Infection Prevention Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is crucial for implementing the Trust's infection prevention plan and policies. The post-holder will conduct surveillance, manage outbreaks, and provide expert advice to clinical and non-clinical services. Responsibilities include contributing to the annual programme of work, formulating and evaluating projects, and scrutinising data for improvement. The team operates a 7-day service, requiring flexible working.
Essential criteria
- Registered Healthcare Practitioner e.g. nurse, dental nurse, AHP
- Post registration education or experience at 1st Degree level
- Post-registration qualification in Infection Prevention & Control or willingness to undertake
- Teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Experience/Skills
- Substantive post qualification experience
- Proven experience in practice improvement related to infection prevention
- Time management skills
- Current knowledge of infection prevention and control legislation, guidance and policy
- Current knowledge of health policy and national priorities
- Experience in managing change
- Influencing skills to different levels of personnel
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Registered Healthcare Practitioner e.g. nurse, dental nurse, AHP
- Post registration education or experience at 1st Degree level
- Post-registration qualification in Infection Prevention & Control or willingness to undertake
- Teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Experience/Skills
- Substantive post qualification experience
- Proven experience in practice improvement related to infection prevention
- Time management skills
- Current knowledge of infection prevention and control legislation, guidance and policy
- Current knowledge of health policy and national priorities
- Experience in managing change
- Influencing skills to different levels of personnel
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Infection Prevention Practitioner
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Interviews to take place 6th and 7th October.
Infection Prevention Practitioners are key to the delivery of the infection prevention delivery plan, operational policy and annual programme of work, as well as the formulation, monitoring and implementation of associated policies, protocols and guidelines. They are also responsible for day-to-day surveillance, outbreak prevention and control and advice giving to a range of clinical and non-clinical services in the Trust.
The Infection Prevention team provides a 7-day service.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to participate in the delivery of a trust-wide delivery plan for the prevention and control of infection.
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the formation, review and evaluation of the annual programme of work for infection prevention and control and the associated annual report.
Take responsibility for communicating developments, best practice and infection prevention priorities to a designated group of clinical and non-clinical areas and the whole multidisciplinary team.
Be expected to formulate, monitor, deliver and evaluate projects aimed at the achievement of local, regional and national priorities relating to infection prevention.
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