Vaccination and Immunisation Coordinator

Job responsibilities

Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to children and young people.

Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, considering competence

Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital

Provide advice to patients, clients and carers on vaccinations and a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, lifestyle advice and health care.

Provide clinical support and training to experienced and new staff within the immunisation team and wider Mersey Care child health teams

In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to Children, young people and their families.

Establish and maintain effective communication with relevant agencies and professionals across health, social care and education services.

Maintain registration in line with professional

Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the team with regular clinical and managerial supervision

To demonstrate leadership by the means of effective change within own scope of practice, when and were

Making recommendations to improve practice identified through Influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the Trust.

To demonstrate accountability in the use and management of all resources including financial resources

To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients and carers who may have difficulties understanding complex information due to speech and language difficulties, sensory loss, learning difficulties, depression etc.

Acts as an advocate for the patient and continually demonstrate effective communication skills with patients, carers and children and young people

Be a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care

Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.

Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team canvas.

Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested, to enable the effective management of the service

Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.

Support the team leader by monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible

In conjunction with others, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.

Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services and policies for new team members

Undertake personal development plans with other members of the team, as delegated

Act as an authorised signatory for mileage and timecards for submission

To be responsible and accountable for your own work including the management of patients that are in your team

To perform clinical and environmental risk assessments to optimise the health and safety of patients and staff in a variety of settings

To be responsible for the clinical assessment of children requiring immunisation which includes planning, administration, education and offering appropriate support and guidance to parents/carers

To coordinate the ordering of vaccines, equipment and their safe storage by support staff, ensuring emergency equipment/ drugs are in date and easily accessible

To liaise with GPs to obtain accurate immunisation histories from their records, to support planning and ensure accurate and up to date patient records

To be a resource providing professional expert advice regarding immunisations to peers, colleagues, GPs, parents and carers

To be able to seek further specialist advice and act upon if appropriate or to signpost as required

To be competent and confident in offering a nurse-led immunisation service working mostly under the legal framework of Patient Group Directions: Routine Child Immunisations School based immunisations Fluenz

Maintains competency in emergency treatment (faints/ anaphylaxis) and ensures access to emergency equipment

Participate in individual and group supervision.

Monitor record keeping within the team and inform the team leader of any concerns or incidents

Support the training and development of team members who need to improve on the level of patient care This includes record keeping and improving clinical competency.

Support the implementation of any initiatives to improve quality of care within the clinical governance

Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care

Work with the team leader to ensure achievement of your own personal development

Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional registration

Support the Team Leader in creating an environment in which learning, and practice development is fostered, evaluated and implemented

Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and new staff

Facilitate pre and post registration student placements within the service

Participation in clinical audits and research, as required

The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Professional
• Teaching/ mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post registration/ qualification experience
• Experience of successful multi-agency working
• Demonstrable experience in relevant area of practice or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses
• Ability to recognise own behaviour and its impact on others
• Knowledge of national immunisation programmes

Desirable

• Management and clinical leadership experience

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Change oriented
• High professional standards
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

Skills

Essential

• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
• Understanding of partnership working
• Understanding of the principles of care management
• Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
• Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/ clients, carers and colleagues
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Risk assessment skills
• Self-management and motivation skills
• IT literate
• Able to transport self
• Ability to reflect on experience and identify lessons learnt and apply to self and others
• Have desire to work with children/young people
• Delivering Training

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).