Job summary
We are looking for motivated and flexible registered health care
professionals to work for our vaccination service. The primary purpose of this
role is to work as part of a small and friendly team as a Registered Healthcare
Professional, delivering a safe and effective service for the delivery of
vaccinations delivered in primary care.
Main duties of the job
Specifically, this role
will be responsible for the -
1 - Delivery
Covid and Flu vaccinations as part of our bi-annual vaccination campaign team.
2 - Support
practices in the delivery of year-round vaccinations requirements for adults
and children (including Shingles, RSV) The role will work at all of our
practice sites across the PCN.
3 - Delivery
of vaccinations to people who are in care homes or housebound, in particular
enhancing our housebound offer under the principle of Making Every Contact
Count so may be required to undertake phlebotomy or support household
vaccinations.
4 - Support
addressing inequalities through specific out-reach to groups where vaccination
uptake is low finding new and innovative ways to engage these groups.
This
role would be suitable for anyone who is a registered health professional who
has had some experience of vaccination. You do not need to be a prescriber.
The role holder will be supported by the
Primary Care Network Clinical Lead and will work closely with the Projects and
Business Support Manager.
The role holder must have a
positive can-do approach and be willing to work flexibly. We currently run bi-annual
covid vaccination campaigns (April-June & Sep-Dec) with our clinics being delivered over a range of days and hours
(Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, Saturdays 9-5pm).
About us
Network 4 Primary Care Network (PCN) is
based in South Gloucestershire and comprises four general practices (Downend
Health Group, Green Valleys Health, The Orchard Medical Centre, and Three
Shires Medical Practice) and together serve a patient population of
approximately 69,000.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see supporting documentation to download the full Job Description. This is in a word document format.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see supporting documentation to download the full Job Description. This is in a word document format.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Commitment and willingness to undertake learning and development courses as required to ensure competency for role, this will include vaccine specific training, basic life support, anaphylaxis and NHS statutory and mandatory training
Person Specification
Essential
- Willingness to undertake competency assessments
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Working knowledge and literate with computer skills to use of word document, internet access and email correspondence and electronic record keeping
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and willingness to commit to ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar clinical role
- Practical skills and knowledge of cold chain procedures and medicines management
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Effective skills in communicating complex and sensitive information and in difficult situations, requiring empathy, reassurance, persuasion and influence
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt, and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability for decision-making where there may be a number of courses of action
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support
- Able to work under limited supervision using own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to changing environment
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Registered Health Care Professional (i.e. NMC for nurses, GPhC for pharmacists, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for paramedics or GMC for Doctors or equivalent)
- Current immunisation training / update or willingness to undertake
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Commitment and willingness to undertake learning and development courses as required to ensure competency for role, this will include vaccine specific training, basic life support, anaphylaxis and NHS statutory and mandatory training
Person Specification
Essential
- Willingness to undertake competency assessments
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Working knowledge and literate with computer skills to use of word document, internet access and email correspondence and electronic record keeping
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and willingness to commit to ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar clinical role
- Practical skills and knowledge of cold chain procedures and medicines management
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Effective skills in communicating complex and sensitive information and in difficult situations, requiring empathy, reassurance, persuasion and influence
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt, and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability for decision-making where there may be a number of courses of action
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support
- Able to work under limited supervision using own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to changing environment
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Registered Health Care Professional (i.e. NMC for nurses, GPhC for pharmacists, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for paramedics or GMC for Doctors or equivalent)
- Current immunisation training / update or willingness to undertake
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).
