Job summary
We are recruiting Immunisation Administrative School Support to support our Immunisation and Vaccination Team in schools and community settings when delivering the Flu Vaccination programme across Sunderland.
The applicants will work alongside our existing team in supporting the delivery of IntraHealth's immunisation and vaccination programmes. The successful candidates will primarily support nurse led immunisation sessions in schools and community settings. Other duties will include handling telephone calls from parents/carers, communicating with schools, team members collecting and transporting vaccines/equipment.
Employees are required to follow the safety measures that will be in place as appropriate and will undertake a risk assessment.
Main duties of the job
Our ideal candidates will have experience of working in administration and be able to perform general administration duties related to the role to a high standard. We require enthusiastic committed individuals who will work as part of the team. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary. Travel to schools within the region is integral to the role, therefore a driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
About us
IntraHealthis one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services.We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (generalpractice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulationmonitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.
We alsoprovide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are awell-established organisation having provided NHS services since the companywas founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced NursePractitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health CareAssistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralisedback office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysissupport.
We operateNHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Immunisation AdministrativeSupport enables the nursing and HCA staff to provide an effective, efficientand caring service to the School Immunisation Service by supporting sessions inprimary schools and ensuring the provision of high quality patient servicewithin a safe, efficient working environment.
They will undertake all clerical andadministration duties applicable to the Immunisation Service and workcollaboratively with the Nursing Immunisation Team to meet the needs of theservice, following policy and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Working in teams
2. Proven track record of delivery to tight deadlines
3. Working under own initiative
Desirable
4. Working with school-aged children
5. Previous experience of nasal flu delivery in schools
Experience
Essential
6. Team player
7. Flexibility
8. Enthusiasm
9. Positive can do attitude
10. Able to engage with people
11. Accuracy and attention to detail
12. To demonstrate respect for people using and working for the organisation
13. To behave as an ambassador for the company