Nurse Vaccinator

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Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Band 5 clinical nurse focused on delivering high-quality public health programmes, particularly for women during pregnancy. Work collaboratively with hospital teams to enhance care quality, providing essential vaccinations and education. This part-time role supports flexible working patterns, fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in cannulation.
• Willingness to undertake local training in relation to postnatal care.
• Evidence of CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide health education and immunization advice.
• Administer vaccinations and perform assessments.
• Work with the antenatal and newborn screening team.

Skills

Effective team working skills

Competent in IM administration of vaccinations

Education

NMC UK PIN

First Level health degree

Job description

Main area Maternity Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (pro rata pa day shifts Mon-Fri) Job ref 320-W&C-1036

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 12/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 24/06/2025

Band 5

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced clinical nurse to provide health education, immunization advise and administer vaccinations for our immunisation programme for women during pregnancy at the University Hospital Derby and Burton Foundation Trust (UHDB) and contribute to the delivery of a high-quality public health programme.

It will involve working with the Screening Midwife leads to undertake assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care, with reference to health education during pregnancy, immunisations and administration of vaccinations.

This role will be part of the antenatal and newborn screening team and involves working across all the maternity services within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder must be confident to be able to learn to administer IM injections, recognize anaphylaxis and administer treatment, which is a key element of the role and to deliver high standards of care in partnership with clients, patients and families in a safe and professional environment.

Closing date of applications: 12th June 2025

Interview date: 24th June 2025

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

• NMC UK PIN
• To be able to demonstrate good IT skills
• Evidence of CPD
• Infant feeding training
• Willingness to undertake local training in relation to postnatal care.
• First Level health degree or working towards

Experience & Knowledge

• Awareness of clinical Governance
• Demonstrable knowledge of clinical supervision
• To be able to demonstrate a good understanding of current issues in nursing and NHS.
• Is aware of responsibility in relation to NMC Professional Code of Conduct

Skills and Ability

• To be able to demonstrate the administration of medicine
• Competent in IM administration of vaccinations or become competent within defined timeframe
• Experience in cannulation

Values and Behaviours

• To be able to demonstrate effective team working skills
• To be able to work flexible working patterns to meet the needs of the service

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

Anyone from outside of the UK (excluding from the Republic of Ireland) will need permission from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to work in the UK and may also need entry clearance before travelling here.

UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

During the course of its employment activities, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust collects, stores and processes personal information about prospective, current and former staff.

Our Privacy Notice includes applicants, employees (and former employees), workers (including agency, casual, honorary and contracted staff), volunteers, trainees and those carrying out work experience – please refer to our Privacy Notice available on our Trust website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/information-governance

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Jenny Lovelace Job title Senior Midwife Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07585966184 Additional information

Suzy Thompson 07500976493

If you have problems applying, contact

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Royal Derby Hospital
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