Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Merseycare Immunisation team. You will play a vital role in the promotion and safe delivery of our school based vaccination programme.
Our ideal candidate has/is currently working with school age children as well as a customer facing environment and will be required to support other immunisations teams across the Merseycare footprint as and when required.
In this role you will be able to with the appropriate training and support deliver the nasal vaccine to children and support vaccination uptake across.
You will support engagement events to increase vaccine uptake and raise awareness of vaccinations.
You will also support with the storage, transportation and delivery of vaccines and equipment's e.g. collect and return vaccines to storage areas. and ensure disposal of used clinical equipment.
You will ensure you adhere to strict data and patient record confidentiality.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the immunisation team to promote immunisation as a key factor for maintaining the health and well-being of children and young people within a defined population. Service delivery will largely take place in schools however, following appropriate training and assessment, there will be an opportunity to work in individual homes, clinics. The post holder will play a pivotal role in ensuring the clinical input of data and demonstrate an ability to interpret the figures. They will assist in the cleansing of data to assist the immunisation team in the organisation and implementation of targeted offers to improve vaccine uptake figures. The post holder will undertake duties that ensure the smooth running which underpin the service delivery from the Immunisation Team. This includes the organisation and management of resources (equipment, and stock) and providing appropriate clinical administrative support in base and at other locations as service needs dictates. Ensuring the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Managerial1. Be responsible for the management and prioritisation of clinical administrationgenerated within own workload.2. Respond to changing situations and prioritise work accordingly within own workload.3. Maintain health records within own workload as per Mersey Care Record KeepingPolicy.
Leadership
- Mentor new team members and support students and other staff (at equivalent orlower band).2. Attend team meetings and other meetings as delegated by the team leader3. Submit reports / audits / data collection and returns as required4. Keep contemporaneous records5. Ensure communication flow as per communication strategy
- Clinical1. Following appropriate training and assessment participate in the vaccination ofchildren receiving the Nasal Flu immunisation under the guidance of theimmunisation nurse.2. Input clinical data into the clinical systems interpreting and identifying patterns invaccine uptake to inform the V&I coordinator for future planning.3. Receive and report accurately and in a timely manner, clinical enquiries fromfamilies, schools and other agencies4. Provide meaningful feedback to GPs and other stakeholders about vaccine uptakeamongst specific population groups5. Support in the delivery of sessions at schools and other community settings.6. Participate as part of the team in Immunisation related Public Health work/ healthpromotion activities in schools and other settings.Non-Clinical1. Maintain all immunisation records within workload as per Mersey Care RecordKeeping Policy.2. Co-ordinate all relevant documentation in respect of school based immunisationprogrammes including consent forms and re-call letter to absentees.3. Attend and provide effective support at immunisation sessions in schools, ensuringeach child has a correct consent form and as directed by the Lead clinician.4. Upload appropriate data onto systems as required.5. Be responsible for the ordering of equipment and resources and arrange for therepair and maintenance of any equipment for the Immunisation team.6. Be responsible for the care and safe keeping of equipment issued for personal andteam use and to report any defect or loss.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Managerial1. Be responsible for the management and prioritisation of clinical administrationgenerated within own workload.2. Respond to changing situations and prioritise work accordingly within own workload.3. Maintain health records within own workload as per Mersey Care Record KeepingPolicy.
Leadership
- Mentor new team members and support students and other staff (at equivalent orlower band).2. Attend team meetings and other meetings as delegated by the team leader3. Submit reports / audits / data collection and returns as required4. Keep contemporaneous records5. Ensure communication flow as per communication strategy
- Clinical1. Following appropriate training and assessment participate in the vaccination ofchildren receiving the Nasal Flu immunisation under the guidance of theimmunisation nurse.2. Input clinical data into the clinical systems interpreting and identifying patterns invaccine uptake to inform the V&I coordinator for future planning.3. Receive and report accurately and in a timely manner, clinical enquiries fromfamilies, schools and other agencies4. Provide meaningful feedback to GPs and other stakeholders about vaccine uptakeamongst specific population groups5. Support in the delivery of sessions at schools and other community settings.6. Participate as part of the team in Immunisation related Public Health work/ healthpromotion activities in schools and other settings.Non-Clinical1. Maintain all immunisation records within workload as per Mersey Care RecordKeeping Policy.2. Co-ordinate all relevant documentation in respect of school based immunisationprogrammes including consent forms and re-call letter to absentees.3. Attend and provide effective support at immunisation sessions in schools, ensuringeach child has a correct consent form and as directed by the Lead clinician.4. Upload appropriate data onto systems as required.5. Be responsible for the ordering of equipment and resources and arrange for therepair and maintenance of any equipment for the Immunisation team.6. Be responsible for the care and safe keeping of equipment issued for personal andteam use and to report any defect or loss.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English grades C and above, or equivalent workbased experience
Desirable
- Experience of a range of IT packages including Microsoft
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with general public
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working with children, education staff and parents in schools
- Experience and ability to communicate with children who may be upset and require individual support
Desirable
- Experience of working autonomously and within a team
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and team members work when required
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective partnership working
- Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements for this post i.e., travel for work purposes independently across localities and be able to assist in manoeuvring and carriage of equipment to vaccination sites i.e., vaccine porters
- Flexibility in availability to meet the needs of the service. During times of increased service pressure flexible working hours including early morning planned sessions and occasional early evening and weekend work may be required
- Able to carry equipment from clinic base to schools. Light physical effort in line with Health and Safety guidance
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English grades C and above, or equivalent workbased experience
Desirable
- Experience of a range of IT packages including Microsoft
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with general public
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working with children, education staff and parents in schools
- Experience and ability to communicate with children who may be upset and require individual support
Desirable
- Experience of working autonomously and within a team
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and team members work when required
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective partnership working
- Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements for this post i.e., travel for work purposes independently across localities and be able to assist in manoeuvring and carriage of equipment to vaccination sites i.e., vaccine porters
- Flexibility in availability to meet the needs of the service. During times of increased service pressure flexible working hours including early morning planned sessions and occasional early evening and weekend work may be required
- Able to carry equipment from clinic base to schools. Light physical effort in line with Health and Safety guidance
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
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.
