Pathfinder Staff Nurse | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Croydon Health Services; Croydon; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services provider in Croydon is seeking a Pathfinder Staff Nurse on a fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of childhood immunisations in community settings, working collaboratively with health visitors. Responsibilities include ensuring high service delivery standards, training health visitors, and maintaining clinical records. Candidates must hold a clean UK driving licence and experience in providing effective immunisation services. This role provides an excellent opportunity to impact public health positively.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a clean UK driving licence.
• Ability to provide effective immunisation services in community settings.
• Experience collaborating with healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based immunisation services to clients.
• Collaborate with health visitors to organise childhood immunisations.
• Report and process clinical incidents per company policies.

Skills

Clean full UK driving licence

Experience in evidence-based immunisation

Collaboration with health visitors

Job description

Pathfinder Staff Nurse – 1 year Fixed term Contract

We are recruiting 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide a skilled, effective and evidence‑based immunisation service to clients in a variety of community settings.
• Work collaboratively with the health visitor to plan, organise and deliver childhood immunisations in line with the national childhood immunisation programme.
• Support the team, organisation and company stakeholders to facilitate 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.
• Work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
• Collaborate with team colleagues to deliver the contractual requirement of NHS England.

Requirements

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

About Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1 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 are 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. 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 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.

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

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025.