Clinical Lead Vaccination & Living Well Service

NHS; Chester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Clinical Lead in Chester to support vaccination and Living Well services. The role involves overseeing vaccination clinics and providing care to communities in Cheshire and Merseyside. Candidates should have nursing qualifications and experience in community healthcare. This part-time position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in local health services.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level with registered nursing qualification or equivalent.
• Registered Health Care Professional e.g. NMC/GPhC or GMC for doctors.
• Evidence of teaching and assessing is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a small team of healthcare professionals and volunteers.
• Coordinate seasonal COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics.
• Provide clinical oversight for mobile clinics.

Skills

Delivering seasonal vaccines

Health screening

Mentoring/supporting junior staff

Autonomous decision making

Education

Degree level with registered nursing qualification

Registered Health Care Professional

Evidence of teaching and assessing

Job description

We are looking for a Clinical Lead to support the Vaccination and Living Well service until 31 March 2026. The role will be connected to the Trust's vaccination hub in Cheshire West and also involves working across Cheshire and Merseyside on the Living Well Service bus clinic sessions as required.

If you are experienced in delivering seasonal vaccines, routine immunisations and health screening and would like to be part of this amazing team supporting our community, then we would love to hear from you.

This post is part time 26.25 hours per week, fixed term until 31/03/2026.

Main duties of the job

Our Clinical Leads oversee a small team of healthcare professionals and volunteers and will coordinate seasonal COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics, provide a catch up offer for all UK routine immunisations and offer a range of physical health checks to targeted communities across Cheshire and Merseyside. You will provide clinical oversight to deliver mobile clinics, ensuring a safe, effective and accessible experience for people attending.

Appropriate training and supervision will be provided to ensure the safety of staff, volunteers and patients.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level with registered nursing qualification or equivalent
• Registered Health Care Professional e.g. NMC/GPhC or GMC for doctors
• Evidence of teaching and assessing

Knowledge and Expertise

• Knowledge of immunisation schedules in accordance with national recommendations
• Proficiency in delivering high quality evidenced based care
• Knowledge of cold chain management and maintenance
• To be able to demonstrate continuing professional development
• Knowledge and use of computer to include microsoft word, internet access and email communication

Experience

• Evidence of working autonomously and autonomous decision making
• Significant experience of working within a community healthcare setting or similar role
• Experience of mentoring /supporting junior staff