Job summary
- Main area
- Immunisation
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Ends March 2025)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 779-NN-6357457-N&M-Z-A
- Employer
- Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston & Richmond
- Town
- Richmond
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 pa pro-rata including HCAS (outer) term time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Immunisation Nurse Kingston & Richmond
Band 5
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From the autumn, HRCH community services for Hounslow will be provided by West London NHS Trust. HRCH will continue to provide community services in the borough of Richmond.
HRCH is a great place to work, and we're committed to staff development, so if you're interested in joining our team, we encourage you to apply.
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Job overview
Immunisation Nurses Kingston & Richmond
Participate in the childhood immunisation programme. This will include being able to assess young people and understand the pre-requisites of giving an immunisation, understanding the contra-indications, the aftercare and the relevant advice to give to the young person.
To understand the relevant Patient Group Direction, the relevant chapter in the Immunisation Green Book (D.O.H) and understand storage and carriage instructions for immunisations.
Contribute to the identification and protection of children at risk of abuse and act in accordance with the local Safeguarding Children’s Board guidelines.
Participate in health promotion / education and public health activities related to the Childhood Immunisation Campaign.
To work as part of a team and independently.
Main duties of the job
Kingston & Richmond Immunisation team
Immunisations are an important part of the healthy child programme for school-age children. We are looking for enthusiastic nurses to join our Kingston & Richmond Immunisation team to help deliver the immunisation programme for the flu programme 2024/25 in schools and in the community. Immunisation training will be provided.
In order to give your application the best opportunity, please ensure that you address all the requirements of the person specification when writing your supporting statements.
Car driver essential.
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.
Infection Control
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the full Job description and Personal specification attached.
Please contact
Heidi Nielsen Team Lead Immunisations Richmond
07880 188215
Melanie Stewart, Team Lead Immunisations Kingston
07776 160980
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN
skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience working with children and young people or in the community
Car driver
Essential criteria
- Car Driver with clean driving licence
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
- Heidi Nielsen
- Job title
- Lead Immunisation Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07880 188 215
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