Job Description

The post holder will support Residential Care Homes and, other closed settings as agreed, across North Wales to implement and evaluate relevant national and local guidance in the surveillance, prevention and management of Infectious Diseases. Protect Practitioners will work under the supervision of a Senior Protect Practitioner to support Residential Care Homes in North Wales to audit their Infection Prevention practices and action plan accordingly, thereby building on and strengthening existing knowledge/skill sets.



The post holder will have good working knowledge of all relevant national guidance, legislation (if applicable), local pathways and frameworks to ensure appropriate Infectious Disease advice is given at all times to closed settings and sectors as agreed as appropriate, partner agencies and the BCU Health Board.



Provide timely and accurate verbal and written feedback via Senior Protect Practitioner to Public Health Wales, BCU Health Board, Regulators and other relevant partners on Infectious Disease outbreak and management.



Updates, utilises and maintain Infectious Disease management systems as required, in order to ensure public sector bodies have access to accurate and timely information.



Assist in the collation, interpretation and submitting of statistics to Welsh Government / BCUB and other official bodies for publication.



Support the Health Protection Service to deliver on tracing requirements instigated nationally or locally in response to Infectious Disease outbreaks. This will include familiarity with relevant tracing systems and the ability to train and support junior colleagues to implement agreed Standard Operating Systems.



The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.



If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.



Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.



Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.



Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.



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.



Prioritisation of workload and a rapid response plan will be required when there is an incident/outbreak notification or a variant of concern is identified in order to avoid the further spread of infection and comply with the appropriate National and local protocols and guidance



In addition to delivering the acute response service, the post holder will also work with other team members to identify and agree a portfolio of planned proactive work at local and regional level. This will involve working in collaboration with other agencies and disciplines (see below) in the provision of a specialist health protection service for the population of North Wales.



The post-holder will 'have responsibility for supervising and overseeing multiagency activity to ensure agreed actions are implemented to required standards in a timely manner. Protect Practitioners will direct and coordinate multi-agency and disciplinary activity during the course of delivering both pro-active and reactive work-streams.



The post holder will be expected to work with other Health Protection Programmes within the Public Health Directorate, as agreed with their line manager.



The post holder may be expected to participate in an out-of-hours health protection rota as and when required.