ABOUT US Since 2015, NHS England has contracted Vaccination UK, a dynamic and rapidly growing company, to provide school-aged immunisations, including influenza vaccinations, to students in many counties and boroughs across England, including the Black Country, Hertfordshire, Hereford and Worcester, and nine North East London boroughs. We have a number of fixed-term positions to cover our School aged Flu immunisation programme. Job Title:
Team Leader Permanent contract Pay :
£26,000 per annum Hours : 9.00am to 5:00pm Overtime :
Available depending on needs to the business Working Days:
Monday to Friday Location:
York and other surrounding areas Benefits: 5%
Pension (employer contribution) Employee Assistant Programme Discount on high street shops You must be able to commit for the entire duration of the contract. MAIN DUTIES The postholder will be responsible for leading and managing teams of administrators and clinicians and ensuring
NHS school aged vaccination programmes are delivered on time and results are achieved in line with contract specifications. JOB DESCRIPTION & RESPONSIBILITIES
Preparation of school calendar for school immunisation sessions and catch up clinics.
Provide a rota to cover all administrators and nurses, at least 8 weeks in advance in accordance with the relevant SOP.
Maintain
and manage the rota to reflect any changes in staffing
Arrange
emergency cover for administrative and clinical staff in the event of absence or sickness.
Manage consent form triaging in line with Immunisation Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
Responsible for team budgets and forecasting templates in accordance with KPI’s.
Continuous review of uptake figures is mandatory
Implement change rapidly in collaboration with SMT .
Responsible for maintaining the cold chain, ordering, and arranging transport of vaccinations to site.
Responsible for ensuring all team members are well trained and adhere to protocol.
Ensuring anaphylaxis kits are checked and arrange replacement if required one month before expiry.
Order and maintain supplies to ensure nurses can replenish cases for school sessions in line with VUK guidance.
Manage with the onboarding of new recruits as directed by the Programme Manager and the recruitment team, following processes and protocols at all times.
Support Programme Manager
with their workload, and undertake delegated duties where necessary.
Collaborate with schools and Programme Manger where uptake is low, to implement relevant improvement plans, and strategies agreed upon.
Develop improvement plans on an annual basis or as and when required.
Responsible for leading and managing teams including performance absence, etc.
Facilitate health promotion activities alongside the clinical team
Attend and undertake quality audits in schools, gain feedback from all stakeholders after each session.
Liaise with the Training to ensure all health and safety requirements are met.
Ensure staff work towards company goals and objectives.
Familiar with Patient Group Directives (PGD’s) for immunisations and ensure staff have access to a copy in their cases and all clinical staff sign the master copy
Undertake other duties commensurate with the level of this position
Comply with Company polices & procedures
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Leadership/Management qualification
- desirable
Experience
as a Team Leader or similar role.
People
management experience
In-depth knowledge of
performance metrics.
Willingness to learn the
principles of consent, (under 16 years of age)
Excellent
communication both written and verbal.
Excellent organisational and time-management skills
Assertive, team player and critical thinker
Excellent IT skills and advance MSExcel
Mandatory Training: This post is subject to all mandatory training provided by the company which must be completed prior to starting. This includes Safeguarding for Children, BLS, Anaphylaxis and Infection Control. DBS We require all successful candidates to have a DBS (Disclosure and barring Service) criminal record check, which is paid by the Company. If you have anything to declare before we received the checks please let us know during the interview stage.