Job summary
- Main area
- Immunisation Team
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Term time only 40 weeks
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (30-hours term time plus (40 weeks) permanent)
- Job ref
- 371-CFS655
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Immunisation Team , West Berkshire Community Hospital
- Town
- Thatcham
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum , pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/01/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/02/2026
Employer heading
Vaccinator for the Berkshire Immunisation Team ( Permanent)
Band 5
Job overview
Interview will be held on 6th Feb 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Berkshire Immunisation Team based in the West of Berkshire. The Immunisation team is responsible for providing routine and catch-up Immunisations to children and young people in schools and community settings across Berkshire.
We seek a dynamic, self-driven registered nurse or midwife with experience working with children and young people in community settings, who is also enthusiastic about promoting public health through vaccination.
The position is for :
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30-hours term time plus (40 weeks) permanent
The position is to be based in the Berkshire West Team (covering Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire). The role will be based out of either our Reading or West Berkshire base. You will be expected to travel across all three localities to visit schools, support clinics and collect and return vaccine to different bases.
On certain days, the post holder must be available from 8am to help with vaccine collection. Otherwise, their usual start time is 8:30am. The core working hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm, but flexibility is required; this may involve starting later if there is an evening clinic or working Saturday clinics as part of a rota.
Please note all holidays must be taken within the school holidays.
Main duties of the job
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To provide excellent standards of vaccinations and public health advice around vaccine preventable diseases to children, a young people, adults (up to the age of 25 in SEN schools) and their families across a variety of community settings.
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To assess and triage consent forms to ensure that children and young people are clinically able to receive the vaccinations they have consented to, in line with the National Patient Group Direction (PGD) or National Protocol (NP) for the vaccination programme, adapting communication to aid understanding.
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To undertake the Lead Vaccinator role with several schools across Berkshire, ensuring that sessions are planned and communicated to provide and safe and effective immunisation session.
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To demonstrate ability to make safe clinical decisions within an emergency e.g. anaphylaxis
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Manages own workload, co-ordinating and prioritising the school sessions/ clinics you lead on. Recognises his/her limitations and seeks advice and support from Team Leads.
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Maintains stock control to ensure adequate equipment to run clinics and administer vaccinations. Responsible for the safe collection, storage and transportation of vaccinations.
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Actively engages in health promotion, as required to improve uptake in your designated schools.
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Plans follow up school and community sessions, in instances where uptake is low/ absentee rate is high.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
1. A passion for immunisations and the public health benefits they provide.
2. A flexible approach to work
3. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people of all ages.
4. A desire to make a difference and to work within a caring profession
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Lucy May (Operational Manager) email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife (Registered with NMC)
- Experience of continuous professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Registered Children’s Nurse, or equivalent post registration experience working with children and/ or young people.
Previous Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with children with complex health needs.
- Vaccination Experience
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Must hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle during the working day, to enable travel across multiple sites.
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
- Lucy May
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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