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NHS LOTHIAN
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL SURVEILLANCE PRACTITIONER
BAND 5
Salary: £30,229 – £37,664
Hours: 37 p/w
An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance Practitioner. The hospital base for this post is the Royal Infirmary Campus however, the post holder may be required to provide site-based support on all acute sites throughout NHS Lothian (Western General Hospital, St John’s Hospital, Royal Infirmary Campus and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People).
As a member of the Infection Prevention & Control Service, the Surveillance Practitioner will be responsible for the systematic collection, collation, submission, analysis and reporting of various data as part of local and national mandatory IPC surveillance programmes.
To report on incidence and prevalence of healthcare associated infections and maintain graphical statistical process control charts for a range of defined organisms to identify data exceedances and triggers for action.
To assist the Infection Prevention & Control Team with incident and outbreak investigation and management including hospital inpatient contact tracing.
The candidate must be willing to undertake additional specialist training e.g. Epidemiology and Surveillance. The successful candidate will be supported to gain specialist training as an essential part of the role.
One of the main qualities for this post is the ability to work as part of a team in a busy health care setting. Excellent interpersonal skills and computer literacy are essential for the role. Applicants should also be able to demonstrate continuing professional development.
For informal enquiries please contact Carol Calder - Tel: 07872 420 121.
Recruitment Team Use Only - Approved via Local Process
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.