Job Title: Team Leader
* A key role in leading and managing teams of administrators and clinicians to deliver NHS school-aged vaccination programmes on time and achieve results in line with contract specifications.
Job Responsibilities:
The postholder will be responsible for:
* Preparing school calendars for immunisation sessions and catch-up clinics.
* Providing a rota to cover all administrators and nurses, at least 8 weeks in advance, in accordance with relevant SOPs.
* Maintaining and managing the rota to reflect any changes in staffing.
* Arranging emergency cover for administrative and clinical staff in the event of absence or sickness.
* Managing consent form triaging in line with Immunisation Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
* Responsible for team budgets and forecasting templates in accordance with KPIs.
* Continuous review of uptake figures is mandatory.
* Implementing change rapidly in collaboration with SMT.
* Responsible for maintaining the cold chain, ordering, and arranging transport of vaccinations to site.
* Ensuring all team members are well-trained and adhere to protocol.
* Checking anaphylaxis kits and arranging replacement if required one month before expiry.
* Ordering and maintaining supplies to ensure nurses can replenish cases for school sessions in line with VUK guidance.
* Managing the onboarding of new recruits as directed by the Programme Manager and the recruitment team, following processes and protocols at all times.
* Supporting Programme Manager with their workload and undertaking delegated duties where necessary.
* Collaborating with schools and Programme Manager where uptake is low to implement relevant improvement plans and strategies agreed upon.
* Developing improvement plans on an annual basis or as and when required.
* Leading and managing teams, including performance absence, etc.
* Facilitating health promotion activities alongside the clinical team.
* Attending and undertaking quality audits in schools, gaining feedback from all stakeholders after each session.
* Liaising with the Training team to ensure all health and safety requirements are met.
* Ensuring staff work towards company goals and objectives.
* Familiar with Patient Group Directives (PGDs) for immunisations and ensuring staff have access to a copy in their cases and all clinical staff sign the master copy.
* Undertaking other duties commensurate with the level of this position.
* Complying with Company policies & procedures.