Job summary
This is a 30 hours part-time role.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Clinical Lead to provide visible and accessible clinical leadership across the School Age Immunisation Service (SAIS) at CWPT.
The service provides routine immunisations for children and young people aged 4-19 years in schools, community locations, and through home visits, while also managing the targeted Neonatal Hepatitis B programme and vaccination responses during outbreaks.
The Clinical Lead will provide strategic, professional, and clinical leadership for the School Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS), ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality delivery of all immunisation programmes commissioned by NHS England.
They will hold overall clinical responsibility and professional accountability for the service, ensuring clinical governance, safeguarding, and quality standards are maintained in line with national guidance, local policy, and commissioner expectations.
The postholder will work collaboratively with commissioners, local authority public health teams, clinicians, and education partners to maximise vaccine uptake, reduce inequalities, and contribute to service innovation, transformation, and quality improvement initiatives.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a dedicated team, shape service delivery, and influence public health outcomes while working collaboratively with schools, healthcare partners, and commissioners.
Main duties of the job
Provide visible clinical leadership across SAIS, promoting a culture of excellence, safety, and professional standards.
Maintain overall clinical responsibility for safe vaccine delivery, including cold chain integrity, clinical governance, and adherence to Trust and national guidance.
Lead the development and implementation of SOPs, protocols, and training programmes to ensure staff competence and consistent practice.
Support operational planning, resource management, and workforce development in partnership with the Service Manager to achieve service targets and KPIs.
Provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and assessment for registered and unregistered staff, keeping teams updated on new vaccines, programme changes, and best practice.
Collaborate with commissioners, local authority public health teams, GPs, secondary care clinicians, and schools to maximise uptake, reduce inequalities, and support outbreak response.
Contribute to service transformation, innovation, and quality improvement, ensuring resilience and continuity during periods of increased demand or public health incidents.
Maintain professional registration and exemplify CWPT values while keeping up to date with national immunisation guidance, safeguarding, and public health best practice.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Leadership and Governance
Provide visible and accessible clinical leadership across the SAIS, ensuring high professional standards and a culture of clinical excellence.
Maintain overall clinical responsibility for the safe delivery of the immunisation programme and compliance with Trust policies, NHS England standards, and The Green Book.
Ensure robust clinical governance frameworks are in place, including oversight of incident management, clinical audit, risk assessment, and lessons learned.
Lead on the development, review, and implementation of clinical protocols, SOPs, and training programmes to ensure safe and consistent practice.
Ensure safe management of vaccines and maintenance of cold chain integrity in accordance with UKHSA and Trust guidance.
Provide expert advice on infection prevention and control, consent, safeguarding, and clinical escalation processes.
Strategic and Operational Leadership
Work in partnership with the Service Manager to support operational planning, resource management, and workforce development to deliver contractual KPIs.
Provide clinical leadership for service transformation, innovation, and quality improvement initiatives in line with Trust priorities and commissioner expectations.
Contribute to business continuity and outbreak response planning, ensuring clinical resilience during increased demand or public health incidents.
Attend and contribute to operational, governance, and contractual meetings with commissioners, providing assurance on clinical quality and service performance.
Represent CWPT at regional and national immunisation forums as required.
Clinical Supervision, Education, and Development
Provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and support to registered and unregistered staff within the immunisation workforce.
Identify and coordinate training and competency development for all clinical and support staff, ensuring adherence to national immunisation training standards.
Lead clinical briefings and updates on programme changes, new vaccines, and best practice guidance.
Support professional development and career progression of staff in alignment with CWPTs values and People Plan.
Partnership and Collaborative Working
Build strong relationships with commissioners, UKHSA, Healthcare Professionals, local authority public health teams, and education partners.
Promote multi-agency working to maximise vaccine uptake and address inequalities in access.
Provide clinical input to communication campaigns and engagement strategies targeting local communities and schools.
Work collaboratively with CWPT safeguarding and infection control leads to ensure a joined-up approach to child safety and quality assurance.
Professional Standards
Maintain professional registration (NMC) and act in accordance with the relevant professional code of conduct.
Demonstrate CWPT values of Compassion, Respect, Collaboration, Excellence and Integrity, in all aspects of practice.
Remain up to date with national immunisation policy, emerging evidence, and public health guidance.
Uphold confidentiality, equality, and diversity principles in all professional activities.
Key Relationships
School Aged Immunisation Service Manager and CWPT Nursing Leadership Team NHS England (Public Health Commissioning) UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Local Authority Public Health Teams Primary and Secondary Care Clinicians Education providers and community partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Leadership and Governance
Provide visible and accessible clinical leadership across the SAIS, ensuring high professional standards and a culture of clinical excellence.
