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COVID Immunisation Facilitator

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Job summary

The Covid/flu Immunisation facilitator will be based in Local GP Federations within North East London ICB. The Covid/flu Immunisation facilitator will provide local support to general practices and other providers of covid and flu vaccinations, to improve immunisation uptake.

Main duties of the job

The role of the covid/flu vaccine immunisation facilitator is to contribute to the improvement in uptake to meet the national targets for the vaccination programmes in North East London. The post holder will contribute to developing systems immunisation services at a local level aiming to eradicate vaccine preventable disease from North East London The post holder will work as a valued member of the place based team supporting the Covid and flu vaccination programmes in line with national requirements.

The role supports the delivery of best practice, addressing inequalities and supporting value for money in service delivery.

About us

Our mission in Redbridge is to strengthen, develop and support local general practice, to enable the delivery of high quality care to local people. We are in the very fortunate position where 4 of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Redbridge are working together as part of the Redbridge-wide GP federation Healthbridge Direct.

This means we are able to build strong clinical teams within and across the PCNs. We are now at the very start of an exciting journey of building a team of over 100 additional clinical roles to support and enable the delivery of services within each of our 4 PCNs. We are building teams within and across the PCNs to enable peer support and team working both within and across professions.

Details

Date posted

05 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

7 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0285-23-0077

Job locations

53-63 Redbridge Lane East

Ilford

Redbridge

IG4 5EY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include but are not limited to:

Work to embed the COVID-19 and flu vaccine programme into practices.

Work with place-based teams to support with housebound and care home vaccination planning and delivery.

Working with practices on their call/recall processes, developing new approaches to encouraging vaccine uptake.

Provide training and guidance on GP clinical systems

Support GP Practices and Community Pharmacies with coding to improve consistency of recording vaccinations, identifying unvaccinated residents for targeted work.

Work with system leaders on ensuring best practice guidance is followed and implemented in practices to improve uptake and reduce variation

Liaise with key stakeholders within the place-based teams such as LA, local communities to reduce local variation and local inequalities.

Support local plans to increase awareness and access to vaccinations for inclusion groups.

Working with providers to organise and deliver Making Every Contact Count events

Work with GP practices and Community Pharmacies to develop and implement a whole systems approach to immunisations and vaccinations

Review, analyse and present complex information in a range of formats

Provide feedback to practices and ICB about issues and concerns around immunisations and vaccinations;

Sourcing guidance and training

Attend appropriate local strategic meetings to inform and support implementation of immunisation strategies

Provide regular updates to the NEL Immunisation Lead and NEL Immunisation team

Increase capacity within local communities to promote COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations through provision of training and support to vaccine champions, community and faith groups and voluntary sector organisations

Support with the development of case studies and innovative projects across the borough aimed at increasing vaccination uptake, which can be shared for wider learning across the ICS and NHSE.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include but are not limited to:

Work to embed the COVID-19 and flu vaccine programme into practices.

Work with place-based teams to support with housebound and care home vaccination planning and delivery.

Working with practices on their call/recall processes, developing new approaches to encouraging vaccine uptake.

Provide training and guidance on GP clinical systems

Support GP Practices and Community Pharmacies with coding to improve consistency of recording vaccinations, identifying unvaccinated residents for targeted work.

Work with system leaders on ensuring best practice guidance is followed and implemented in practices to improve uptake and reduce variation

Liaise with key stakeholders within the place-based teams such as LA, local communities to reduce local variation and local inequalities.

Support local plans to increase awareness and access to vaccinations for inclusion groups.

Working with providers to organise and deliver Making Every Contact Count events

Work with GP practices and Community Pharmacies to develop and implement a whole systems approach to immunisations and vaccinations

Review, analyse and present complex information in a range of formats

Provide feedback to practices and ICB about issues and concerns around immunisations and vaccinations;

Sourcing guidance and training

Attend appropriate local strategic meetings to inform and support implementation of immunisation strategies

Provide regular updates to the NEL Immunisation Lead and NEL Immunisation team

Increase capacity within local communities to promote COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations through provision of training and support to vaccine champions, community and faith groups and voluntary sector organisations

Support with the development of case studies and innovative projects across the borough aimed at increasing vaccination uptake, which can be shared for wider learning across the ICS and NHSE.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
  • Further training or significant experience in project management, clinical systems, financial/contract management or supporting change management processes.

Desirable

  • Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject e.g. Public Health, Healthcare Commissioning or other relevant subject

Experience

Essential

  • National Immunisation regimes and JCVI strategies
  • Experience of working with GP Clinical systems i.e. EMIS, VISION
  • Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services
  • Experience in communications and stakeholder management
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Teams Package
  • A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

Desirable

  • Comprehensive knowledge of fundamental project management and/or health information systems development
  • Workforce development knowledge and experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
  • Further training or significant experience in project management, clinical systems, financial/contract management or supporting change management processes.

Desirable

  • Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject e.g. Public Health, Healthcare Commissioning or other relevant subject

Experience

Essential

  • National Immunisation regimes and JCVI strategies
  • Experience of working with GP Clinical systems i.e. EMIS, VISION
  • Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services
  • Experience in communications and stakeholder management
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Teams Package
  • A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

Desirable

  • Comprehensive knowledge of fundamental project management and/or health information systems development
  • Workforce development knowledge and experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Healthbridge Direct

Address

53-63 Redbridge Lane East

Ilford

Redbridge

IG4 5EY


Employer's website

https://www.healthbridgedirect.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Healthbridge Direct

Address

53-63 Redbridge Lane East

Ilford

Redbridge

IG4 5EY


Employer's website

https://www.healthbridgedirect.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

05 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

7 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0285-23-0077

Job locations

53-63 Redbridge Lane East

Ilford

Redbridge

IG4 5EY


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