Nurse Vaccinator

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Band 5 nurse at a leading healthcare provider in Nottingham. This role focuses on promoting and administering vaccinations within the antenatal clinics, playing a vital part in enhancing public health. You'll collaborate with a dedicated midwifery team, working to build vaccine confidence among pregnant women and addressing health inequalities. With a supportive environment and a commitment to professional development, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the community while developing your skills in a dynamic setting. Join a team that values your contributions and fosters a culture of excellence.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC and immunisation training required.
• Experience in vaccination programs and health promotion is essential.

Responsibilities

• Administer vaccines and promote vaccine confidence in pregnant women.
• Provide language-appropriate resources and address health inequalities.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Immunisation Training

Health Promotion

Communication Skills

IT Skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Complex Clinical Skills

Team Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC

Completion of Seasonal Flu Training

Completion of Covid-19 Training

Tools

Hospital IT Systems

Vaccination Equipment

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff.

Main area: Family Health
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (To rotate to cover a 6 day week which includes Saturdays)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 164-6861701

Site: Nottingham City Hospital
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 nurse to join our established team within Antenatal Clinic across both City and QMC campus to promote and deliver the National Vaccination programme for Seasonal Flu, Pertussis, RSV with Covid for the future.

The successful candidate will take an active role in promoting the uptake of pertussis, RSV, Covid and flu vaccinations in pregnancy and to undertake work to overcome barriers to vaccination.

You will work with the midwifery team to build vaccine confidence within the pregnant women attending the antenatal clinics.

The role will also include health promotion and providing language appropriate vaccine resources and also address health inequalities.

This post includes weekend work to cover our Saturday clinic.

This post is a six month fixed term contract or six month secondment for NUH employees.

Main duties of the job

1. Vaccine administration (to potentially include delivery of the Covid vaccination in future years)
2. Building vaccine confidence in pregnant women
3. Health Promotion
4. The provision of language appropriate vaccine resources
5. To address health inequalities
6. Maintaining up to date data to submit to NHSE on a monthly basis

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with the NMC
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Completion of Seasonal flu training
• Completion of Covid 19 training
• Competent in immunisation training
• Training and knowledge of RSV vaccine
• Experience in teaching
• Experience at Band 5 or equivalent
• Competent in complex clinical skills
• Knowledge of the National Vaccination programme
• Experience in vaccination programme
• Experience in more than one speciality

Communication and relationship skills

• Promotes a supportive environment where staff feel valued
• Able to utilise multiple hospital IT systems
• Displays strong personal presence, natural authority and confidence
• Can effectively use a variety of communication skills
• Able to use PowerPoint, Word and Excel to produce documents and presentations
• Recognises own role as part of the team and encourages high standards
• Enables team members to set achievable objectives
• Can present a mixture of information from a variety of sources

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Understand the importance of written procedures

Planning and organisation skills

• Ability to prioritise and adjust as appropriate, own workload to ensure tasks are progressed/completed in timely manner
• Ability to analyse and resolve patient problems and queries
• Be able to work with minimal supervision in fast paced environment
• Has experience in participating in audits
• Has experience of change processes

Physical skills

• Capable of using equipment within the working environment
• Ability to complete various nursing duties
• Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills

Other requirements specific to the role

• Demonstrate flexibility in working patterns and practices
• Enthusiastic and well-motivated
• Able to work on city and QMC campus
• Ability to be flexible in working environment and shifts and work weekends