Overview
Location: Across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire
Part Time 3 days a week - Term Time only
Are you a dedicated Registered Nurse passionate about promoting the health and wellbeing of children and young people? Join our Immunisation Team and play a vital role in delivering the National Childhood Immunisation Programme across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.
As a valued member of our Immunisation Team, you'll deliver high-quality immunisation services in a range of settings including schools, community clinics and local venues. You'll work closely with School Aged Teams, Education staff, Primary Care colleagues, Public Health and other partner agencies to ensure children and young people receive a safe, effective and efficient immunisation service. You will take a leading role in immunisation sessions, acting as the sessional Lead Nurse, and will deputise for the Senior Immunisation Nurse when required.
This is an excellent opportunity to use your clinical expertise and leadership skills in a supportive, collaborative environment that makes a real difference to community health.
Main duties of the job
* Maintaining excellent communication with children, young people and their families at all times, respecting and valuing diversity of ethnicity, gender, age, social class and sexual orientation.
* Communicating effectively with a wide variety of professionals relevant to the role including public health nursing colleagues, education and general practice staff, public health, child health and administrative staff.
* Providing accurate, up to date, evidence based information about vaccinations to patients, parents, professionals and members of the public as required.
* Communicating effectively and helpfully with people who may be distressed or angry e.g. a child who is fearful about receiving injections, or a parent who has a concern.
* Assisting in the planning, delivery and evaluation of immunisation sessions to ensure the provision of safe, effective care.
Please see the Job description for the full list.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job responsibilities
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.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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