Travel Health and Immunisation Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Criteria

• NMC Registration (working in accordance with the NMC Code as a registered nurse)
• Training and experience of working in travel health nursing, undertaking clinical consultation, vaccine administration and delivering risk-based travel advice for overseas deployments
• Understanding of health threats posed by working in field conditions during disease outbreaks or humanitarian response and in low- and middle-income countries.
• Ability to work as part of a team, be enthusiastic, conscientious and well organised
• Excellent IT skills and ability to work with patient data systems; maintains records in line with data protection requirements and the NMC Code of Conduct
• Provide advice and support to staff in a work-related context in the event of pandemic or disease outbreak.
• Attend site and organisational meetings as required such as site Health and Safety meetings.
• Support in the management and signposting for care of staff who have been involved in an exposure incident within the workplace.

Desirable role criteria:

• Formal travel medicine training at post graduate level
• Membership of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM), and/or Associate Membership of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Experience of working in an Occupational Health setting with a multi-disciplinary team delivering a national service
• Experience of quality improvement activities

Selection Process Details

Stage 1: Application & Sift

This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your qualifications, knowledge and experience and / or skills and abilities outlined in the essential criteria.

You will be required to complete an:

• Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
• (up to 1000 words) word supporting statement.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role.

You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible)

Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria
• Meets some essential criteria
• Meets no essential criteria

Only those who meet all essential criteria will be taken through to the next stage.

Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:

• NMC Registration (working in accordance with the NMC Code as a registered nurse)

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications / large amount of successful candidates.

Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment.

Interview stage (competency based):

You will be invited to an in-person interview.

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 3rd November 2025, please note these dates are subject to change.

This vacancy is being assessed using competency based framework. During the interview we will assess against the below:

• Knowledge
• Experience
• Skills and Abilities

You will be asked to prepare and present a 5-10 minute presentation at the start of your interview. This will entail and for you to present,a quality improvement project that you have been involved with, in relation to travel medicine.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Security Clearance Level Requirement:

All successful candidates must meet the basic security requirements before they can be appointed.

• Successful candidates must pass an enhanced disclosure and barring security check.

This role is being offered as office based at our Scientific Campus in Porton Down . You will be required to have a Counter Terrorism Check security vetting check as a minimum. For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years as the role requires Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance. In exceptional circumstances UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting andapplicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.

Eligibility Criteria:

External

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).

If successful for this role as one aspect of pre-employment screening, applicants personal details name, national insurance number and date of birth - will be checked against the Cabinet Office Internal Fraud Hub and anyone included on the database will be refused employment unless they can show exceptional circumstances. Currently this is only for External candidates to the Civil Service.

NHS Pension

This role is offered under Agenda for Change (AFC) Terms and Conditions.

If you are already on AFC T&Cs or accept the role on a fixed-term contract, you will be enrolled in the NHS Pension Scheme or keep your current AFC Pension.

If you take the role on a loan or temporary promotion, you will retain your existing substantive T&Cs.

If the role is available under either AFC or Civil Service T&Cs depending on your registration, your pension scheme will align accordingly.

Person Specification

Application form and supporting statement

Essential

• Application form and supporting statement

Competency

Essential

• Knowledge
• Experience
• Skills and Abilities

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Porton

Salisbury

SP4 0JG

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)