Infection Prevention Lead Nurse & Clinical Governance Lead

Infection Prevention Lead Nurse & Clinical Governance Lead

Bristol Hospital Permanent Full time

Up to 60000 depending on experience

37.5 hours per week - see details below

If you want to play a pivotal role in Clinical Governance and in Infection Prevention and control youll love this brilliant opportunity to join the UKs largest Healthcare Charity. Alongside our Director of Clinical Services (DCS) youll take care of the day-to-day management of Clinical Governance and Infection Prevention and Control at our Nuffield Health Hospital Bristol. We aim to deliver the best possible customer and patient experience.

As a Clinical Governance Lead and Infection Prevention Lead at NH Bristol hospital youll be registered with the appropriate governing body (NMC HCPC or GPC) and hold the relevant qualifications and experience. You will ideally be educated to degree or postgraduate level in a clinical discipline with additional qualifications in organisational governance such as ISO9001 Auditor or equivalent.

With post-registration experience in infection prevention and control and a proven track record in senior clinical leadership within the healthcare sector youll bring significant experience in clinical governance and quality assurance. Youll also have excellent communication skills strong attention to detail and the ability to work proactively and efficiently.

As our Clinical Governance Lead (22.5hrs) you will:

• Provide strong clinical leadership and scrutiny of all matters relating to the quality of clinical care delivery

• Work alongside Senior Clinical Leaders and key stakeholders across the organisation to facilitate clinical excellence impact and fulfilment of Nuffield Healths charitable purpose

• Drive the continuous improvement of data quality and data analysis capabilities

• Oversee reporting and escalation processes such as Board and Incident Reporting to support learning and decision-making

• Lead the delivery of Quality Assurance and improvement activity including systems for clinical effectiveness patient safety regulatory compliance customer feedback and professional development

• Oversee the development review and implementation of Clinical Policies and SOPs ensuring effective management of the clinical policy catalogue

• Provide expert guidance on governance processes to clinical leaders including complaint resolution

• Contribute to the delivery of Nuffield Healths Quality Improvement Plan leading clinical projects and workstreams

As an Infection Prevention Lead Nurse (15hrs) you will:

• Liaise with the lead microbiologist and support the DCS as the DIPC

• Manage the infection prevention audit schedule and lead our infection prevention link team

• Produce an annual Infection Prevention programme and train the clinical and non-clinical team

• Facilitate the quality assurance review and produce the annual infection prevention report

• Assist with policy development carrying out action plans and improving best practice

• Support clinical governance in the hospital

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work feeling healthy happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here you can choose from a range of fitness lifestyle health and wellbeing rewards such as free gym membership health assessments retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of whats important to you.

Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital

Situated in the beautiful village of Clifton Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield has a long and distinguished history of looking after the people of Bristol. With the latest equipment and designed to meet the needs of all of our patients we are constantly developing our services to ensure our patients receive the finest quality treatment. A 30 private bed hospital which houses 3 digital theatres and combines leading-edge clinical facilities with an outstanding customer experience.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want today.

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