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Band 6 Senior Immunisation Nurse

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We are seeking a term-time only Band 6 Imunisation Nurse to work over 5 days a week in our Salisbury Team. Work takes place in a variety of settings across Salisbury & surrounding areas, including schools, clinics, and community venues to deliver the National Childhood Immunisation Programme and Childhood Flu Campaign.

You will work closely with School Nurses, Educational staff, Primary Care colleagues, NHS England, Public Health and other agencies to ensure a highly efficient, effective and safe service is provided.

Main Responsibility

As a Band 6 Immunisation Nurse responsibilities will include but are not limited to: 

  • The post holder will line manage members of the nursing team (Band 5 staff and below) and provide leadership to all staff at immunisation sessions.
  • To provide an immunisation service which is of high quality and can respond flexibly to the needs of the individual and local population
  • Taking the lead by planning, delivering and evaluating immunisation sessions to ensure the provision of safe effective care on behalf of the service and to ensure that all organisational standards and values are met.
  • Work to maximise vaccination uptake to meet immunisation targets, by reducing any barriers and working proactively.

Flexibility is required for this opportunity, as there is a requirement for our team to frequently arrive by 7.30am at the base to pack equipment for the day and depending on the size of the session, hours could exceed 8 hours, although it is understood that the time is taken back on other working days. 

The Ideal Candidate

You will have a Registered Nursing qualification and hold current registration with the NMC. In addition, we are looking for nurses who are passionate about the importance of immunisation, along with:

  • A positive, adaptable outlook with problem solving abilities
  • Quality focused
  • Flexibility to cross cover other areas across Wiltshire and occasionally support the Bath and Swindon team if required
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post (driving self and others in own vehicle or team van throughout Salisbury & surrounding areas)
  • Able to meet the manual handling requirements
  • Knowledge and experience of delivering immunisation programmes is highly regarded

For more information on the role, including the job description or to organise a confidential discussion, please contact Sally Humphries at sally.humphries@hcrgcaregroup.com

Package Description

As an Immunisation Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued team at Salisbury

You will feel valued as an Immunisation Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

  • Band 6 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you 
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling 
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise 
  • An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year  
  • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006 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. 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 applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. 

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. 

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. 

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy. 

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