Job Introduction
Up to full time hours - min. of 3 working days (flexibility needed)
We are seeking an experienced Immunisation Nurse to join our Wiltshire Team on a substantive basis. The post holder will work alongside substantive and bank colleagues, and will be based in Chippenham but will require wider travel across the locality.
Main Responsibility
As an Immunisation Nurse at HCRG Care Group Bath and Wiltshire, your key responsibilities will include:
- Assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of immunisation sessions to ensure the provision of safe effective care –ensuring that all organisational standards and values are met.
- Work to maximise vaccination uptake to meet immunisation targets, by reducing any barriers and working proactively within the team.
- Deliver immunisations with support of a senior immunisation nurse but without the need for direct supervision – working as an autonomous practitioner and making clinical judgments and decisions following advice of senior colleagues.
- Safe effective administration of immunisations in line with local and national policy / guidance and PGDs.
The Ideal Candidate
You will have a Registered Nursing qualification and hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. In addition, we are looking for candidates with:
- Knowledge and experience of delivering immunisation programmes
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Able to meet the manual handling requirements of the post
- Flexible and adaptable to varied work pattern – frequent early starts and occasional evening/ weekend work.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
For more information, please contact Sally.Humphries@hcrgcaregroup.com
Package Description
You will receive a salary between AfC salary and terms and conditions including an NHS pension.
As well as AfC terms and conditions, you’ll have access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- School Holidays + Bank Holidays
- MyWellness – a health and lifestyle platform covering mental health awareness and support, healthy recipes & activity challenges and access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Access to Reward Gateway - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premium offers and discounts on practical spending at national supermarkets and well known retailers as well as special treats like Virgin Experience Days and Lesuire Vouchers
- We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with 100% of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 by our Chief Executive Dr Vivienne McVey and like-minded colleagues, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.
From around 500 locations across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.
As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.
HCRG Care Group is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
HCRG Care Group, its subsidiary companies and the LLPs are part of the HCRG Care Group and provide publicly funded health and social care services. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website’s privacy policy.
From 11 November 21, as a result of new legislation, anyone over the age of 18 who enters a Care Home as part of their job must have had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or hold a valid medical exemption. As part of our pre-employment process we will therefore ask you to provide: * proof of your vaccination status via the NHS Covid Pass (either electronically or via the PDF) * A signed copy of the temporary medical exemption form. Further details about the legislation can be found on the government website.
