IPC Nurse

What will you be doing?

Kent County Council is recruiting an experienced Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) Nurse to join our Public Health Team.

You will provide expert clinical advice, drive quality improvement in infection control practice, and support outbreak prevention and management across a wide range of care and community environments—including care homes, schools, and refugee/asylum accommodation settings.

About the Role

You will:

- Support sustainable infection control networks and contribute to strategic planning for health protection.

- Provide expert IPC advice across care homes, schools and community settings.

- Deliver IPC audits, quality visits and Care Quality Commission (CQC) assurance.

- Develop IPC policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training to strengthen system-wide practice.

- Work closely with partners including UKHSA, the ICB IPC team, and care providers.

About You

You will be:

- A registered nurse or midwife with significant IPC experience.

- Skilled at partnership working, influencing and leading change.

- Confident analysing and presenting complex information.

- Able to work autonomously, travel across the county, and manage competing demands.

Why Join Us?

- Play a key role in protecting public health across Kent.

- Help shape resilient infection control systems during a period of sector change.

- Flexible hybrid working arrangements.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About you

If you are interested in knowing more, please contact:-

Audrey Beadle

Audrey.beadle@kent.gov.uk

About us

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.