Immunisation Team Assistant - Lambeth and Southwark

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 14 May 2025

Job summary

Immunisation Team Assistant - Southwark & Lambeth team (12 months FTC maternity cover)

To assist in the planning, preparation and delivery of school, community and home immunisation services To encourage children, parents/carers to participate in the immunisation programmes in line with the Department of Health policy. To ensure children and parents/carers have adequate evidence based information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding immunisations.

To participate in the school immunisation programme ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to enabling safe effective administration of immunisations in the school setting.To prepare and assist with immunisation satellite clinics held within the Trust.

In order to give your application the best opportunity, please ensure that you address all the requirements of the person specification when writing your supporting statement.

Main duties of the job

Immunisation Team Assistant - Southwark & Lambeth team

This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills and experience within the Immunisation team, you will play a key role in the day to day administration of the immunisation programme.You will be responsible for providing clerical and administrative support and will be expected to work on our patient records database i.e. System One & our e consent system.

You may also also be required to travel to local schools across Lambeth and Southwark on occasion.

Experience with MS Office Suite is preferred.

About us

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible. Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction'by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Date posted

30 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£30,039 to £31,088 a year per annum incl. HCAS (Inner London)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

396-779-NN-684977-DE-AL-Y

Job locations

Big Yellow Storage Office

49 - 65 Southampton Way

Camberwell

SE5 7SW

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of effective team working/good team player

Desirable

Demonstrable experience of working with computerised data systems/electronics clinical records

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade 4/C and above, or equivalent, in Maths and English

Skills

Essential

IT skills, particularly Windows applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
Excellent time management, organisational and planning skills

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of effective team working/good team player

Desirable

Demonstrable experience of working with computerised data systems/electronics clinical records

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade 4/C and above, or equivalent, in Maths and English

Skills

Essential

IT skills, particularly Windows applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
Excellent time management, organisational and planning skills

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.