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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 49,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking an Immunisation Assistant CSAIS Suffolk to provide administrative support for the school and community immunisation service across Suffolk. You will assist in community clinics, school sessions, and the office base, handling calls, emails, and coordinating clinic planning.

The role requires excellent communication, IT literacy, and flexibility to travel across the county.

Qualifications

• Experience in a health care setting is useful.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.
• Proficient IT skills with Microsoft Office and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide a broad range of administrative duties to support the immunisation service.
• Answer phone calls and emails.
• Support planning and management of school and community vaccination clinics.
• Travel across the county daily using a car.
• Work in community clinics and school sessions.

Skills

Communication

IT literacy

Planning

Attention to detail

Driving license

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Immunisation Assistant CSAIS Suffolk | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

We are looking for someone who is friendly, and enjoys working with children and young people to join our team. This fixed term role will be to provide a broad range of administrative duties to support Suffolk Community and School Aged Immunisation Service. The service provides a variety of immunisations across the county of Suffolk in a variety of venues across all age ranges.

The successful candidate will support in community clinics and in school sessions across Suffolk as well as working in the office base to provide administrative support to the planning and management of school and other vaccination clinics. They will enjoy working with a variety of service users and enjoy variety in their work. One day is never the same in the service, so being adaptable and enjoying a varied role is important.

HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.

The ideal candidates will be enthusiastic and highly motivated with a desire to improve the health and wellbeing of communities by supporting the delivery of a variety of vaccinations. The role involves supporting the immunisation team across a range of administrative tasks including answering the phone and emails a long with working in a variety of community clinics including schools, clinics and other community venues which may at times include people's homes. Ideally you will have experience and an interest in working with a variety of ages, and experience of working in a health care setting is useful.

You will have excellent communication skills both spoken and written, and be able to establish good working relationships with a wide range of children and adults. You will be IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel applications. The ability to organise and plan your workload is essential, alongside accuracy and a good eye for detail. Experience of working with SystmOne electronic health records would be an advantage.

A full valid driving license and access to a carto for regular use for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

There is a significant amount of driving as part of the role across the county on a daily basis.

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 Caring, Pioneering, and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Sep 2026

Contact: Debby Honey [e-mail] 0300 555 5055 option 3

• Company: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
• Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro rata
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Ipswich, IP1 5LU
• Job type: Contract
• Posting date: 7 Sept 2026
• Closing date: 7 Oct 2026

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