Vaccinator in Maternity Services- Band 5

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Warrington and Halton Hospitals for a Band 5 Nurse/Midwife to work as a Vaccinator in Maternity Services.

This is an exciting role, offered on a fixed-term contract for 24 months.

The post holder will support the Specialist Midwives for Antenatal and Newborn Services, Antenatal Services Manager and Maternity Vaccinators to promote, deliver and evaluate the Maternity Immunisation Programme (including RSV, Pertussis and seasonal vaccines).

The post holder must be vaccine trained.

For any questions about the above role, please contact Antenatal Services Manager Jo Richardson joanne.richardson49@nhs.net or the Screening Specialist Midwives via whh.screeningmidwives@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work to deliver a safe and effective vaccination service for pregnant people across the Trust footprint.

The post holder will work with the trust to develop a robust vaccination service for the delivery of all maternal immunisations, ensuring every service user receives a full vaccination offer during their maternity journey.

The post holder will develop the communications package for the Trust, working to promote vaccinations and ensuring a fair and equitable provision for all pregnant people.

The post holder will work collaboratively with wider system partners to encourage and influence endorsement of the maternal immunisation programme for their local population.

This will contribute to:

• Improvement in uptake of the immunisation programmes.
• Reduce incidence of vaccine preventable disease.
• Provision of health protection for the wider population due to good vaccine coverage resulting in good herd immunity.
• An evidence-based understanding of the acceptance and uptake of maternal vaccinations to inform and improve future commissioning and service provision.
• Improvement in awareness of all maternal immunisations amongst pregnant people, maternity services and wider stakeholders

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.