Main area Immunisation Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: All Year round Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (All year round) Job ref 396-779-N-6851093-IN-JK-Z
Employer Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Croydon Town Croydon Salary £34,521 - £41,956 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner) Salary period Yearly Closing 24/12/2024 23:59
Immunisation Nurse/ Immunisation Practitioner/BCG team/Schools
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Job overview
Immunisation Nurse/ Immunisation Practitioner/BCG team/Schools - Band 5
Immunisations are an important part of the healthy child programme neonates and for school-age children. We are looking for an enthusiastic registered nurse interested in joining our BCG team in Southwest London boroughs covering Croydon, Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Richmond and Kingston. You are expected to help deliver the BCG immunisation programme. Full training and support will be provided and details available at interview. It is important that you are flexible. When you are not working with the BCG immunisation services, you will be expected to support the school immunisation teams.
Main duties of the job
1. To participate in BCG immunisations/School Age programme.
2. To assist in the planning, preparation and delivery of the BCG immunisation programme/school immunisation programme in the community clinic, school or home.
3. To work in the office on the administration tasks associated with triaging, contacting school and recording data.
4. To encourage parents/carers and children to participate in the immunisation programmes in line with the Department of Health policy.
5. To ensure children and parents/carers have adequate evidence based information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding immunisations.
6. To participate in the BCG programme/school immunisation programme ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to enabling safe effective administration of immunisations in the community clinic or school setting.
7. To prepare and assist with immunisation satellite clinics held within the Trust.
8. Flexible working is required. When you are not working with the BCG team, you will be expected to support the school immunisation teams.
Working for our organisation
Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible. Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.
In 2018, we were named ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’ by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.
We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
* Registered Nurse, Midwife
Personal attributes
* Experience of working in or knowledge of public health
* Ability to communicate well with children and young people
* Car driver that can travel between sites
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