Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Immunisation Nurse
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Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the School Aged Immunisation service, for an experienced Registered Nurse with up to date immunisation experience. You will work as part of a team and be responsible for delivering the School Aged Immunisation Programme to your allocated schools (Primary, Secondary and Independent), in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Applicants should be well organised with excellent communication skills and good IT skills. This is a busy, often changing environment, as the service seeks alternative methods of immunisation delivery to reduce health inequalities, increase uptake and ensure sustainability.
This position is an annualised hours contract based on a nominal 22.5 hours per week.
For Further Details / Contact Either
- Gail Evans-Hughes Senior Immunisation Nurse
- Tel: 07826 923420
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
- Prepare and administer immunisations/vaccinations safely and competently in accordance with professional accountability local/national standards and guidelines
- Respond to clinical emergencies (anaphylaxis) initiating basic life support to ensure emergency procedures are executed and reported in accordance with national and local policy
- Take Lead role nurse responsibility for a cluster of allocated schools
- Plan and co-ordinate school based / clinic immunisation sessions and home visits
- Assess children and young people to ensure their inclusion for immunisation/vaccination programmes meets the required criteria for administration under a Patient Group Directive (PGD)
- Ensure the Cold Chain is managed in in accordance with maintaining the cold chain of medicines policy and audit/records are maintained
- Compliance with the medicines management standards throughout the process including robust awareness of immunisation history and contraindications to vaccination
- Assess and engage professional judgement to ensure parent / carer / young person’s consent is informed in accordance with national and local policy/guidelines
- Support parent / carer / children and young people’s sensitivity to ensure their inclusion complies with equal opportunities and diversity
- Assess and signpost children and young people to the appropriate named Health Together practitioner where additional advice and support is indicated for identified health needs
- Refer any Safeguarding issues identified to school Safeguarding team, referring to Social care as appropriate
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About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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