Job summary
Employer heading
Immunisation Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Nurse to join our established School Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS) delivering the Nasal Flu and Adolescent vaccination programmes in schools and community clinics to the local population throughout Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin.
The SAIS team are also commissioned to deliver the Domiciliary Neonatal Hepatitis B programme and Dried Blood Spot (DBS) screening.
We will offer a warm and friendly welcome with a full induction programme and ongoing support, training, and development to further advance your skills and career.
Please note that this post is for 22.5 hours per week on a 26-week Term Time Only (TTO) Contract with hours to be worked from 1st September to 31st March. You will be required to work flexibly to cover the service between 8am to 6pm Monday-Friday. Occasional Saturday working may be required to deliver a community clinic as needed.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- You will be delivering immunisations including national campaigns to the school age population which include the Seasonal Flu programme, HPV Neutral Gender programme and Meningitis ACWY, Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP) programme.
- You will deliver the Domiciliary Neonatal Hepatitis B programme and Dried Blood Spot (DBS) screening.
- You will work within schools, clinics and home settings.
- You will use e-consent as well as paper forms to gain valid consent within the legal frameworks for immunising children and young people.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the role.
Person specification
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse and/or RSCN
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering immunisation programmes
- Experience of working with children and young people in schools and/or community settings
- Experience of undertaking assessments for immunisations
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the public health role
- Understanding of safe guarding children and young people
- Evidence of knowledge of current professional/legal/consent issues relevant to immunisation
- Evidence of knowledge of childhood immunisation programmes and ability to make clear clinical decisions
- IT/Computer literate with word processor and presentation skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of quality and risk management
- Understand the importance of audit and governance and be able to apply these processes to improve practice
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Jones
- Job title
- Clinical Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743730028
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