Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with the Trust's Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT). The team at Tameside is integrated and provides services across acute and community services and adult social care. The post holder will contribute to the effective delivery of the IPC service and be responsible for education and training, surveillance, audit and providing advice to enable staff to reduce the risks of infection and to provide the public with advice for the management and prevention of disease. The IPC service operates 5 days a week from 08:00-17:00 and provides an out of hours on call service. The Corporate services at Tameside have close links with Stockport Foundation Trust whilst we develop a joint organisational strategy, which will bring future cross site opportunities. The post holder will be joining an established team of individuals dedicated to providing specialist knowledge and expertise to our staff, patients and visitors.

Main duties of the job
This role supports all staff across the organisation by providing expert infection prevention and control (IPC) advice, promoting best practice, and acting as a visible role model.

Working alongside the Infection Prevention and Control Team, it involves monitoring and assessing infection risks, coordinating audits and surveillance, and supporting outbreak investigations.

The post holder contributes to patient safety through incident reviews, investigation of hazardous practices, and the embedding of IPC policies and standards.

The role also supports service improvement and delivers a wide range of education and training programmes, including prevention based workshops, ANTT education, Fit testing and support for the Link Infection Prevention and Control network.

About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside and Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health and care partners.

Our values and behaviours

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ and Disabled people.

Benefits
Benefits include flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Band: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 245-NAM6IPC-10-26
Closing date: 28 October 2026

Essential criteria

• Nursing Registration
• Acute Nursing Experience
• Relevant experience in infection prevention and control related role
• Audit and Practice evaluation
• Teaching
• Supervision and Assessment
• Communication (written, verbal and listening)
• IT literate
• Handling sensitive issues
• Teaching and mentorship
• Analysis
• Willingness to train and be trained
• Committed to personal and professional development
• Handling unpleasant substances
• Ability to travel around Tameside and Glossop

Desirable criteria

• Research in Practice
• First level degree or working towards
• Research and Evaluation

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.

For questions about the job, contact:
IPC Matron Rebecca Ramsden, Rebecca.Ramsden@tgh.nhs.uk, 01619226194

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