Job summary

Be Part of Our Team……

An exciting opportunity has arisen for flexible, reliable, highly motivated, enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our School Aged Immunisation Team in Gloucestershire.

The Immunisation Team work in a variety of settings, including schools, clinics and community venues to deliver all school-aged national routine childhood Immunisation Programmes to school aged children and young people across Gloucestershire.

The successful candidates will demonstrate enthusiasm, energy and a passion for delivering the best care possible and have some knowledge of the childhood immunisation schedule. The job role requires good time management and IT skills and you will be expected to work on your own initiative as well as within a team.

Due to COVID-19 and the ongoing challenges this presents, we quickly and efficiently have to review and change our delivery models and we are looking for someone who has the innovation and vision to support the fast changing programmes.

We are looking for applicants who can work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service, this will include the requirement to be able to work the occasional evenings and weekends.

We welcome applications form newly qualified nurses.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact

Caroline Halford, Head of School Aged Immunisations, email: or 0300 421 8206

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this post is to support the Head of School Aged Immunisations in managing to deliver the Commissioned BCG Programme and School Aged Immunisation Programmes seamlessly to children and young people in the 0-19 age range, and their families.

To actively contribute to the development and co-ordination of health promotion programmes to school aged children to improve the uptake of the school based immunisation programme.

To support the delivery community BCG clinics as required.

Maintain contemporaneous, factual records with the child the focus of all assessments and actions in accordance with Public Health Nursing Service guidelines and organisations clinical record keeping policy.

Be proactive in identification of risk factors and signs and symptoms of child abuse and act according to organisation and Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children’s Board protocols at all times.

Liaise collaboratively with Gloucestershire’s schools, the Child in Care Team and Social Care to ensure children who are vulnerable and or with complex health needs receive the their vaccinations.

Provide signposting to other services and agencies, referring onwards in a timely manner and liaising appropriately seeking first any necessary consent.

Take and act upon referrals from other agencies and services as appropriate and allocation work appropriately to the Immunisation Team.

To support the delivery of practical competency assessment of nurses undertaking immunisation training.

About us

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.

Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one – the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

Date posted

24 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-23-393

Job locations

1380 Montpellier Court

1380 Montpellier Court

Gloucester

GL3 4AH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Nursing (or equivalent)
  • Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on Part 1 or 2 of Register

Desirable

  • ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing/FLAP in absence of degree

Length and/Or Nature of Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience of working with children or young people or families or community working

Desirable

  • Evidence of safeguarding of children experience – desirable – or willingness to undertake appropriate training for role

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knoweldge

Essential

  • Knowledge of NMC Professional Codes,Standards and PREP
  • To be able to demonstrate a high standard of clinical expertise
  • Active registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) on Part 1 or 2 of Register

Desirable

  • Understanding of Government policy in current child health programmes and impact on local needs
  • Understanding and critical analysis of the research process and evidence based practice
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Nursing (or equivalent)
  • Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on Part 1 or 2 of Register

Desirable

  • ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing/FLAP in absence of degree

Length and/Or Nature of Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience of working with children or young people or families or community working

Desirable

  • Evidence of safeguarding of children experience – desirable – or willingness to undertake appropriate training for role

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knoweldge

Essential

  • Knowledge of NMC Professional Codes,Standards and PREP
  • To be able to demonstrate a high standard of clinical expertise
  • Active registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) on Part 1 or 2 of Register

Desirable

  • Understanding of Government policy in current child health programmes and impact on local needs
  • Understanding and critical analysis of the research process and evidence based practice

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).

Additional information

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).