Pathfinder Staff Nurse

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust; Croydon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health trust in Croydon is seeking a Pathfinder Staff Nurse on a fixed-term contract to deliver childhood immunisations and improve health outcomes. The ideal candidate is a registered nurse with experience in community nursing and immunisation delivery. This role offers a competitive salary and the chance to make a significant impact in local health. Candidates must have a valid UK driving licence as travel to various locations is required.

Qualifications

• Clean full UK driving licence and use of a car for work purposes.
• Experience of working in the community.
• Experience of delivery immunisations to babies and children.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective immunisation service to clients in community settings.
• Collaborate with health visitor to deliver childhood immunisations.
• Ensure clinical incidents are reported and processed.

Skills

Community Nursing

Immunisation Delivery

Cold Chain Management

Audit Experience

Knowledge of National Childhood Immunisation Programme

Education

Registered Nurse

NMC Registered

Job description

Pathfinder Staff Nurse - 1 year Fixed term Contract

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic registered nurse to work as part of a small team with a health visitor to lead, deliver and influence the national Health Visitor Pathfinder Project in Croydon. The post holder will deliver a local service specification of childhood immunisations that meets the public health needs of the local communities in Croydon. The post holder will work in the North Locality of the borough covering 4 PCN's which has 24 GP Practices.

The aim of the pathfinder project is to utilise the health visiting service to increase the uptake of childhood vaccinations for children aged 0-5 years in domiciliary or alternative settings.

All candidates must have a clean full UK driving licence and the use of a car for work purposes.

Interview - TBC

Main duties of the job

• To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based immunisation service to clients in a variety of community settings.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with the health visitor to plan, organise and deliver childhood immunisations in line with the national childhood immunisation programme.
• Work collaboratively to support the team, organisation, and company stakeholders, to facilitate the smooth continuity of service delivery.
• Support, train and educate health visitors in delivery of the national immunisation programme.
• Attend sites across different locations as directed by the line manager.
• Ensure all clinical incidents, near misses and complaints are reported, monitored and processed in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Participate in audits, making recommendations based on findings and sharing outcomes with the team for learning.
• Ensure record keeping is up to date and in line with company policy, procedure and guidelines.
• To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
• To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the contractual requirement of NHS England.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon. Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification

• Registered Nurse
• NMC registered
• Experience of working in the community
• experience of delivery immunisations to babies and children
• experience of cold chain management
• experience of audit
• knowledge of national childhood immunisation programme

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.

£35,763 to £43,466 a year per annum inc HCAS