Job summary
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) service has an exciting opportunity for both an experienced or a development opportunity to become a Specialist Infection Prevention and Control Nurse and join the team.

The Specialist IPC Nurse role is vital in providing the IPC service. You'll be using your knowledge and expertise of IPC as a Registered Nurse to provide care, advise, implement and evaluate standards of practice in relation to IPC, and share your knowledge base with the team and wider organisation, whilst working in conjunction with the Senior and Lead IPC Nurse and the Group Deputy Director for Infection Prevention and Control.

Main duties of the job
You will act as a role model and demonstrate that you are highly motivated, enthusiastic, well organised and are able to work independently and as part of a team and wider organisation. You will require effective communication skills and partnership working within the Trust and with other wider agencies and organisations in this role.

The team offer a supportive environment where you will be able to continue to develop both personally and professionally. This post would be suitable for a person with extensive post registration experience and a specialist interest in infection prevention and control, recent acute experience would be beneficial.

Working hours
Current hours of work are 8.30-4.30 Monday-Friday, with a regular on-call including all Bank Holidays; and the post is based between ALL the Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole and North Lincolnshire Community Hospital Trust sites.

About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential

• NMC registered practitioner

Desirable

• Diploma in nursing

Occupational experience and abilities
Essential

• Minimum of 2 years nursing experience
• Up to date mandatory training in Fire, Infection Control, BLS and Moving and Handling
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable

• Interest in IPC
• Knowledge of patient admin IT systems
• Clinical Audit Skills

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Adaptable, imaginative, innovative, enthusiastic and a good sense of humor.
• Team worker
• Ability to organize and delegate
• Ability to relate to people from differing backgrounds
• Adaptable and flexible
• Ability to motivate staff
• Demonstrate positive attitude towards patients and staff
• Self-starter and able to prioritise workload
• Health and Safety Risk awareness
• Ability to work in a stressful environment with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.

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).

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Closing date
03 November 2026

Employer contact
Caroline O'Neill, Senior IPCN, caroline.oneill3@nhs.net, 03033302517

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 208-DA06A0-26-2
Location: IPC team cross site working NLaG, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe, DN15 7BH