Senior Nurse (XR07)
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7TF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9298-HMR-0110 |
Summary
Working within LTHT Occupational Health department the post holder will: Have responsibility for the leadership, coordination and delivery of LTHT Occupational Health immunisations. Ensuring the organisation complies with UKSHAs national principles, practices and procedures for occupational immunisations. Co-ordinate the safe and efficient delivery of the LTHT Winter Vaccination campaign, as required catch up campaigns and outbreak response programmes. Work within the Occupational Health Team to provide health promotion and support around immunisations to LTHT employees. Support the embedding of effective governance arrangements and ensuring adherence to these. Ensure all staff administering immunisations, both permanent and bank staff, maintain consistently excellent standards of clinical practice Organise and deliver training programmes for Occupational Health nurses and support staff, covering theory and practice of safe vaccine administration including co-ordinating all new starter training which will include induction, training competencies and annual updates in accordance with the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for registered Healthcare Practitioners. Act as a source for expert immunisation knowledge and information within LTHT. Oversee the ordering, storage and transport of vaccines, maintenance of immunisation equipment and provision of required resources. Be responsible for the development/updating of processes, policy, procedures including immunisation protocols, written instructions and patient group directives. Contribute to managing the administrative and financial aspects of Occupational Health immunisations, ensuring cost effective use of all resources. Depending on previous experience or the undertaking of further training this position may offer an opportunity to undertake additional roles within the Occupational Health department to meet service needs.