HIS is seeking a member who has at least 3 years working post CCT or 3 years working in a senior IPC role, to join The Infections in Critical Care Quality Improvement Programme (ICCQIP) board as the HIS representative.

ICCQIP is a national surveillance programme, focused on reducing infections in critical care units (CCU). To date, the programme has focused on the surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSI) in CCUs across England; future efforts will aim to look at other healthcare associated infections (HCAI) in critical care. The initiative brings together professional organisations from adult, paediatric, and neonatal intensive care, microbiology, and infection control, supported by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

Patients in CCUs are particularly vulnerable to HCAI due to severe illness, multiple comorbidities, invasive procedures, and high antibiotic exposure. AS the HIS representative you will work with other key national stakeholders  (see below) to help address key infection challenges within critical care.

Professional organisations participating in ICCQIP include, but are not limited to:

• British Infection Association (BIA)
• Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)
• Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
• Paediatric Infection Prevention Improvement Network (PIPIN)
• Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FoICM)
• Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC)
• Intensive Care Society

Please submit your expression of interest of up to 250 words, detailing why you would like to be the HIS representative on ICCQUIP and what you think you can bring to the role to membership@his.org.uk no later than Tuesday 22 April.

Expressions of interest will be reviewed by HIS Council.