Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Medway ICS

Do you have a keen interest in Infection Prevention and Control? Do you have skills, experience or passion to make an impact in preventing infections? Now is the time for you to join our forward‑thinking Infection Control team.

Please note this role is currently only being advertised to staff members who are currently working within the Kent and Medway ICSS.

• Work alongside specialist nurses to develop and coordinate an effective infection control service across the Trust.
• Ensure policies are up to date and adhered to by working closely with staff, demonstrating good practice, providing education and training and managing relevant promotional projects.
• Prevention, surveillance, investigation and control of infection within The Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent. The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex. The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs.

We work from two main clinical sites:
Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital bridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en‑suites for all in‑patients – the first of its kind in the country. We employ more than 7,000 full and part‑time staff in a huge range of clinical and non‑clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

We recognise the importance of life. As a flexible‑working‑friendly organisation, we want you to work in a way that is best for you, our patients and us. Speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

For further details or informal visits, contact:
Clair Taylor – Lead Infection Prevention and Control Nurse
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