About us

This is a crucial time for the Public Health team and for the Council. Join our team and work across the Salford during a pivotal time, supporting the delivery of improved outcomes for our residents.

Salford has a great test and trace system and testing centre to manage the Covid-19 pandemic and those who join our teams will work closely with service providers and educational settings across the city.

The programme is led by the Health Protection Team and operates over 7-days to ensure that our response is timely, and we can move swiftly to contain any outbreaks.

About the role
You will have a clinical background and must a registered professional with a track record for providing high level support within clinical services. Experience and a good understanding of infection prevention and control is essential.

You will support Salford’s COVID-19 test, trace and consequence management programme using our APP system and your clinical experience. You will coach and support health and social care professionals on the delivery of infection control and provide clinical expertise to Care Homes and Domiciliary Care Agencies. You will respond to and address quality and safety issues and challenge practice to improve standards and ensure safe clean care with all commissioned care providers, and lead the investigation of community onset infections through post incident reviews and root cause analysis (RCA) across a range of health and social care settings.

We look forward to hearing from you!
Please apply with your CV and a cover letter summarising why you think you would be a great addition to our team.

Role Profile.docx
Why work for Team Salford.pdf

Flexible Working

Whilst we promote flexible working due to the requirements of this role it is important you are able to work a minimum of 2 days per week. You can discuss the days and times that you would like to work during the interview process and we will accommodate these wherever we can.

NHS pension available

Covid safe
We are a covid safe organisation and for some of the role you will be required to work from home and connect with your team virtually – all technology will be provided for you. There may be times when you are required to work throughout the community, however this will be risk assessed beforehand.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.  

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr.