Job summary
- Main area
- Immunisation Team
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Term Time Only - 41 weeks)
- Job ref
- 371-CFS562
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Immunisation Team , Whitley Health & Social Services Centre
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Vaccinator for the Berkshire Immunisation Team
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Berkshire Immunisation Team based in the West of Berkshire. The Immunisation team is responsible for providing routine and catch-up Immunisations to children and young people in schools and community settings across Berkshire and support the delivery of flu and covid to employees of Berkshire Healthcare.
We are looking for a self-motivated and dynamic registered Nurse, Midwife or Paramedic who has experience of working with children and young people in the community and who is passionate about the public health benefits of vaccination.
The role is term time only + 1 or 2 weeks (40 or 41 weeks) in the Berkshire West Team (covering Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire). You will be expected to travel across all three localities to visit schools, support clinics and collect and return vaccine to different bases.
We are looking for someone to work 37.5 hours over 5 days per week, term time only (40 or 41 weeks). It is important that you can be available from 8am on some days to support the collection of vaccines, otherwise start time will be from 08:30. Core hours are between 08:30 and 16:30 and we require someone who is flexible in their approach to their working pattern, which may include starting later if there is a later clinic being held on a certain day.
Please note all holidays must be taken within the school holidays.
Main duties of the job
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To work as a skilled team member to provide excellent standards of vaccinations and public health advice around vaccine preventable diseases to children, a young people, adults (up to the age of 25 in SEN schools) and their families across a variety of community settings.
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To assess and triage consent forms to ensure that children and young people are clinically able to receive the vaccinations they have consented to, in line with the National Patient Group Direction (PGD) or National Protocol (NP) for the vaccination programme, adapting communication to aid understanding.
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To undertake the Lead Vaccinator role with several schools across Berkshire, ensuring that sessions are planned and communicated to provide and safe and effective immunisation session.
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To demonstrate ability to make safe clinical decisions within an emergency e.g. anaphylaxis
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Manages own workload, co-ordinating and prioritising the school sessions/ clinics you lead on. Recognises his/her limitations and seeks advice and support from Team Leads.
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Maintains stock control to ensure adequate equipment to run clinics and administer vaccinations. Responsible for the safe collection, storage and transportation of vaccinations.
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Actively engages in health promotion, as required to improve uptake in your designated schools.
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Plans follow up school and community sessions, in instances where uptake is low/ absentee rate is high.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
1. A passion for immunisations and the public health benefits they provide.
2. A flexible approach to work
3. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people of all ages.
4. A desire to make a difference and to work within a caring profession
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Charlotte Church (Lead Nurse for Immunisation) via [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife (Registered with NMC)
- Experience of continuous professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Registered Children’s Nurse, or equivalent post registration experience working with children and/ or young people.
Previous Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with children with complex health needs.
- Vaccination Experience
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Must hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle during the working day, to enable travel across multiple sites.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Church
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Immunisation
- Email address
- [email protected]
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