Immunisation Nurse - NE Central

Provide safe delivery of a quality immunisations service.

To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meet the needs of the patients.

To take into account risk and its effective management e.g. consent, side effects.

Take responsibility for CPD and keep up to date with current practices and research-led developments.

To identify and report all new problems and concerns to the Locality Lead Nurse;

Work towards PGDs and PSDs.

The Immunisation Nurse will communicate effectively with other team members;

The Immunisation Nurse will communicate effectively with parents, carers and school staff.

Delivering a quality service

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC;

Work in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, working as a team and alongside admin to organise and manage school workload.

Support and participate in shared learning and networking across other immunisation teams;

Understand and apply legal policy that supports the safeguarding of children and adults.

Team Working

Act as lead clinician on immunisation sessions.

Work with administration team and school staff at immunisation sessions.

Provide safe delivery of a quality immunisations

service.

To identify, prioritise and implement

programmes of care that meet the needs of the patients.

To take into account risk and its effective management e.g. consent,

side effects.

Take responsibility for CPD and keep up to date with current

practices and research-led developments.

To identify and report all new problems and

concerns to the Locality Lead Nurse;

Work towards PGDs and PSDs.

effectively with other team members;

effectively with parents, carers and school staff.

Delivering a

quality service

professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC;

quality, working as a team and alongside admin to organise and manage

school workload.

and networking across other immunisation teams;

supports the safeguarding of children and adults.

Act as lead clinician on immunisation sessions.

Work with administration

team and school staff at immunisation sessions.

Management of

risk

of vaccines and drugs.

storage of items, following the cold chain procedures.

according to local and national guidelines.

information

recorded accurately and stored as per procedures.

others regarding the Freedom of Information Act.

Learning and

Development

Undertake all mandatory and statutory training requirements.

continuing professional development.

Equality and

Diversity

appropriate equality and diversity procedures.

reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other

persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.

The post holder is also required to co-operate with their employing body

to ensure that statutory and departmental regulations are adhered to.

IntraHealth is one of the UKs

leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range

of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy

and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient

medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and

clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established

organisation having provided NHS services since 1999. Our team is made up of

GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurses, Pharmacists, Health Care

Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised

back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis

support.

We operate NHS services across the

North East, North West and Yorkshire.

Experience

Essential: - Evidence of professional development; - Working alone and as part of a team.

Qualifications

Essential: - Current Registered nurse with NMC

Desirable: - Up to date CPR & anaphylaxis training; - Foundation immunisation training

Attitudes