Job Description:
Head of Infection Prevention and Control
Location: Cromwell Hospital, London
Permanent | Full time (37.5 hours)
Hybrid – 4 days onsite, 1-day WFH
Competitive Salary

We make health happen
We’re looking for an experienced and influential Head of Infection Prevention and Control to lead the development, delivery and continuous improvement of our Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) strategy across Cromwell Hospital and its Diagnostic and Outpatient Centres.
As a key member of the Hospital’s Senior Leadership Team, you’ll provide visible, credible leadership and independent assurance, ensuring our systems, environments and ways of working meet regulatory requirements, national standards and recognised best practice.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Lead the IPC strategy, annual programme and governance framework, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and emerging risks.
• Chair the Infection Prevention and Control Committee, providing clear oversight of performance, compliance, risk and improvement.
• Provide expert advice, independent assurance and constructive challenge to executive, clinical and operational leaders.
• Ensure the organisation remains inspection-ready and compliant with relevant statutory and regulatory standards.
• Lead IPC incident and outbreak oversight, ensuring timely investigation, learning, escalation and organisational improvement.
• Design and deliver comprehensive IPC audit and surveillance programmes, using data and insight to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Champion innovative, sustainable and technology-enabled solutions that reduce infection risk and improve patient and colleague experience.

Key Skills / Qualifications

• UK-registered healthcare professional, for example NMC, HCPC, GMC or equivalent.
• Postgraduate qualification in Infection Prevention and Control, Public Health or a related field, or currently working towards one.
• Significant post-registration experience within an acute, complex hospital or secondary-care setting.
• Extensive IPC experience in a dedicated senior role, with senior leadership experience at Head of, Lead or equivalent level, such as NHS Band 8a or 8b.
• Proven experience leading organisational surveillance, assurance, governance, risk management, audit and Board-level reporting.
• Strong knowledge of national IPC guidance, healthcare-associated infection prevention and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to influence multidisciplinary teams, provide constructive challenge and lead sustainable organisational change.
• Excellent analytical, communication, coaching and presentation skills, with a visible and collaborative leadership style.

Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym is available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.

Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa.” We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone who needs them.