Vaccination Nurse - Islington - Flu Season London, England
Job description
ABOUT US
Since 2015, NHS England has contracted Vaccination UK, a dynamic and rapidly growing company, to provide school-aged immunisations, including influenza vaccinations, to students in many counties and boroughs across England, including the Black Country, Hertfordshire, Hereford and Worcester, and nine North East London boroughs.
We have a number of Bank positions to cover our School aged Flu immunisation programme.
Job Title: Vaccination Nurse
Contract Type: Bank
Pay: £28.00 per hour
Hours: 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Overtime: Available depending on the needs of the business
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Location: Islington and other surrounding areas
Benefits:
Pension (5% employer contribution)
Employee Assistant Programme
Discount on high street shops
You must be able to commit for the entire duration of the contract.
MAIN DUTIES
Promote and support the operation of our School-Aged Immunisation Service. Our services are primarily delivered on-site in schools for children of primary and secondary age, however, we also deliver these immunisations in community clinic settings.
The post holder will be responsible to undertake clinical duties relating to immunisations, to high standards, ensuring the safety of patients is maintained whilst supporting the team in the efficient delivery of care.
JOB DESCRIPTION & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work collaboratively to support the team, organisation, and company stakeholders, to facilitate the smooth continuity of service delivery.
- Deliver an effective, evidence-based and competent level of care to patients.
- Accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation, auditing, and evaluation of nursing practices.
- Facilitate training and participate in clinical supervision and the performance and development of staff.
- Work within the regulatory compliance standards such as CQC, NaTHNaC, PHE or PHS as applicable.
- Assist in assessing clinical competencies, in line with RCN competency recommendations.
- Assist in Mentoring clinical staff commensurate with their own competencies.
- Ensure all clinical incidents, near misses and complaints are reported, monitored and processed in line with organisational policies and procedures.
- Participate in audits, making recommendations based on findings and sharing outcomes with the team for learning.
- Actively and constructively contribute to team meetings.
- Assist the Team Lead and Clinical Director as applicable.
- Flexible working across clinical locations and corporate sites as applicable.
- Support the management of HR personnel as applicable with the post.
- Attend, support and deputise meetings as requested by the Lead Nurse.
- Comply with Company policies & procedures.
- Undertake duties commensurate with the level of this position.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Experience in teaching and supporting staff development.
- Experience working within PGD and PSD frameworks.
- Auditing experience.
- Good communication skills.
- Customer service and people management skills.
- Understands and implements the principles of informed consent.
- Computer literate.
Mandatory Training:
This post is subject to all mandatory training provided by the company which must be completed prior to starting. This includes Safeguarding for Children, BLS, Anaphylaxis and Infection Control.
DBS
We require all successful candidates to have a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) criminal record check, which is paid by the Company. If you have anything to declare before we received the checks please let us know during the interview stage.
