About this role
Job summary
As a Registered Health Care Professional working in the Vaccination and Rapid Response Team the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering a safe and effective service.The post holder will undertake clinical assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating activities along with wider disease prevention and health promotion activities in a variety of settings. The aim of the service is to protect those who are most at risk of serious illness or death from infectious disease and to reduce transmission of the infection. The post holder will be flexible to service need delivering the service across Lincolnshire
Main duties of the job
Enable the delivery of vaccinations to all eligible patients by assisting with the overall coordination of the site activity and day to day delivery of vaccination programmes.
Ensure clinic rooms and equipment are available at the start of each session.
Ensure knowledge of conditions that affect suitability for vaccination and previous vaccination history.
Administer vaccinations across all age groups in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings, in line with local and national policy, procedure and legal frameworks.
Report and record all clinical assessments, care, and treatment: escalating any concerns and issues in a timely way.
Conduct clinical assessments within vaccination activity and wider disease prevention and health promotion.
Respond to episodes of low-level communicable disease outbreaks and incidents in Lincolnshire so they are managed in a rapid and effective manner reducing the risk of onward transmission and wider outbreaks.
Administer pre and post exposure prophylaxis and treatment for low level communicable disease outbreaks in a variety of settings.
Conduct patient assessments, testing, and treatment/prophylaxis under the Patient Group Directive in response to low-level communicable disease outbreaks. Ensure all activities are documented in the records system. Working from PGDs.
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details regarding main responsibilities and service objectives, please read the attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area Registered Health Care Professional: registered nurse, pharmacist or paramedic
Desirable
Non -Medical prescriber qualification or a willingness to work towards.
Skills Essential
Practical skills and knowledge of cold chain procedures and medicines management Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
Desirable
Community nursing experience
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection legislation and information governance requirements. Specialist knowledge in a relevant subject to post graduate level. Knowledge of vaccination and immunisation schedules in accordance with national recommendations Working knowledge and literate with computer skills to use of word document, internet access and email correspondence and electronic record keeping.
Experience Essential
Experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary team Previous experience in a similar clinical role
Desirable
Previous experience of teaching and assessing in clinical practice Previous experience of disease prevention and health promotion
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
Address 63 Monks Road/ Grace Swan Spilsby
Lincoln/ Spilsby
LN2 5HP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)