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Job summary

Main area
Corporate Services
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
328-CP-7339300
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 Per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Audit and Educational Assistant

Band 4

Job overview

We are looking for an energetic and motivated individual who genuinely has a desire to work in the speciality of Infection Prevention and Control and community care Home/ Domiciliary care. You must be passionate about staff and resident safety, enthusiastic about exploring new ways of working and a team player, to help us deliver our overall Healthcare Associated Infection improvement strategy at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a small team with a supportive administration team providing a 5 -day service to residential/nursing care facilities and domiciliary/day centre facilities across Middlesbrough, Redcar-Cleveland

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include; delivery and administration of training to support Care facilities within Middlesbrough, Redcar-Cleveland, data collection and surveillance and reporting to ensure a robust and safe workstream for the staff and ultimately residents safety.
In return you will be joining a team who are committed to supporting you in your development, providing you with the knowledge and skills to undertake your role.

The successful applicant will receive a 4-week induction period and be supported in the use of core competencies to assess knowledge and skills as part of their continuous professional development in this field.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

Working for our organisation

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 2 in Maths and English
  • NVQ Level 3 in Health or Social Care (Level 3 Diploma in Health Care)
  • Completion of the Core Competency pack
  • TAQA – Modules from Training, Assessment and Quality Assurance or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
  • Attendance at foundation improvement training and the new and aspiring leaders program within first year of role
  • Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication and listening skills and adopts an appropriate style and method of communication.
  • Ability to present written information clearly.
  • Ensure compliance with confidentiality at all times.
  • Ability to work effectively and co-ordinate and prioritise workload without direct supervision.
  • Ability to use initiative to make a decision within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required.
  • Leads aspects of quality and service improvement.
  • Intermediate level information technology skills e.g. Microsoft Office, database entry.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and experience on patient safety practices.
  • Previous experience of working as part of a team.
  • Demonstrate skills of infection prevention and control practices and act as a professional role model.
  • Previous experience of working in health and/or social care.
  • Understands the principles of audit and surveillance.
  • Previous experience in supporting others in a supervisory role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bev Gunn
Job title
Assistant Lead Nurse IPC - Care Homes
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 854800
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