Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)
SFR25 Infection Prevention & Control Specialist Practitioner
The closing date is 23 November 2026
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Job summary
The post holder will work as part of the IPC team and contribute to the development and improvement of infection prevention and control across Humber & North Yorkshire ICB, with a focus on North Lincolnshire in close liaison with the Senior Nurse Infection Prevention & Control and Lead Infection Prevention & Control Nurse and partner organisations. Delivered through risk assessment, surveillance, audit and training. The post holder will provide generalist infection prevention and control advice, support and training to ensure a safe environment for service users, residents, patients, staff and visitors and services in line with national infection control frameworks and guidance.

To support the operational needs of the service the IPC team works 2 days per month from the ICB HQ. There is a requirement for the team to travel to care facilities across the ICB to undertake audits, training and individual disease specific swabbing.

Main duties of the job
The postholder will contribute to the ongoing development of the IPC service working collaboratively with IPC team colleagues, local authority colleagues and system partners to support safe IPC practice and reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in a variety of settings. This will include the management of outbreaks, disease specific advice and support.

A key skill set for this role is:

• good communication skills with the ability to adapt to changing and sometimes challenging situations
• an understanding of the principles of Infection prevention and control and how they contribute to the reduction in cross infection
• the ability to deliver training face to face and virtually in a variety of settings to individuals with a diverse level of knowledge and understanding

About us
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the strategic commissioner of NHS services for a population of 1.7 million people. We plan and arrange services to meet our populations diverse health needs, focusing on improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities and making the best use of available resources. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

Our role is to make sure health services work well and are of high quality. We also work to join up health and care services, improve the health and wellbeing of local people and reduce health inequalities across our area.

The ICB adopts a Purposeful Presence model as the default way of working. Subject to any reasonable adjustments that may be required, this means:

• Individual work is undertaken remotely and digitally in almost all Circumstances.
• Collaborative work is predominantly delivered through digital platforms.
• In-person working is reserved for situations where outcomes cannot be achieved effectively through digital means.

Contractual bases are determined by post category. This post is designated as: A Community Based Post
This means the appointed postholders contractual base will be home. The ability to reach required community sites and localities within work time will be a consideration in recruitment.

Details
Date posted: 09 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: D9857-26-00015
Job locations: Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, Health House, Grange Park Lane, Willerby, HU10 6DT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the IPC team and contribute to the development and improvement of infection prevention and control across Humber & North Yorkshire ICB, with a focus on Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire in close liaison with the Senior Nurse Infection Prevention Control and Lead Infection Prevention & Control Nurse and partner organisations. Delivered through risk assessment, surveillance, audit and training. The post holder will provide generalist infection prevention and control advice, support and training to ensure a safe environment for service users, residents, patients, staff and visitors and services in line with national infection control frameworks and guidance.

Key Relationships
Communicate with a vast range of individuals and groups both internal and external, including the Care Sector, from Board level to junior staff and residents, patients or their representatives. Some of these will be highly complex interactions of highly sensitive nature. Communication may be in the following settings or contexts:

• negotiations with managers, staff, commissioners and other providers, including Care Homes;
• presentations to large groups including staff, service users and the public
• provision of generalist infection, prevention and control advice

GPs and GP Practices
Care Home and Domiciliary Care Providers
Provider Organisations
Members of the Public
External Stakeholders
Partner Statutory Agencies
ICB Executive Nurses
Other ICB colleagues

Core Functions

• Support the development of robust processes for Infection Prevention and Control within care homes, domiciliary care providers and primary care settings.
• Support the training programmes across the different provider organisations in relation to IPC related activity.
• Act as a role model for Infection Prevention and Control and challenge non-compliance
• Provide generalist advice and support to care home and domiciliary care providers, to support appropriate Infection Prevention and Control measures and standards for residents in a variety of residential and community settings.
• To work in partnership with a range of agencies and professionals to support and contribute to outbreaks of infection within organisational facilities and in the community, offering appropriate recommendations or signposting in line with national guidance.
• Present information about Infection Prevention and Control initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Nurture key relationships and maintain networks internally and externally, including national networks.
• Support the development of clinical networks for best practice in minimising HCAI within the local health community.
• Requirement to travel to the Humber and the wider region, where required.
• To utilise judgmental skills to interpret and analyse complex situations when dealing with resident / colleague enquiries; and resolve resident/ colleague problems. This maybe via face-to-face contact or by telephone.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience of the infection prevention and control agenda and staff within an NHS organisation and Public Health.
• Demonstrate best practice in infection prevention and control
• Experience of Clinical and/or Serious Incident Management or investigations
• Experience of multi-professional working and proactively working across professional boundaries
• Can demonstrate positive achievements and significant experience of successful working with clinical staff.

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care and Public Health

Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Able to review, analyse and interpret healthcare evidence
• Ability to be assertive in seeking assurance from Providers of services in relation to Infection Prevention and Control
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information using appropriate communication tools
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems
• Ability to work without supervision, providing advice to both patients and practitioners.
• Working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
• Team working skills
• Self-motivated
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
• Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
• Ability to travel efficiently around the patch

Qualifications
Essential

• Educated to post graduate diploma level or equivalent level of experience.
• Quality and patient focused individual who can demonstrate an understanding of the background and aims of current healthcare policy.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Infection Prevention and Control agenda and the impact on current health care policy
• Current registration with professional body
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Ability to apply professional judgment for decision making in challenging situations
• Evidence of involvement in the developments of protocols and clinical audit

Desirable

• Experience of system working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)
Address: Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, Health House, Grange Park Lane, Willerby, HU10 6DT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://humberandnorthyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/
Employer contact details: For questions about the job, contact: Cheryll Hornigold, cheryl.hornigold@nhs.net, 07803413174

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