Maintain overall clinical responsibility for the safe delivery of the immunisation programme and compliance with Trust policies, NHS England standards, and The Green Book.
Ensure robust clinical governance frameworks are in place, including oversight of incident management, clinical audit, risk assessment, and lessons learned.
Lead on the development, review, and implementation of clinical protocols, SOPs, and training programmes to ensure safe and consistent practice.
Ensure safe management of vaccines and maintenance of cold chain integrity in accordance with UKHSA and Trust guidance.
Provide expert advice on infection prevention and control, consent, safeguarding, and clinical escalation processes.
Strategic and Operational Leadership
Work in partnership with the Service Manager to support operational planning, resource management, and workforce development to deliver contractual KPIs.
Provide clinical leadership for service transformation, innovation, and quality improvement initiatives in line with Trust priorities and commissioner expectations.
Contribute to business continuity and outbreak response planning, ensuring clinical resilience during increased demand or public health incidents.
Attend and contribute to operational, governance, and contractual meetings with commissioners, providing assurance on clinical quality and service performance.
Represent CWPT at regional and national immunisation forums as required.
Clinical Supervision, Education, and Development
Provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and support to registered and unregistered staff within the immunisation workforce.
Identify and coordinate training and competency development for all clinical and support staff, ensuring adherence to national immunisation training standards.
Lead clinical briefings and updates on programme changes, new vaccines, and best practice guidance.
Support professional development and career progression of staff in alignment with CWPTs values and People Plan.
Partnership and Collaborative Working
Build strong relationships with commissioners, UKHSA, Healthcare Professionals, local authority public health teams, and education partners.
Promote multi-agency working to maximise vaccine uptake and address inequalities in access.
Provide clinical input to communication campaigns and engagement strategies targeting local communities and schools.
Work collaboratively with CWPT safeguarding and infection control leads to ensure a joined-up approach to child safety and quality assurance.
Professional Standards
Maintain professional registration (NMC) and act in accordance with the relevant professional code of conduct.
Demonstrate CWPT values of Compassion, Respect, Collaboration, Excellence and Integrity, in all aspects of practice.
Remain up to date with national immunisation policy, emerging evidence, and public health guidance.
Uphold confidentiality, equality, and diversity principles in all professional activities.
Key Relationships
School Aged Immunisation Service Manager and CWPT Nursing Leadership Team NHS England (Public Health Commissioning) UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Local Authority Public Health Teams Primary and Secondary Care Clinicians Education providers and community partners
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Fundamentals of Immunisation and Vaccination Training or willing to achieve this within 6 months
- Appropriate leadership training or willing to achieve this within 2 years
- Level 3 award in education and training or willing to achieve within 2 years
- Current Registration NMC
- Mentoring and Assessing in Healthcare Settings CPD
- CPD
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to teach, assess and support registered and unregistered staff in fundamentals of immunisation and ongoing updates to practice.
- Ability to demonstrate team building, leadership and organisational skills.
- Demonstrates an understanding and ability to practice in a child/young person / family centred way.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of clinical and management supervision skills.
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in working as a qualified nurse.
- Understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, infection control, and risk management frameworks
- Ability to manage workloads effectively while being equitably present across multiple teams, and ensuring high-quality, coordinated service delivery
- Demonstrate experience of supervising registered and/or non-registered staff.
- Demonstrable experience of clinical governance, audit, and incident management
- Experience with a range of standardised assessments specific to children and young people.
- Significant post-registration experience in community, public health, or school-aged immunisation services
Other
Essential
- Member of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Evidence of on-going commitment to training and continuing professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Fundamentals of Immunisation and Vaccination Training or willing to achieve this within 6 months
- Appropriate leadership training or willing to achieve this within 2 years
- Level 3 award in education and training or willing to achieve within 2 years
- Current Registration NMC
- Mentoring and Assessing in Healthcare Settings CPD
- CPD
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to teach, assess and support registered and unregistered staff in fundamentals of immunisation and ongoing updates to practice.
- Ability to demonstrate team building, leadership and organisational skills.
- Demonstrates an understanding and ability to practice in a child/young person / family centred way.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of clinical and management supervision skills.
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience in working as a qualified nurse.
- Understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, infection control, and risk management frameworks
- Ability to manage workloads effectively while being equitably present across multiple teams, and ensuring high-quality, coordinated service delivery
- Demonstrate experience of supervising registered and/or non-registered staff.
- Demonstrable experience of clinical governance, audit, and incident management
- Experience with a range of standardised assessments specific to children and young people.
- Significant post-registration experience in community, public health, or school-aged immunisation services
Other
Essential
- Member of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Evidence of on-going commitment to training and continuing professional development.
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).
Additional information
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).
