Job summary
- Main area
- Covid Vaccination
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-6604768-OPS-C
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Coral House
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 6
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
As a Clinical Co-ordinator for Covid 19 Vaccinations, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering a safe and effective service for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations. The post holder will undertake a clinical supervisory role, overseeing a team of Immunisers.
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
As a Clinical Coordinator the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering a safe and effective service for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations. The post holder will undertake a clinical supervisory role, overseeing a team of vaccinators. In particular, the post holder will be responsible for:
- Ensure the delivery of a safe immunisation service, assisting to influence and facilitate change within the setting and service areas.
- Provide supervision of clinical assessment prior to vaccination.
- Support the reviews of complex medical histories and potential adverse reactions and offering specialist advice as needed.
- Supervise the configuration of the vaccination settings This will include mobile units, pop up sites, care homes and patients own homes across the geographical footprint of the service.
- Undertake a clinical supervisory role, overseeing immunisers and administrators delivering a safe immunisation service, assisting to influence and facilitate change within the setting and service areas.
- Supervise the team to ensure appropriate pre-vaccination clinical assessments to confirm the correct vaccination, the consent agreements and consult on the provision of specialist advice on contra indications. Address any concerns that may arise regarding the vaccine and contraindications, escalating as appropriate.
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 see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with current NMC registration
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training, to post graduate level.
- Current immunisation training / update or willingness to undertake.
- Further training or experience in a clinical supervisory position
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience working in a similar role in public sector.
- Previous experience in immunisation and vaccination
- Recent experience in clinical supervision
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of immunisation schedules in accordance with national recommendations.
- Practical skills and knowledge of cold chain procedures and medicines management.
- Effective skills in communicating complex and sensitive information and in difficult situations, requiring empathy, reassurance, persuasion and influence.
- Working knowledge and literate with computer skills to use of word document, internet access and email correspondence and electronic record keeping. Use of an electronic patient record system
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to meet the travel needs of the role which includes travel across sites over the geographical area of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Saskia Stephenson
- Job title
- Head of Service Delivery Covid Vaccination
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976577382
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