Vaccinator for the Berkshire Immunisation Team (Internal only)
Posting date: | 12 July 2024 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum , pro rata |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 11 August 2024 |
Location: | Reading, RG2 7PJ |
Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 6474855/371-CFS286 |
Summary
INTERNAL ONLY - This post is open to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Employees Only
Interview will be held on 24th July 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Berkshire Immunisation Team based in the West of Berkshire and to support the annual staff vaccination programme (to administer peer vaccinations to colleagues in Berkshire Healthcare). The Immunisation team is responsible for providing routine and catch-up Immunisations to children and young people in schools and community settings across Berkshire and support the delivery of flu and covid to employees of Berkshire Healthcare.
We are looking for a self-motivated and dynamic registered Nurse or Midwife, who has experience of working with children and young people in the community and who is passionate about the public health benefits of vaccination.
This post can be based from one of three Berkshire West sites including Wokingham Hospital, Whitley Clinic or West Berkshire Community Hospital.
This post is internal only and is for 12 hours over 2 days per week. The post is term time only and you would be employed for 39 weeks of the year. All annual leave needs to be taken during school holidays.
· Taking the lead vaccinator role for several schools
· Communicating with children, young people, families, and schools
· Planning and running catch up clinics.
· Immunising in school sessions and community clinics
· Reviewing vaccination uptake and providing a more targeted approach to improve uptake to low uptake schools.
· Collecting and transporting vaccine safely
· Vaccine related health promotion
· Support with staff vaccination clinics and health promotion
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Passionate about the public health benefits of vaccination
2. Understanding of the childhood immunisation programme
3. Flexible in your approach to work
4. Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with children, young people, and families from a range of diverse backgrounds.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call Charlotte Church (Lead Nurse for Immunisation) viacharlotte.church@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jul 2024
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