Immunisation Administrative School Support - Quay West, Sunderland

Intrahealth Ltd; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the UK seeks an Immunisation Administrative School Support to assist in delivering the Flu Vaccination programme in schools and community settings. The successful candidate will handle communication with parents and schools, support nurse led sessions, and perform essential administrative duties. Required skills include excellent communication and teamwork. A driving license and access to a vehicle are essential for the role.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in administration to a high standard.
• Ability to travel to schools within the region.
• Ability to work collaboratively with nursing and HCA staff.

Responsibilities

• Support nurse led immunisation sessions in schools and community settings.
• Handle telephone calls from parents/carers and communicate with schools.
• Undertake all clerical and administration duties for the Immunisation Service.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Job description

Immunisation Administrative School Support - Quay West, Sunderland

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 Sunderland and 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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

IntraHealthis 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 (generalpractice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulationmonitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We alsoprovide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are awell-established organisation having provided NHS services since the companywas founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced NursePractitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Health CareAssistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralisedback office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysissupport.

We operateNHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.

Job responsibilities

The Immunisation AdministrativeSupport enables the nursing and HCA staff to provide an effective, efficientand caring service to the School Immunisation Service by supporting sessions inprimary schools and ensuring the provision of high quality patient servicewithin a safe, efficient working environment.

They will undertake all clerical andadministration duties applicable to the Immunisation Service and workcollaboratively with the Nursing Immunisation Team to meet the needs of theservice, following policy and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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

Experience

• Team player
• Flexibility
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.