Job Title: Immunisation Nurse

Hours per week: Part time - 18.75 hours per week (flexible days)

Perm/Fixed Term: Fixed Term Contract - 18 hours

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata

Closing Date: 12th December 2024

Interview Date: 8th January 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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We are looking to employ an enthusiastic, motivated and compassionate Band 5 Registered Nurse, with a keen interest in achieving new skills. In return you will have the opportunity to work with a supportive, friendly team who are passionate about making staff feel valued and motivated.

This exciting role will offer passionate Band 5 Nurses a platform to develop their skills and knowledge around Immunisations and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a high standard of nursing care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
• Undertake, record and interpret patient observations, escalating any changes in the patient's condition, ensuring action is taken.
• To provide reassurance and support to patients receiving vaccinations, ensuring they are well informed.
• Work within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with N.M.C. Guidance.
• Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.
• Check that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients.
• Resolve concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues where possible and report them to the Lead Nurse.
• Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
• Use computerised systems to support the provision of patient care and treatment.

The vaccination centre at GEH provides Occupational Health, Maternity and Seasonal vaccinations for our staff and the local population.

Part of our service is outreach projects. This Band 5 role is funded by inequalities in Health, to provide health checks for veterans of the armed forces who have been identified as a vulnerable group.Any previous or current connection with the armed forces either through yourself or family would be advantageous.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To be based at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
• To work in support of the lead nurse undertaking delegated duties as directed. Assisting in the implementation of the vaccination and outreach service.
• To escalate any concerns to lead nurse.
• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients.
• Deliver a high standard of nursing care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
• Undertake, record and interpret patient observations, escalating any changes in the patients condition, ensuring action is take.
• To provide reassurance and support to patients receiving vaccinations, ensuring they are well informed.
• Work within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with N.M.C. Guidance.
• Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.
• Check that adequate resources are available to meet the needs of the patients.
• Resolve concerns and complaints from patients, visitors or colleagues where possible and report them to the Lead Nurse.
• Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
• Use computerised systems to support the provision of patient care and treatment.
• Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their car.
• Ensuring all clinicians receive results promptly.
• To also ensure that the Vaccination Lead Nurse is informed of any professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
• With the support of the Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse maintains personal and professional development in line with the N.M.C. PREP requirements.
• Participates in the supervision and professional development of Health CareSupport Workers and Student Nurses.
• Participate in audits to monitor the standards of patient care.
• Participate in the Trusts Appraisal System.
• To take responsibility for own personal development raising any training requirements.
• Ensures that the Lead Vaccination Nurse is informed of any professional concerns at the earliest opportunity.
• To act as an ambassador for the clinical environment promoting a professional image of nursing.
• Ensure that Revalidation requirements for N.M.C registration are adhered to.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Undertake wide experience during training in an acute setting.
• Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise.
• Demonstrates the use of evidence based practice in the implementation of change.
• Demonstrates the awareness and impact of clinical governance.
• Critical analytical skills.
• Knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct.

Desirable

• Evidence of Research or Clinical Audit.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to have positive working relationships.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.
• Experience of using evidence based practice.
• To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis.
• To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or bed on a frequent basis - this will occur for short periods frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills.
• Enthusiastic.
• Ability to motivate self/ others.
• Good organisational skills.
• Shift working required.

Other

Essential

• Flexible to meet changing needs of the Trust.

Trust Values

Essential

• Effective Open Communication
• Excellence and safety in all that we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital

college street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

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