Immunisation Administrative School Support

Intrahealth Ltd; North East; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

IntraHealth is recruiting an Immunisation Administrative School Support to back our Immunisation and Vaccination Team across County Durham, Sunderland & South Tyneside. The role supports nurse-led sessions in schools and community settings, handling calls from parents, liaising with schools, and coordinating transport of vaccines and equipment.

You will join a dedicated team, require strong admin skills, be team oriented, flexible, and able to travel with a driving licence.

Qualifications

• Experience in administration and general admin duties.
• Enthusiastic, committed team player with good communication.
• Able to travel to schools within the region; driving licence essential.
• Accurate and attentive to detail; professional and respectful.

Responsibilities

• Support nurse-led immunisation sessions in schools and community settings.
• Handle telephone calls from parents/carers and communicate with schools.
• Collect and transport vaccines and equipment as required.
• Follow safety measures and undertake risk assessments.
• Work collaboratively with the Nursing Immunisation Team to meet service needs.

Skills

Teamwork

Deadline-oriented

Self-motivation

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Driving licence

Job description

We are recruiting Immunisation Administrative School Support to support our Immunisation and Vaccination Team in schools and community settings when delivering the Flu Vaccination programme across County Durham, Sunderland & South Tyneside. The applicant will work alongside our existing team in supporting the delivery of IntraHealth's immunisation and vaccination programmes. The successful candidate will primarily support nurse led immunisation sessions in schools and community settings. Other duties will include handling telephone calls from parents/carers, communicating with schools, team members collecting and transporting vaccines/equipment. Employees are required to follow the safety measures that will be in place as appropriate and will undertake a risk assessment.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of working in administration and be able to perform general administration duties related to the role to a high standard. We require enthusiastic committed individuals who will work as part of the team. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary. Travel to schools within the region is integral to the role, therefore a driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

The Immunisation Administrative Support enables the nursing and HCA staff to provide an effective, efficient and caring service to the School Immunisation Service by supporting sessions in primary schools and ensuring the provision of high quality patient service within a safe, efficient working environment. They will undertake all clerical and administration duties applicable to the Immunisation Service and work collaboratively with the Nursing Immunisation Team to meet the needs of the service, following policy and procedures.

• Working in teams
• Proven track record of delivery to tight deadlines
• Working under own initiative

Desirable

• Working with school-aged children
• Previous experience of nasal flu delivery in schools

Experience Essential

• Team player
• Flexibility
• Enthusiasm
• Positive can do attitude
• Able to engage with people
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• To demonstrate respect for people using and working for the organisation
• To behave as an ambassador for the company

The Immunisation Administrative Support enables the nursing and HCA staff to provide an effective, efficient and caring service to the School Immunisation Service by supporting sessions in primary schools and ensuring the provision of high quality patient service within a safe, efficient working environment. They will undertake all clerical and administration duties applicable to the Immunisation Service and work collaboratively with the Nursing Immunisation Team to meet the needs of the service, following policy and procedures.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Working in teams
• Proven track record of delivery to tight deadlines
• Working under own initiative
• Working with school-aged children
• Previous experience of nasal flu delivery in schools
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Enthusiasm
• Positive can do attitude
• Able to engage with people
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• To demonstrate respect for people using and working for the organisation
• To behave as an ambassador for the company

IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the company was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support. We operate NHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.