Administrator - Vaccination UK

Vaccination UK Ltd; Worcester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 5%

VIVUP discounts

Blue Light Card

Referral scheme

28 days leave

Job summary

Vaccination UK Ltd is seeking an Administrator on a bank contract to support the School Aged Immunisation Service. You will assist nurses in schools or offices, handle admin tasks and help ensure smooth vaccination sessions.

Hours are Monday to Friday, 7:00am-6:00pm with 7.5 hour shifts. Benefits include pension contributions, discounts, and leave entitlements. Candidates should have GCSEs in English and Maths and strong IT and communication skills.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or equivalent.
• Experience in community settings or with children/young people is desirable.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload without supervision.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent IT skills and confidence with systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, delivering and evaluating health promotion and immunisation programmes.
• Attend vaccination sessions in schools and local settings with nursing team.
• Promote collaboration between team, schools and families to meet targets.
• Ensure vaccinations are transported, stored and delivered to site correctly.
• Maintain records and online consent systems; triage forms ahead of sessions.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Organisational skills

Drive

Team player

Critical thinking

Workload prioritisation

Education

GCSE English & Maths (Grade C)

Job description

About Us

Vaccination UK has been commissioned by NHS England since 2015 to provide school aged immunisations, including Influenza, to pupils across numerous counties across England and all boroughs of North London.

Vaccination UK has been commissioned by NHS England since 2015 to provide school aged immunisations, including Influenza, to pupils across numerous counties across England and all boroughs of North London.

We are also commissioned by NHS England in North London to provide outbreak response in the event of a vaccine preventable disease outbreak, and we provide the infant BCG programme to newborns in North London.

Our Mission

Our mission is to fight disease and save lives by making prevention and treatment easy, accessible and safe.

Job Details

Job title: Administrator

Contract: Bank

Working Hours: Monday to Friday between 7:00am - 6:00pm. (7.5 hour shift per day)

Benefits

• Pension - 5% employer contribution based on qualified earnings.
• VIVUP - Supermarket & High Street Discounts & Employee Assistant Programme.
• Blue Light Card - Supermarket & High Street Discounts.
• Employee referral scheme.
• 28 days annual leave including Bank Holidays (pro-rata).

Job Purpose

The post holder will be responsible for promoting, delivering and facilitating various programmes directed by management as part of the School Aged Immunisation Service, by assisting nurses in the schools or office.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of health promotion/education and public health school age immunisation programmes.
• Attend community-based vaccination sessions in both schools and local based settings. Work with the nursing team to ensure productive and safe sessions.
• Promote and facilitate collaborative working between the team, schools and other educational institutions and families, in the delivery of the immunisation programmes. Focus on ensuring all consent forms have been returned, guaranteeing new ideas go towards achieving local area targets.
• Ensure the process for storing, transporting, collecting and delivering vaccinations to site are adhered to.
• Assist in identifying home schooled children and those in Pupil Referral Units.
• Maintain databases to ensure records are kept up to date and that documents are prepared for school visits. Ensure online consent systems have been triaged and completed ahead of a vaccination session.
• Adhere to the Standard Operating Procedure for School Immunisation (SOPs).
• First point of contact for all administrative tasks. Have clear communication via face to face, by phone and email with children, parents and school staff.
• Responsible for maintaining the cold chain, ordering, and arranging transport of vaccinations to site.
• Actively and constructively contribute to team meetings.
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the level of this position.
• Comply with Company policies & procedures.

Experience / Skills

• GCSE level of education or equivalent with a minimum of grade ‘C’ in both English and Maths.
• Working in a community setting (schools) and/or working with children & young people (desirable).
• Prioritise and manage own workload without supervision.
• Assertive, team player and critical thinker.
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
• Excellent IT Skills.
• Must be able to drive.
• Excellent organisational skills.

European LifeCare Group is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants, regardless of race, religion, sex, origin, age, disabilities, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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European LifeCare Group

European LifeCare Group is one of Europe's largest independent provider of travel clinics and public vaccination programmes.

Founded in 1998, today European LifeCare Group has specialist clinics covering most of Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, where the company trades under a number of brands, including Danske Lægers Vaccinations Service, Vaccination UK, London Travel Clinic, Citydoc, Resecentrum vaccinationer, Mediprevent, Vaccinaties Op Reis and PreventVaccins.

European LifeCare Group also works for both the Danish and English National Health Service as a contracted service provider of immunisation programmes in schools and national influenza vaccination programmes.