The closing date is 07 May 2026
Salary: £50,129 to £57,365 a year per annum
Job summary
Are you a Nurse with experienced and knowledge of infection prevention and control? An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Infection Prevention team for a highly motivated Registered Nurse to deliver evidenced based infection prevention advice and guidance across all clinical settings within BCUHB. The Infection Prevention Sister/Charge Nurse is a specialist practitioner with a broad range of skills and knowledge in relation to infection prevention and control.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job responsibilities
A major focus of the role will be the provision of Infection Prevention expertise, advice, support and training to designated areas across the Health Board. This will involve extensive travel across the sector to support staff in a range of settings including community hospitals, clinics and other Health Board premises, care homes and primary care facilities. The postholder will be responsible for planning and delivering agreed programmes of audit and training, such as a care home link staff programme across the sector, and will work in collaboration with the other Infection Prevention Sisters/Charge Nurses within the team to achieve consistency and effective delivery across the Health Board.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in performing audit in practice and the interpretation of findings
- Experience of surveillance and interpretation of findings
Desirable
- Clinical experience within acute healthcare, and ability to relate that experience to support staff in practice
- Experience of professional leadership in the clinical setting
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN
- Sufficient experience year at Band 6
Desirable
- Evidence of working towards further qualification preferably qualification/module in infection prevention
- Evidence of leadership and management development
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills. Able to positively challenge teams & individuals
- Evidence of working with the multi-disciplinary professional team to negotiate and agree programmes of work
Desirable
- Recent evidence of change management in practice
- Experience of effective policy implementation
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates specialist knowledge commensurate with the role across the spectrum of infection prevention activity
- Knowledge of surveillance methodologies, audit processes and quality improvement cycles
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).