Infection Prevention Control Specialist Nurse

Infection Prevention Control Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 13 July 2026

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Foundation NHS Trust Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) service has an exciting opportunity for both an experienced or a development opportunity to become a Specialist Infection Prevention and Control Nurse and join the team.

The Specialist IPC Nurse role is vital in providing the IPC service. You'll be using your knowledge and expertise of IPC as a Registered Nurse to provide care, advise, implement and evaluate standards of practice in relation to IPC, and share your knowledge base with the team and wider organisation, whilst working in conjunction with the Senior and Lead IPC Nurse and the Group Deputy Director for Infection Prevention and Control.

You will act as a role model and demonstrate that you are highly motivated, enthusiastic, well organised and are able to work independently and as part of a team and wider organisation. You will require effective communication skills and partnership working within the Trust and with other wider agencies and organisations in this role.

The team offer a supportive environment where you will be able to continue to develop both personally and professionally. This post would be suitable for a person with extensive post registration experience and a specialist interest in infection prevention and control, recent acute experience would be beneficial.

Current hours of work are 8.30-4.30 Monday-Friday, with a regular on-call including all Bank Holidays; and the post is based between ALL the Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole and North Lincolnshire Community Hospital Trust sites.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

• NMC registered practitioner

• Minimum of 2 years nursing experience
• Up to date mandatory training in Fire, Infection Control, BLS and Moving and Handling
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills
• Interest in IPC
• Knowledge of patient admin IT systems
• Clinical Audit Skills

• Adaptable, imaginative, innovative, enthusiastic and a good sense of humor.
• Ability to organize and delegate
• Ability to relate to people from differing backgrounds
• Adaptable and flexible
• Ability to motivate staff
• Demonstrate positive attitude towards patients and staff
• Self-starter and able to prioritise workload
• Health and Safety Risk awareness
• Ability to work in a stressful environment with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata