Health Improvement Lead Nurse West Midlands

Job summary

Are you passionate about protecting population health, preventing infection and improving outcomes for local communities?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Health Improvement Lead Nurse to join our Health Protection and Improvement Team. Working across Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull, you will lead programmes to prevent communicable diseases and healthcare-associated infections, improve infection prevention and control standards, and strengthen system-wide health protection arrangements.

You will work with NHS providers, the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, local authorities, primary care, community services and other partners. You will provide specialist leadership and advice on infection prevention and control, communicable disease management, immunisation and vaccination, incidents, outbreaks, surveillance and health inequalities.

Combining strategic leadership with operational delivery, you will analyse complex health intelligence, support incident and outbreak management, influence service improvement, provide expert clinical advice, and contribute to assurance and quality improvement. If you are a highly motivated registered nurse committed to partnership working and better community outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

As a Health Improvement Lead Nurse, you will support health protection and improvement priorities across Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. Working within the Health Protection and Improvement Team, you will lead programmes to prevent and manage communicable diseases, reduce healthcare-associated infections, strengthen infection prevention and control, and protect local communities.

You will provide specialist clinical advice on health protection, infection prevention and control, immunisation and vaccination, environmental health threats, and outbreak management. You will analyse surveillance and quality data, identify emerging risks and develop evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities.

Working with providers, commissioners, NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency, local authorities and wider partners, you will support the management of outbreaks, incidents and patient safety concerns. You will lead audits, assurance visits, policy development, training and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring learning is shared across the system.

You will also contribute to governance and reporting, present complex information to senior stakeholders, and support safe, effective services that improve population health and reduce the impact of infectious disease.

Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care System bring together the NHS, local authorities and voluntary sector to serve 2.7 million people. Our vision is to be the healthiest place to live and work, improving life chances and reducing inequalities.

You will model system values, champion inclusion and actively address health inequalities, helping create an environment where everyone can thrive. In return, the Cluster offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive environment with opportunities to develop and work across partners to deliver meaningful change.

The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham, Black Country, and Solihull Cluster. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from women and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds for this role.

The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require to participate in the recruitment process.

• Supporting the Health Improvement and Protection Senior Clinical Lead in identifying potential threats to health from communicable diseases, environmental hazards and major incidents; and to deliver measures to protect the health and wellbeing of the public from these threats.
• Supporting the CCQO/CNO to fulfil their mandatory role around health protection, providing oversight of the effectiveness of the local health protection system and will deliver practical support and challenge to local partners in fulfilling their responsibilities…