Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Locations– Nottingham, Nuneaton

(Please note – you will be required to travel between locations)

Role

In these crucial roles, you will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering a safe and effective service for the mass delivery of vaccinations of COVID -19. Our vaccination hubs also provide other health services such as smoking and weight loss clinics, blood pressure monitoring, as well as flu, travel and Covid-19 vaccinations. You will be responsible for administering or supervising the vaccine to citizens, working within a team of staff in vaccination sites. Travel between sites will be expected. You will not have one home site.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for performing and/or supervising the following:

- Set up/configuration of the vaccination station

- Drawing up and preparation of the vaccine prior to administration

- Vaccine administration, using the National Protocol

- Disposal of clinical waste and change of PPE as per national guidelines

- Adherence to infection control practices between individuals

Skills/Experience

- You should be a Registered Health Care Professional e.g. NMC for nurses, GPHC for pharmacists and equivalent for other healthcare professionals and have proven experience in a healthcare setting. Although relevant training will be provided post holders should ideally have experience of administering vaccines and providing immunisation advice within a health care setting.

- Working with patients/customers on a 1:1 basis

- Experience of working in a highly accurate and pressured environment, delivering against tight deadlines and adhering to ethical rules and regulations

- You will need to show commitment and willingness to complete the appropriate learning and development courses as required, to demonstrate the right capabilities for the positions. This will include specific vaccine training.

- E-learning will be conducted remotely so you must have access to a smart device to complete this promptly.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• - You should be a Registered Health Care Professional e.g. NMC for nurses, GPHC for pharmacists and equivalent for other healthcare professionals and have proven experience in a healthcare setting. Although relevant training will be provided post holders should ideally have experience of administering vaccines and providing immunisation advice within a health care setting.
• - Working with patients/customers on a 1:1 basis
• - Experience of working in a highly accurate and pressured environment, delivering against tight deadlines and adhering to ethical rules and regulations
• - You will need to show commitment and willingness to complete the appropriate learning and development courses as required, to demonstrate the right capabilities for the positions. This will include specific vaccine training.
• - E-learning will be conducted remotely so you must have access to a smart device to complete this promptly.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Pharmacy2U Ltd

Address

Unit 17, Abbey Street

Abbeygate Shopping Centre

Nuneaton

CV11 4HL

Employer's website

https://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)