Senior Specialist Immunisation Practitioner | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 21 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2025 |
| Location: | St. Albnas, AL4 9XR |
| Company: | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7225236/812-25-EC-CSAISESSEX-BCG |
Summary
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) provides community-based healthcare services across the East of England with a value driven approach that is innovative, caring and agile. HCT's Community and School Aged Immunisation Service (CSAIS) works together with other stakeholders to identify eligible individuals and provide immunisations in community and school settings, as well as providing dynamic responses to disease outbreaks wherever required.
The BCG/Hep B senior specialist immunisation practitioner is a vaccinating and leadership role within the community & school aged immunisation team.
The role requires experience of delivering BCG vaccinations in addition to other routine vaccinations.
· Lead the local area team in the delivery of the BCG and Hepatitis B immunisation programmes. To support the local CSAIS team with other programmes, when required.
· To feed into service evaluations and service improvements, growing the service based on the needs to the local populations, to include other clinic based vaccination programmes, such as the under 5s.
· To work collaboratively with the Immunisation teams to provide a service which meets the KPIs and expectations of the commissioners.
· To work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that servicesaretargetedtothemostvulnerablegroupsandindividualstosupportsocialinclusion.
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
RESPONSIBILITIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• To work according to the national and local guidelines on immunisations
• Efficiently lead the BCG/HepB team to ensure a seamless delivery of the prgoramme
• Management will include handling roatas, roster, leave requests, sickness and all other aspects of team managment, as required
• Work closely with the BCG/Hep B EoE Clinical Lead and local CSAIS teams
• To uphold the Trust values by demonstrating flexibility, dedication and care to team members and our service users and their families
• Identify opportunities for meaningful involvement of service users and carers in relation to the development of immunisation services
This advert closes on Saturday 31 May 2025
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