Senior Immunisation Nurse (Worthing) Part-Time

Job summary

Senior Immunisation Nurse based at Durrington Health Centre, supporting the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Immunisation Service across Sussex.

You will provide day-to-day leadership to a local team of immunisation nurses, assistants, administrators and bank staff, ensuring the smooth delivery of school and outreach vaccination sessions and nurse-led clinics. You will work collaboratively across Sussex and with school health teams to improve immunisation uptake through local strategies and public health initiatives.

The role involves planning and delivering national routine immunisation programmes for children and young people aged 0-19, including HPV, Td/IPV, MenACWY, Flu, MMR and BCG. You will independently manage nurse-led clinics and promote high-quality, safe, accessible and holistic immunisation services for children, young people and families.

Applicants should have knowledge and experience of childhood immunisations and the ability to lead and support a busy, friendly team.

Core hours are 08:00-16:00, with occasional earlier starts for vaccine preparation, later finishes for clinics, and one Saturday morning clinic per school term.

Main duties of the job

a) Works under both Patient Group Directions and Patient Specific Directions to administer vaccinations using correct technique.

b) Provides individualised patient care based upon the principles of evidence based practice.

c) Planning transportation of equipment and resources in line with Health and Safety requirements, and set up sessions within the settings used for immunisations.

d) Assist with the development of, deliver and evaluate training to a range of professionals and organisations.

e) Planning staffing, resources and leading immunisation sessions within a geographical area, clinics and home visits, including, but not limited to, hard to reach groups such as travellers, home educated and looked after children.

f) Undertake appropriate health assessment prior to the administration of immunisations.

g) To respond promptly and appropriately to enquiries from Parents/ guardians, young people and other professionals.

h) Responsible for ensuring mandatory training is up to date for self and for other staff within own team.

i) Works as an autonomous practitioner planning and organising day-to-day workload.

j) Promotes and maintains accurate record keeping within their local team, which conforms to NMC and SCFT policy and data protection legislation; in addition to carrying out team record keeping audits.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

a) Utilise local attendance data to inform coordination, within a geographical area the implementation of the work plan of the team, with Area Leads and Coordinators

b) Advocates, as required, on behalf of the patient in a variety of settings to ensure their needs are met appropriately.

c) Acts as role model of the immunisation service for junior staff and students, and other professionals, by providing excellence in nursing.

d) Act as a mentor for student nurses in the team.

e) Establish and maintain contact with a number of clinics, or other venues, to ensure immunisations are administered in a safe environment within a geographical area, and pro-vide high quality care to individuals, including undertaking risk assessment of new venues.

f) Responsible for maintaining and updating own clinical practice and knowledge, including professional portfolio.

g) Enable parents/guardians and young people to make the informed choice to consent by ensuring appropriate information is provided. Where appropriate, this will include completing the Services Gillick Competency Assessment.

h) Working within a clinical governance framework and under the indirect supervision of the Clinical Lead Nurse, participate in professional meetings, clinical audit, evidence based practice and contribute to the development of procedures and protocols.

i) To critically reflect on own practice through clinical supervision, coaching or mentoring.

j) Ensure Policy and practice, developed nationally and across the Immunisation service, is disseminated through your local team, via team meetings and other communication channels, and participate in evaluating and improving local service procedures.

k) Participate in own clinical supervision and group supervision. Provide, as a supervisor, clinical supervision and performance development reviews across the wider team, annually and at regular intervals throughout the year.

l) Lead on local team induction, training programmes, revalidation, and core immunisations competency assessments of clinical nursing skills for nursing and administrative staff and student nurses.

m) Responsible for monitoring the quality of work in own area, alerting Area Leads, Clinical Lead Nurse and Deputy Operational Head of Service, to any clinical, management and/or quality issues, and provide monthly team reports to the senior management team.

n) Undertake programmes of training to gain and maintain a level of professional competence, assessed annually.

o) Ensure vaccines and vaccine fridges are maintained in the local area.

p) Assist Area Leads and Clinical Lead nurse in recruitment of staff, lead on sickness management, probation, personnel issues including contract changes, conduct and capability.

q) Oversight of procurement of stationery, equipment and venue hire for local team, ensure vaccine requirements are kept up to date for all school and clinic settings.

r) Monitor and coordinate annual leave and time of in lieu (TOIL) for local team.

Person specification

Other requirements

Essential

• Full UK driving license and use of car.

Qualifications and/or Professional Registration

Essential

• Registered Nurse Qualification, Children or Adult/ degree or diploma level
• Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the role
• Evidence of post registration continuing professional development

Desirable

• Public Health England, Immunisation training course or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience post registration experience.
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience working in a community setting
• Experience of working as a supervisor to staff

Desirable

• Experience of delivering training to professionals

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and lead a clinical team to deliver vaccinations
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Knowledge of Clinical governance, clinical audit, clinical supervision and professional codes of conduct
• Demonstrates competency in managing and administering immunisations