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Band 7 Immunisation Team Clinical Manager
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham
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GBP 45,000 - 55,000
Full time
Yesterday
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Job summary
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a Clinical Lead to manage and develop immunisation services. The role entails overseeing staff, ensuring clinical excellence, and implementing public health priorities. Ideal candidates will have a clinical degree, extensive leadership experience, and NMC registration.
Benefits
Full NHS terms and conditions
Extensive holidays
Attractive relocation payment
Discounts for retailers
Well-being services for all employees
Flexible working opportunities
Qualifications
- Extensive experience in clinical leadership mandated.
- Strong commitment to professional development essential.
- Proven ability to innovate and lead change in practice.
Responsibilities
- Direct management of Immunisation Team ensuring clinical practice standards.
- Overseeing large scale immunisation programmes for children.
- Implementing evidence-based practice in immunisation services.
Skills
Clinically effective prioritisation
Interpersonal and communication
Information management
Analytical skills
Education
Degree in relevant field
Leadership or management qualification
NMC registration
Tools
Word
Excel
Access
PowerPoint
Job description
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Supporting the further development of effective governance arrangements and ensuring adherence to these.
Directly managing the Immunisation Team Nurses and Neo Natal BCG Nurses ensuring the service delivers consistently excellent standards of clinical practice.
Acting as a source of expertise and information for colleagues across Solihull and Birmingham, facilitating an effective communication strategy which improve patient participation and address the needs of vulnerable groups.
Managing information systems to support delivery and evidence service effectiveness.
Ensuring immunisation rates meet the specified delivery targets and that service development milestones are consistently met.
Developing and sustaining efficient and flexible service provision which facilities client engagement.
Working within the realm of the NMC 'The Code' and working to the standards set in the Code.
Safe delegation of work to support staff and ensuring delegated work is completed to a satisfactory standard. Reporting back to the Operational Manager / Clinical Lead any identified concerns, managing own time and prioritising own workload.
To oversee the development, planning and co-ordinate large scale immunistaion programmes for children.
To prioritise busy work loads.
To immunise clients in line with relevant policy procedures and guidelines.
To manage the immunisation team staff including both permanent and bank staff ensuring consistently excellent standards of clinical practice are delivered by the team.
To act as a source for expert knowledge and information for professionals within Birmingham and Solihull and partner agencies.
To utilise evidence based practice to effectively implement the immunisation programme.
To contribute to the development of processes, policy, procedures and governance in relation to immunisation and public health programmes, including immunisation protocols and patient group directives.
To oversee the ordering, storage and transport of vaccines, maintenance of immunisation equipment ,and provision of required resources at immunisation sessions.
To identify children that may require protection or additional intervention to promote health and welfare and to refer and share information in line with relevant procedures including NHS and Safeguarding/Child protection procedures.
To work to Birmingham and Solihull Safeguarding Children Board policies and procedures.
To lead and attend staff meetings and other meetings as required.
To participitate in safeguarding supervision and clinical supervision as directed by BCHC policies.
To adhere to BCHC record keeping guidelines covering paper and electronic records including entering information onto trust data collection systems.
To support the mentorship and assessment process of pre-registration student nurses on placement with the team.
To co-ordinate and support the induction of new members to the team.
To participate in the setting of objectives through the PDR process.
To work to BCHC trust policys, protocols, procedures and guidance.
To directly manage, co-ordinate and performance manage Immunisation Team staff ensuring efficient and flexible service delivery is maintained.
To be responsible for the co-ordination of seasonal bank staff
To act as an authorised budget holder for ordering equipment, vaccines and authorising expenses.
To support the co-ordination of administrative staff to ensure effective management of office systems and resources.
To work closely with colleagues in Solihull and Birmingham and in partner organisations to maximise the uptake of immunisation programmes.
To manage effective systems for recording and reporting clinical and performance related incidents.
To actively initiate and participate in clinical audits.
To participate in the appraisal process, completing mandatory training and any other training identified as essential to role.
To work closely with relevant public health and training leads to develop immunisation training which conforms to National and Local guidelines and standards.
To organise and deliver training programmes for nurses and support staff covering the theory and practice of safe vaccine administration.
To further develop frameworks for assessing and signing off immunisation competencies.
To raise professional and public awareness of immunisation programmes.
To be a member of and to contribute to the Trust's immunisation training programme.
To maintain an up to date awareness and knowledge of childhood immunisations and be able to effectively impart with this knowledge.
Will participate in clinical benchmarking across the team and implement clinical pathways.
Will participate in the implementation of clinical audits relating to Immunisations and undertake local research projects.
Will actively encourage team members to participate in research and development.
Will assess, plan, implement, audit and evaluate Immunisations core programme as per agreed Operational framework.
Assesses and interprets information and takes appropriate action including child protection issues.
Will utilise information obtained through analysis of local population needs assessment to review, plan and adjust local service delivery.
Identify own training needs through annual Personal Review and Development plans.
Will contribute and adhere to clinical guidelines, protocols and standards within the clinical governance framework.
Will evaluate and assess progress against agreed key performance indicators.
Will participate in the Trusts programme of clinical and health & safety risk assessments.
Aim to influence policies affecting health within the principles of Immunisations.
Develop and empower all members of the team to perform to high standards and innovate.
Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDR's resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans in line with the Knowledge and Skills Outline Framework.
Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR's.
Develop a culture that ensure that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff's perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made.
Be responsible for the recruitment of staff recognising the service needs .
Person specification
Qualifications /Training
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 5) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 6 - 9) that meet the prescribed salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.
The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Using Artificial Intelligence
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here
Benefits of working for us:
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Documents to download
Supporting the further development of effective governance arrangements and ensuring adherence to these.
