Infection Prevention Data Administrator

Job Description

This vacancy is open exclusively to internal applicants currently employed by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

NHS Band 2 Salary:   £25,272 per annum

Hours Per Week:        full time 37.5

Contract Type:             Permanent

Do you have excellent communication and IT skills, with an eye for accuracy? Do you have a passion for using data to create insight that benefits patient safety? Are you motivated and enthusiastic with an interest in being part of an infection prevention and control team? 

If so, this could be your opportunity to be part of the development of the infection prevention and control service at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Key roles and responsibilities include:

• Data entry.
• Administrative duties to support the team.
• Maintain and provide regular reports on a routine and ad hoc basis.

You should have strong IT skills, including MS Excel and Word, and an ability to communicate confidently with people across the organisation. You should be highly organised with an eye for detail, be able to manage a busy and diverse workload, and have experience of working as part of a team.

For further details please refer to enclosed Job Description. 

If this sounds like you, then we would like to hear from you.

For informal chat please contact: Kathryn Noble (IPC Lead Senior Analyst & Manager, IWT & PHU). Telephone number: 02392 286261

Qualifications

• Good standard of education; GCSE Maths and English grade C or above, or equivalent

Experience

• Data administration experience

Skills and Knowledge

• Good literacy, numeracy and communication skills
• Good organisational skills and ability to work with minimal supervision using own initiative
• Ability to prioritise workload and be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Ability to achieve a high level of accuracy
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data
• Ability to interpret guidance and policy requirements
• Knowledge of database systems and/or data warehouse systems

Personal Qualities

• Flexible approach to work and changing needs of the team
• Resilient
• Self-motivated
• Team orientated with an inclusive style
• Ability to prioritise
• Attention to detail
• Willing to undertake training as required
• Understand and adhere to the requirements of confidentiality

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Company Description

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.