Community Immunisation Practitioner - Norwich, United Kingdom - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

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Norwich, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Did you work as a vaccinator recently or do you have experience in vaccinations and a passion for public health? Are you a nurse or registered health care professional looking for a new role?

If yes, we can combine this for you in a potential new role within the Norfolk Community and School Aged Immunisation Service.

We are looking for a public health focused nurse, midwife or other healthcare professional to join our friendly and supportive team in Norfolk.

The team work across the county

We are a dynamic, flexible service who work across the county to offer a range of services from 0- adulthood in a variety of school and community settings.

We respond in an agile way to differing vaccination programmes as required by our commissioners.

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We are passionate about protecting children and young people's health through vaccination.

We can offer you:

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
One of the UK's best pension schemes
Special Leave for family and personal reasons
NHS Car Lease Scheme
Eye Care Vouchers
Employee Assistance Programme
NHS Discounts

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is voted as one of the 'Top 100 Best Places to Work' (Health Service Journal). Our CQC rating is of 'Good.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

The Community Immunisation Practitioner is responsible for the delivery of the Immunisation Programmes as required by commisioners and delegated by the Senior Immunisation nurse, Clinical lead or Team Lead.

Reporting to the Immunisation Team and Clinical Lead the Community Immunisation Practitioner will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective Community and School Age Immunisation programme.
To be responsible for the delivery of an effective and efficient Childhood Immunisation Programme in partnership with Children Universal Services, Schools and commissioners.
To be responsible for delivering a variety of vaccines in a responsive manner as required by commissioners.
To be responsible for collecting accurate data at each session
To work collaboratively with the school nursing teams and child health teams in the planning and delivery of immunisation programmes in schools in order to achieve the KPIs across the programme.
To work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all section of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion.
To promote and monitor safe and effective practice
To work closely with the Children Universal Service team in the planning and delivery of health promotion activities and public health initiatives in line with the School Age Childhood Immunisation Programme.
To provide and promote access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate. To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and nonstatutory agencies, and other health services colleagues.
To work in partnership with colleagues and other professionals to promote healthy lifestyles and healthy schools through health promoting activities. To provide health promotion/ education in line with the Immunisation programme.
To work with the Children Universal Service Team Leaders to support children, young people and families who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk. To adhere to current Local Safeguarding Board and Child Protection Procedures.
To work some late afternoon clinics and Saturday clinics as required.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.