to travel across the Health Board
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).