Immunisation Nurse - Derbyshire

Intrahealth Ltd; Cromford CP; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

IntraHealth Ltd is seeking an Immunisation Nurse to deliver nasal and intramuscular vaccines within community and educational settings, adhering to Green Book immunisation guidance and local service specifications.

You will work closely with the administration team and school staff to ensure safe, efficient vaccination delivery and document clinical care per requirements.

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with experience delivering vaccines
• Strong communication and patient engagement
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary immunisation team

Responsibilities

• Provide safe delivery of a vaccine service in community and educational settings
• Identify, prioritise and implement vaccination programmes meeting patient needs
• Manage consent, monitor for adverse effects and document outcomes
• Maintain CPD and stay updated with current practice and research
• Identify and report issues to the Locality Lead Nurse
• Work towards PGDs and PSDs and comply with local service specifications

Skills

Vaccine delivery

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

The Immunisation Nurse works as a member of the Immunisation Team, delivering nasal and intramuscular flu and other vaccine programmes within community and educational settings in accordance with Department of Health Green Book against Immunisation and Local Services Specifications.

The role will involve working closely with the administration team and school staff.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Practice

• Provide safe delivery of a quality immunisations service.
• To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meet the needs of the patients.
• To take into account risk and its effective management e.g. consent, side effects.
• Take responsibility for CPD and keep up to date with current practices and research-led developments.
• To identify and report all new problems and concerns to the Locality Lead Nurse;
• Work towards PGDs and PSDs.

Communication

• The Immunisation Nurse will communicate effectively with other team members

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 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, 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.