Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (37.5 hours per week, all year round, until 1st July 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (All year round, 12 months Fixed Term Contract)
- Job ref
- 396-779-NN-684977-DE-AL-Y
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Big Yellow Storage Office
- Town
- Camberwell
- Salary
- £30,039 - £31,088 per annum incl. HCAS (Inner London)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Immunisation Team Assistant - Lambeth and Southwark
Band 3
On 1st November 2024, our name will be changing to Kingston & Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. To find out more, please visit: https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/about-us/better-together-our-partnership-with-hrch/
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*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
Immunisation Team Assistant - Southwark & Lambeth team (12 months FTC maternity cover)
To assist in the planning, preparation and delivery of school, community and home immunisation services To encourage children, parents/carers to participate in the immunisation programmes in line with the Department of Health policy. To ensure children and parents/carers have adequate evidence based information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding immunisations.
To participate in the school immunisation programme ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to enabling safe effective administration of immunisations in the school setting.To prepare and assist with immunisation satellite clinics held within the Trust.
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 statement.
Main duties of the job
Immunisation Team Assistant – Southwark & Lambeth team
This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills and experience within the Immunisation team, you will play a key role in the day to day administration of the immunisation programme.
You will be responsible for providing clerical and administrative support and will be expected to work on our patient records database i.e. System One & our e consent system.
You may also also be required to travel to local schools across Lambeth and Southwark on occasion.
Experience with MS Office Suite is preferred.
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
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Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of effective team working/good team player
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working with computerised data systems/electronics clinical records
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade 4/C and above, or equivalent, in Maths and English
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT skills, particularly Windows applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Excellent time management, organisational and planning skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Namparie Ojeih
- Job title
- Immunisation Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07776 160173
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