Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (End Date - 31/03/2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2143
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Charlottes Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Immunisation Nurse
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two nurses to join the Antenatal clinic team as a Maternity Immunisation Nurse at Imperial College NHS Trust at Queen Charlotte & Chelsea with requirement to cross cover St Mary's Hospital.
Working 37.5 hours a week, 5 days a week and 15 hours a week, 2 days a week.
We are looking for an enthusiastic registered nurse to facilitate the maternity immunisation service. The nurse will work collaboratively to provide a service for women and babies providing Covid 19 vaccine, Pertussis, RSV and Flu to pregnant people.
Join Imperial College Healthcare and become part of a community of 12,000 staff working with a wide range of partners to offer ‘better heath, for life’.
Are you ready?
• To work in the immunisation service and work closely with the multi-disciplinary team in Maternity improving quality of care for pregnant people and their babies.
• To work in a multi professional way with band 5 immunisation nurse, midwives, obstetric nurses, support workers and stakeholders relevant to the role.
• No matter where you start within the NHS, you will have access to extra training and be given every chance to progress within the organisation.
• Imperial College NHS Trust actively encourages development within the workforce and employees are required to comply with trust induction programme.
Join us and you’ll help to create a team that provide a first class service to the women/people and their families.
Main duties of the job
- To provide maternity immunisations including but not exclusive to Covid 19, Flu and Pertussis.
- To contribute to the delivery of a high quality public health programme for pregnant women/people and newborn babies at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
- To take a woman/person-centred and public health approach to improve health and tackle inequalities, specifically to raise the level of immunisation uptake across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
- To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all women and birthing people that is compassionate and caring.
- To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them without supervision.
- Proficient in advising and discussing immunisation benefits and risks with patients.
- To collate appropriate data for the purpose of reporting to NHSE and auditing.
- To undertake the necessary training and knowledge in order to be competent in the field.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult Nurse
Desirable criteria
- 6 months experience in healthcare
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of speciality
Desirable criteria
- Experience of immunisation
- Experience in a clinical environment
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Teaching.
- Ability to organise ward activities and to use initiative Ability to solve problems and contribute new ideas
- Skills required to undertake clinical activity
Desirable criteria
- Vaccination competence
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shahanaz Rahman
- Job title
- Ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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