About this role
Job summary
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 a 0.6 WTE annualised hours contract.
The service is based at County Hall although you will be expected to travel to schools throughout LLR. Please note that this role requires a full UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours.
Contact Details:
Gail Evans-Hughes, [email protected] Tel: 07826923420
Marie Butterworth [email protected] Tel: 07803 118023
Main duties of the job
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).
Prepare and administer immunisations/vaccinations safely and competently in accordance with professional accountability local/national standards and guidelines.
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 persons consent is informed in accordance with national and local policy/guidelines.
Assess and signpost children and young people to the appropriate named Healthy 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.
For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
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.
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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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Employer details Employer name Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address County Hall
Glenfield
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 8TB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)