Senior Immunisation Nurse | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) provides community-based healthcare services in the East of England with a value driven approach that is innovative, caring and agile.

Responsibilities

• Lead the local immunisation team, being responsible for the co-ordination of the service and working with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective Community and School Age programme.
• Work collaboratively with external partners and the child health teams in the planning and delivery of immunisation programmes in schools and community settings in order to achieve the KPIs across the programme.
• Work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion.
• Work to Patient Group Directions, Patient Specific Directions and Immunisation Standard Operating Procedures to organise and manage the Community and School Age Immunisation Programmes.
• Act as a lead within the team to improve uptake of the immunisation programmes within the local population. To carry out immunisations in a variety of venues which may include schools, community clinics and homes.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now.

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

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Please see attached job description for more details.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025.