Public health/Vaccination Nurse Band 6

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Public Health/Vaccination Nurse. The role involves leading maternal vaccination initiatives, ensuring high quality patient care, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates should be registered nurses/midwives with relevant experience. Excellent communication skills and flexibility in work patterns are essential. Competitive salary and opportunities for professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
• Ensure high standards of patient care and maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in all areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead changes in maternal vaccination programs.
• Communicate with the multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care.
• Prioritize and manage vaccination service effectively.

Skills

Caring approach to woman-centred care

Motivated with enthusiasm for nursing

Audit and research capabilities

Education

Registered nurse or Midwife

Public Health experience

Maternity experience

Current CPD

Practice Assessor

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Secondment: 12 months (Fixed term 12 months) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

22.5 hours per week (Part time) Job ref 200-7147379-GO-SMB

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Georges University Hospital Town London Salary £46,419 - £55,046 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/08/2025 23:59

Public health/Vaccination Nurse Band 6

Band 6

Job overview

Public Health/vaccination (Nurse or Midwife) Band 6

St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, South West London, is a large teaching hospital with a tertiary maternity unit providing care to over 4500 women/ birthing people and babies each year. We take great pride in providing a midwifery service that delivers holistic individual-centred care to our diverse local community. Our enthusiastic multidisciplinary maternity team work in close collaboration in order to meet the specific needs of women/ birthing people who come from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. We strive to ensure a positive pregnancy and birth experience for women/ birthing people with both complex and uncomplicated pregnancies, excelling both in the provision of high risk care for women/ birthing people who require medical input and increasing our homebirth rate whilst promoting our midwife-led birth centre.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with NHS England, in 2018, we commenced the offer of maternal Flu and Pertussis vaccinations. A vaccination team of two Band 5 nurses/midwives with administrative support was created and the role of the team is to focus on the successful implementation of the national maternal vaccination programme. In 2024, the new maternal vaccine, Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV) will commence.

Our new Band 6 nurse will lead us through these changes under the guidance of the Consultant Midwife for Public health and the Infectious Diseases lead midwife.

The successful applicants will possess excellent time management skills; have evidence of experience in both team and change management and an ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within the specialist team. Any potential candidate must meet the essential criteria and be flexible within the team working patterns to meet the needs of this weekday service.

The vaccination team posts are currently funded by NHS England. The immunisation nurses will report directly to the project lead, the Consultant Midwife for Public Health, but line managed by the Infectious Disease Lead midwife.

If you would like further information or an informal visit before applying and or to discuss the role, please contact Chelone Lee-Wo, Consultant Midwife for Public Health on 07884 086523.

Working for our organisation

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see detailed JD and Personal Specifications attached.

Professional/Clinical Responsibilities

Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care, utilising findings as research appropriate according to the Public Health agenda.

To ensure a high and safe standard of patient care, in a holistic manner eg advising on smoking cessation.

Ensuring that nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with St George’s Healthcare policy taking appropriate action in emergency situations.

Setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.

Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.

Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and data collection, and ensuring that confidentiality is respected.

Storing, checking and administering drugs including the intravenous route in accordance with Trust policy and NMC standards. Ensure that the cold chain protocol is adhered to.

To work with minimal supervision in all areas of the speciality as required.

Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.

To prioritise own workload and that of other staff ensuring that the vaccination service is managed effectively, or suspended if appropriate according to service requirements.

To contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow up action of any informal or formal complaints, and escalate appropriately.

The post holder may be deployed in the wider maternity setting within the sphere of professional practice if the service requires in high capacity situations.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered nurse or Midwife
• Public Health experience
• Maternity experience
• Current CPD
• Practice Assessor

Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrate knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Evidence of Change management/QI project
• Evidence of leading a team/ shift lead

Skills

• Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to woman centred care
• Motivated and demonstrates enthusiasm for practicing nursing in a PH setting
• Ability to take on audit and research

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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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.