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Are you a Registered Nurse or Midwife looking for a rewarding community role where you can make a real difference? We have a unique and exciting opportunity to join the Berkshire Immunisation Team in a 30 hours per week, year-round, fixed-term post until 31 July 2027, supporting safe, effective and high-quality school-aged and community immunisation programmes. 

You will be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team delivering high-quality care, improving access to vaccination and helping to protect local communities. 

You will support the central localities of Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading, with further travel across East Berkshire, including RBWM and Slough, and Berkshire West, including Reading and West Berkshire, where required. Appropriate consideration will be given to travel time. 

Flexibility is required to support all functions of the vaccinator role, including 8:00am starts for vaccine collection and transport, clinic set-up by 8:30am, after-school clinics until 6:00pm, Saturday clinics usually once per term, and school holiday clinics across Berkshire. 

Clinic dates and sessions will be managed in line with service need and staff working arrangements. During school holidays, you will support vaccination clinics, outreach, project work, community events and targeted work to increase uptake and reduce health inequalities. Annual leave can be requested throughout the year, subject to service needs. 

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• Deliver safe, welcoming and effective vaccination clinics for children, young people and eligible adults across schools, community clinics, outreach settings and vaccine bases. 
• Assess consent and eligibility, and administer vaccinations in line with Vaccine Group Directions, Patient Group Directions, the NMC Code and Trust policies. 
• Build positive relationships with children, young people, families, schools and partner organisations, using clear, compassionate and professional communication. 
• Plan, set up and run smooth clinic sessions, including vaccine collection and transport, cold chain management, stock control, clinic set-up and accurate documentation. 
• Recognise and escalate clinical, safeguarding, risk or incident concerns promptly, including responding safely in emergency situations such as anaphylaxis. 
• Support health promotion, community engagement, follow-up clinics and targeted work to increase uptake and reduce health inequalities. 
• Maintain high-quality records, support data quality and contribute to audit, learning, meetings and ongoing service improvement. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

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