247217 Deputy Chief of Nursing – Infection Control Lead

Job Description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The post holder will be responsible for Infection Prevention and Control in the built environment providing advice to multidisciplinary teams on water safety, ventilation, capital projects, estates maintenance, interpretation of built environment chapters of the National Infection Control Manuals and SHTM’s. This will include interpretation of microbiological test data, advising on issues related to procurement and acting as a facilitator between clinical, IPCT and estate teams to provide a safe built environment for patient care.

The post holder will be working with diverse clinical teams and estates to develop and complete derogations documentation, patient susceptibility assessments and clinical mitigations within the built environment. Directly involved in corporate risk management of the environment.

Key Relationships

• Operational Estates
• Capital Planning Projects
• Property Services
• PFI Contractors
• Authorising Engineers
• Built Environment Microbiology Consultants
• IPCT
• Director of IPCT
• General Manager, PSSD
• Domestic Services
• Clinical Teams and Specialists
• Health and Safety Department

The post holder will also be expected to have regular contact with:

• NHS Assure
• ARHAI
• IPC and Decontamination Teams in another NHS Scotland Boards

This post will be required to travel across all Sites in order to carry out tasks.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.