Directly managing the Immunisation Team Nurses and Neo Natal BCG Nurses ensuring the service delivers consistently excellent standards of clinical practice.
Acting as a source of expertise and information for colleagues across Solihull and Birmingham, facilitating an effective communication strategy which improve patient participation and address the needs of vulnerable groups.
Managing information systems to support delivery and evidence service effectiveness.
Ensuring immunisation rates meet the specified delivery targets and that service development milestones are consistently met.
Developing and sustaining efficient and flexible service provision which facilities client engagement.
Working within the realm of the NMC 'The Code' and working to the standards set in the Code.
Safe delegation of work to support staff and ensuring delegated work is completed to a satisfactory standard. Reporting back to the Operational Manager / Clinical Lead any identified concerns, managing own time and prioritising own workload.
To oversee the development, planning and co-ordinate large scale immunistaion programmes for children.
To prioritise busy work loads.
To immunise clients in line with relevant policy procedures and guidelines.
To manage the immunisation team staff including both permanent and bank staff ensuring consistently excellent standards of clinical practice are delivered by the team.
To act as a source for expert knowledge and information for professionals within Birmingham and Solihull and partner agencies.
To utilise evidence based practice to effectively implement the immunisation programme.
To contribute to the development of processes, policy, procedures and governance in relation to immunisation and public health programmes, including immunisation protocols and patient group directives.
To oversee the ordering, storage and transport of vaccines, maintenance of immunisation equipment ,and provision of required resources at immunisation sessions.
To identify children that may require protection or additional intervention to promote health and welfare and to refer and share information in line with relevant procedures including NHS and Safeguarding/Child protection procedures.
To work to Birmingham and Solihull Safeguarding Children Board policies and procedures.
To lead and attend staff meetings and other meetings as required.
To participitate in safeguarding supervision and clinical supervision as directed by BCHC policies.
To adhere to BCHC record keeping guidelines covering paper and electronic records including entering information onto trust data collection systems.
To support the mentorship and assessment process of pre-registration student nurses on placement with the team.
To co-ordinate and support the induction of new members to the team.
To participate in the setting of objectives through the PDR process.
To work to BCHC trust policys, protocols, procedures and guidance.
To directly manage, co-ordinate and performance manage Immunisation Team staff ensuring efficient and flexible service delivery is maintained.
To be responsible for the co-ordination of seasonal bank staff
To act as an authorised budget holder for ordering equipment, vaccines and authorising expenses.
To support the co-ordination of administrative staff to ensure effective management of office systems and resources.
To work closely with colleagues in Solihull and Birmingham and in partner organisations to maximise the uptake of immunisation programmes.
To manage effective systems for recording and reporting clinical and performance related incidents.
To actively initiate and participate in clinical audits.
To participate in the appraisal process, completing mandatory training and any other training identified as essential to role.
To work closely with relevant public health and training leads to develop immunisation training which conforms to National and Local guidelines and standards.
To organise and deliver training programmes for nurses and support staff covering the theory and practice of safe vaccine administration.
To further develop frameworks for assessing and signing off immunisation competencies.
To raise professional and public awareness of immunisation programmes.
To be a member of and to contribute to the Trust's immunisation training programme.
To maintain an up to date awareness and knowledge of childhood immunisations and be able to effectively impart with this knowledge.
Will participate in clinical benchmarking across the team and implement clinical pathways.
Will participate in the implementation of clinical audits relating to Immunisations and undertake local research projects.
Will actively encourage team members to participate in research and development.
Will assess, plan, implement, audit and evaluate Immunisations core programme as per agreed Operational framework.
Assesses and interprets information and takes appropriate action including child protection issues.
Will utilise information obtained through analysis of local population needs assessment to review, plan and adjust local service delivery.
Identify own training needs through annual Personal Review and Development plans.
Will contribute and adhere to clinical guidelines, protocols and standards within the clinical governance framework.
Will evaluate and assess progress against agreed key performance indicators.
Will participate in the Trusts programme of clinical and health & safety risk assessments.
Aim to influence policies affecting health within the principles of Immunisations.
Develop and empower all members of the team to perform to high standards and innovate.
Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDR's resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans in line with the Knowledge and Skills Outline Framework.
Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR's.
Develop a culture that ensure that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff's perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made.
Be responsible for the recruitment of staff recognising the service needs .
Person specification
Qualifications /Training
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree plus evidence of relevent post graduate courses/study
- Leadership or management qualification
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- NMC registration
- Teaching qualification e.g. 997/998 or equivalent
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in clinical leadership
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Evidence of leading innovation/ change in clinical practice
- Evidence of incorporating Public Health priorities into practice.
- Experience of self-management and managing others
Essential criteria
- Proven clinical expertise.
- Evidence of ability to effectively prioritise service demands.
- Ability to motivate and inspire others.
- Good decision making capabilities leading to meet work to deadlines
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills ((including written, verbal and presentation skills)
- Information management, audit and data analysis skills
- Proficient in word/ excel/ Access/ Power point
- High specialist knowledge of Immunisations .
- Ability to manage change within a NHS change environment
- Ability to develop policies and procedures
- Knowledge and understanding of risk management
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
Essential criteria
- Commitment and vision
- Highly organised
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities and support other staff in this
- Numeric and analytical skills
- Sensitive to the needs of others
- Professional credibility and integrity
- 'Can do' Approach
- Be able to demonstrate flexibility and reliability
Essential criteria
- Car Driver
In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 5) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 6 - 9) that meet the prescribed salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.
The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Using Artificial Intelligence
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here
Benefits of working for us:
- Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
- Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
- Discounts for local and national retailers
- Dedicated well-being services for all employees
- Flexible working where possible
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Documents to download
- B7 Job description and person Spec (PDF, 200.4KB)
- BCHC Local benefits (PDF, 99.6KB)
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