Immunisation Nurse

The successful applicants will be dynamic, highly motivated individuals, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work autonomously and as a member of Mersey care's Immunisation team. As an immunisation Nurse you will be working as part of pro-active skill mix team who are committed to delivering high quality services to children, young people and their families. Travelling in your own vehicle.
Applicants must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of public health with regard to vaccination & immunisation principles of the national childhood and adult programmes, with a commitment to reducing health inequalities.
Shortlisting planned for 15 July 2024
Interview planned for 22 July 2024, The responsibilities of a member of the nurse led immunisation team will be to support the national childhood immunisation programme and at times respond to disease outbreaks. This will involve the planning, delivery and optimisation of the national routine immunisation programmes.
Immunisations will be undertaken include both childhood and school age immunisations, specifically Pneumococcal, Rotavirus, 6in1, MMR, HPV, Meningitis, School Leaver Booster, Influenza vaccinations and other vaccinations as directed by NHS England
The post holder will also deliver out of schedule vaccinations in accordance with the The Green Book following the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures to ensure children are protected against vaccine preventable diseases.
The service delivers vaccines across the 0-19 year olds and 0-25 for children with specialist educational needs., As an integral part of a nurse - led Immunisation Team the post holder will receive supervision and guidance around clinical activity from the deputy manager and immunisation lead. The post holder will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive vaccination to include:
1. Children 0-5 years who have fallen out of schedule with their primary immunisations
2. School Age Children in schools, special schools, home or Alternative Education Provisions as commissioned by NHS England to include delivery of an education session/ assembly to the appropriate school years
3. Health care staff seasonal flu vaccination
4. Prophylactic anti-viral medication and mass vaccination in outbreak/ pandemic situations
5. Expansion of the public health agenda i.e. introduction of new vaccines, associated health promotion campaigns
The post holder will:
1. Individually assess clients prior to vaccination. This may require analysis of whether to defer or refer on, including review of current health status, clinical condition, current medication and reference to national policy under the guidance and supervision of the deputy manager/Team Leader.
2. Must have undertaken appropriate training for working under the current terms of a PGD before working to it.
3. Must have undertaken appropriate training for working under PGDs for
supply/administration of medicines
4. Ensure they are up to date with relevant issues and clinical skills relating to immunisation and management of anaphylaxis, with evidence of appropriate Continued Professional Development (CPD)
5. Give prescribed vaccines and anti-viral medication as authorised via Patient Group Directions
6. Maintain clinical standards ensuring hand hygiene is performed before and after every client contact, that vaccination takes place in a safe environment equipment / emergency drugs are in date and accessible, reporting any concerns to the Deputy Manager/Team Leader.
7. Order immunisations and co-ordinate delivery of vaccines and equipment to the community clinics and schools.
8. Adhere to policy and practice to ensure safe storage, handling preparation and administration of vaccines and medication
9. Be accountable for ensuring cold chain maintenance during the transport of vaccines and for any fridges or cold chain porters used for transportation
10. Act as a resource increasing the pool of knowledge around immunisation
11. Contribute towards a reduction of clinical risk, preventing significant events, acting upon them and the associated cost implications of dealing with errors e.g. setting up recall clinics
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We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
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We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team is able to prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
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