Public Health Nurse Immunisations Blackwood, Wales
Job description
To work as a senior member of the immunisation team delivering an easily accessible, child and young person friendly, clinically effective, high quality immunisation service within Public Health Nursing service.
Work in partnership with service users, parents, school staff and members of the primary health care team to undertake health promotion and associated National Childhood Immunisation Programmes in a variety of settings, including schools, community, out- patient and primary care clinics.
Provide leadership to immunisation staff in the delivery of immunisation sessions to ensure a highly efficient, effective and safe immunisation service is provided.
Act as a supportive member of the immunisation team, working collaboratively to achieve team /organisational goals and positively contributing to the overall performance of the team.
Provide accurate, up to date, evidence-based information about vaccinations to patients, parents, professionals and members of the public as required.
Plan, deliver and evaluate immunisation sessions to ensure the provision of safe effective care, ensuring all organisational standards and values are met.
Work to maximise vaccination uptake to meet immunisation targets, by reducing barriers and working proactively.
Safely deliver immunisations unsupervised and in line with local and national policy, guidance and PGDs – making clinical judgements and decisions and being responsible and accountable.
To act as an advocate for all school aged children and young people, providing information relating to immunisations and provide reassurance, using tact and diplomacy to overcome barriers to understanding when dealing with vulnerable clients.
To be proactive in coordinating and participating in setting, reviewing and auditing standards of care, learning from clinical governance recommendations and seek feedback from service users and families.
Support the Team manager in the line management of staff including supervision, performance management, appraisal and the identification of training needs.
Regularly deputise for the Team Manager in times of absence, ensuring the smooth running of the service, maintenance of quality standards and providing day to day operational management and leadership.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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