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Job summary

Main area
Vaccination Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
812-25-EC-CSAIS-HWE
Employer
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CSAIS
Town
St Albans
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust logo

Team Lead - CSAIS

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

Do you have a passion for public health and immunisation?

Do you have leadership experience and and a track history of dynamic and innovative working in the NHS?

Are you a registered healthcare professional that can work under a national Patient Group Directive?

Do you want to be part of the Community & School Aged Immunisation team that now covers the East of England?

If yes, to the above, we would love to hear from you.

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will      

·       co-lead on productivity, efficiency and clinical outcomes across the immunisation service and will implement improvement plans where necessary.

·       provide professional advice and guidance to immunisation teams on all clinical aspects of the community and school aged immunisation programme.

·       ensure the consistency and quality of the Immunisation Service delivery according to the requirements of the national immunisation specifications and the CSAIS and Covid contracts.

·       assist in ensuring that all relevant organisational and national guidance and policy documents relating to quality of service are translated into practice.

·       provide astute clinical leadership and clear and supportive direction to the immunisation teams in the planning, coordination and evaluation of the service for clinical quality and outstanding patient experience.

·       ensure immunisation programmes achieve outstanding uptake.

 

 

Working for our organisation

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more details

 

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

 

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Be a Registered Healthcare Professional who can administer vaccines under a PGD
  • Hold specialist knowledge, training, and experience in delivering immunisations; a high level of knowledge, training, and experience in delivering vaccinations.
  • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Have previous experience of clinical leadership and people management
  • Have a working knowledge of SystmOne and other immunisation recording systems including IMMform
  • Have excellent presentation skills
Desirable criteria
  • Hold a master's level qualification
  • Be a non-medical prescriber

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardRace CodeVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyHSJ Best places to workCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emily Chedy
Job title
Operational Manager CSAIS HWE and MSE
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07847544924
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