Band 5 Maternity Immunisation Nurse

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic band 5 nurse to join our vaccination team within Maternity. You will be required to work across site - both in King George Hospital and Queens Hospital supported by the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team. By joining our team you will have the opportunity to increase your wealth of knowledge and experience by aiding the delivery of high quality care. If you are interested in this role we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

o To work as an integral part of the Maternity Immunisation Teamo To work across localities to provide service provision at multiple sites o Delivery of the Maternity Immunisation Programme including national campaigns aimed at the pregnant populationo To liaise with the community midwifery teams, ante and postnatal staff, public health team, matrons, parents and other partner agencies as appropriate o To implement the offer of BCG immunisations to babies delivered at BHRUT (when vaccine available).

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Public Health - Maternity

Rom Valley Way

Romford

RM7 0AG

Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Public Health - Maternity

Rom Valley Way

Romford

RM7 0AG

Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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