Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Lansdowne Health Centre
Town Birmingham
Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 18/09/2025 23:59
Band 3 Immunisation Team Support Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested
PREVIOUS CANDIDATES NEED NOT APPLY.
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust Immunisation Team is responsible for the delivery of the national school based Vaccination Programme including Seasonal Flu, HPV, Teenage booster.
We deliver this service across Birmingham and Solihull. The service also delivers the neonatal Hepatitis B vaccination programme.
We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated Immunisation Team Support Officer(s) to join our team. The successful candidates will be responsible for supporting the Immunisation Team nurses to run smooth, safe and efficient immunisation sessions within educational establishments, community clinics and homes. Successful candidates will also be given the opportunity to administer the nasal flu vaccination under supervision to primary aged pupils. The post holder will support the Immunisation team nurse with the implementation of public health strategies to optimise the uptake of immunisations. The post also involves administrative duties and some data inputting.
Main duties of the job
To work within Birmingham community healthcare policies and procedures and within agreed clerical and healthcare assistant standards of practice for the immunisation team.
To set up, monitor and maintain accurate, legible records of work, and effective office systems.
To liaise with partner agencies including schools to arrange the distribution and collection of consent forms, ensuring 100% of the eligible population are offered the recommended vaccinations.
To attend health promotion activities, including parents evenings and school assemblies.
To order, monitor and maintain an optimum level of stock of clinical supplies including ordering of vaccines, immunisation equipment and non-stock items.
To ensure maintenance of effective electronic and paper clinical record systems and filing of consent forms.
To support the team in setting up immunisation sessions.
To provide administrative support for immunisation sessions across Birmingham, in a variety of settings including schools and community clinics.
To support the immunisation team nurses in the delivery of the immunisation programme.
To participate in the pre and post immunisation care of pupils.
To plan and book home visits as required.
To book interpreting services as identified as required.
Re-book missed immunisation visits, including the school based immunisation programme.
Collect data relating to immunisation activity and data inputting.
Working for our organisation
BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes, educational settings and in over 200 healthcare settings. Delivering care to adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be ‘a great place to work’ enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person spec for a full list of roles and responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications Training
Experience
* Previous experience working with children
* Previous experience dealing with members of the public
* Experience working within a team
Skills and knowledge
* Understand the importance of confidentiality
* Self motivated and able to prioritize own workload
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Ability to handle people in a courteous and sensitive manner
* Competent keyboard skills and ability to generate written communication
* Demonstrate clerical skills
* Tact, empathy, efficiency, good organisational and communication skills, team worker, adaptive, flexible and self motivated
* Excellent telephone manner
* Ability to relate to school aged children and their parents/carers
Other job requirements
* Car Driver/owner
* To act responsibly and professionally at all times
In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 7 - 9) that meet the prescribed skill level (RQF 6) and salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.
The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As part of our ongoing commitment to being a Great Place to Work, we actively foster and support a workplace culture that is inclusive and equitable for all staff, patients and service users.
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued. We are also dedicated to supporting the career progression of colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds into this role and more senior roles within the Division and the wider organisation.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees
* Flexible working where possible
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested
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