Infection Prevention and Control MatronNHS

Job summary

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Main duties of the job

NHS Band 8a Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Hours Per Week: Part time 30 hours

Contract Type: 12 month Fixed term Maternity cover

We are offering an exciting development opportunity for an experienced senior nurse to join our Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) teams across Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust. This secondment is ideal for a motivated leader who is passionate about patient safety, quality improvement, and driving high standards of infection prevention practice across a group model.

We are looking for a confident, compassionate senior nurse with:

• Strong IPC knowledge and experience.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively across teams and organisations.
• A proactive, solution focused approach to improving patient care.
• Experience influencing practice at ward, service, or organisational level.

Job description

This role offers rich professional development, including access to senior clinical leaders, crosssite collaboration, and the opportunity to shape IPC practice across a group model. It provides a unique chance to expand your leadership experience while influencing infection prevention standards across two organisations, supporting the delivery of safe, highquality care for our patients and communities.

This role will involve regular crosssite working, with flexibility to support teams at both PHU and IWT.

If you would like to discuss the role further please contact Kelly Brechany at [email protected]

For full job details and person specification please refer to enclosed Job description

About us

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin