Senior Public Health Nurse (Immunisation Team) - Band 6
| Posting date: | 08 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 May 2024 |
| Location: | Gloucestershire, GL3 4AH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9327-24-0623 |
Summary
Lead and model clinical practice whilst supporting and encouraging colleagues to reach their potential. To provide support for the delivery of other school based immunisation programmes. 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 assist in the planning, co-ordination and delivery of community BCG clinics. Liaise and work collaboratively with the Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust respiratory team in relation to complex BCG queries. 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 Childrens Board protocols at all times. Liaise collaboratively with Gloucestershires 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. The development of training packages and the delivery to school aged children and the PHN Teams, e.g. HPV training programmes or cascade training. 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 ensure that high standards of infection control are integral to all aspects of nursing practice.