Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to help support the Immunisation Team to deliver a countywide, school-based vaccination programme and BCG Service in line with the National Childhood Vaccination schedule.

This is a dual role post to work as part of a skill mixed team to support the immunisation team. At vaccination sessions the post holder will ensure that every eligible child is seen by an immuniser and that their outcome is recorded, helping children and young people pre and post vaccination.

To liaise with children and young people, parents, teachers, health colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team, involved in providing high quality health care to school aged children.

To support the Immunisation Team to deliver health promotion to raise awareness of the school-based immunisation programmes and address health inequalities within our community.

When not at vaccination sessions the post holder will provide support to the Single Point of Access Team including telephone duties, typing, filing, dealing with incoming and outgoing emails, vaccination data inputting whilst working alongside the admin team to ensure the smooth running of the Service.

Main duties of the job

To work under the direction and guidance of the trained Immunisation Nurses and within the Standard Operating Procedures to work as part of a skill mixed team, to support the delivery of direct and indirect care and should be able to act on own initiative when supporting the delivery of care. Alerting the appropriate healthcare professional to any changes that may occur in the patient condition. 

To work as an effective team member, demonstrate good personal communication skills and actively promote excellent team and interdisciplinary relationships. 

To provide support in the delivery of the service at vaccination sessions to include; school liaison, handling of consents, organisation of patient flow through the session, maintaining confidential patient data. 

To provide a single point of contact for school aged vaccination team, always ensuring effective communications and courtesy with families and other agencies including checking immunisation history and making appointments for missed vaccinations at both vaccination sessions and when office based.

Provide and support when required the cross referencing of child health records with school class lists. To effectively and efficiently use IT support systems to enhance direct and indirect care delivery. 

To work in accordance with lone working policy.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.