Infection Prevention Specialist Nurse

Company: Tameside Hospital
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Location: Ashton under Lyne
Job Description:

An exciting oppertunity has arisen to work with the Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT). The team at Tameside is integrated and provides services across acute and community services and adult social care. The post holder will contribute to the effective delivery of the IPC service and be responsibile for education and training, surveillance, audit and providing advice to enable staff to reduce the risks of infection and to provide the public with advice for the management and prevention of disease. The IPC service operates 5 days a week from 08:00-17:00 and provides an out of hours on call service. The Corporate services at Tameside have close links with Stockport Foundation Trust whilst we develop a joint organisational strategy, which will bring future cross site oppertunities. The post holder will be joining an established team of individuals dedicated to providing specialist knowlegde and expertise to our staff, patients and visitors., This role supports all staff across the organisation by providing expert infection prevention and control (IPC) advice, promoting best practice, and acting as a visible role model. Working alongside the Infection Prevention and Control Team, it involves monitoring and assessing infection risks, coordinating audits and surveillance, and supporting outbreak investigations. The post holder contributes to patient safety through incident reviews, investigation of hazardous practices, and the embedding of IPC policies and standards. The role also supports service improvement and delivers a wide range of education and training programmes, including , prevention based workshops, ANTT education, Fit testing and support for the Link Infection Prevention and Control network.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

  • Compassion
  • Accountability
  • Respect
  • Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

  • Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

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Posted: October 18th, 2026