Job summary
- Main area
- Immunisations
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: annualised hours contract
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Annualised hours
- Job ref
- 818-CYP377-QIA1692-B
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beech House
- Town
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Immunisation Nurse/Practitioner
Band 5
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LCHS.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our teams – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
We have adopted a vision of "Caring and building a healthier future for all" and three values to show what we stand for, how we want to be known and how we behave. Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:
Compassionate
Collaborative
Innovative
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the LCHG team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best. We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
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Job overview
Are you passionate about making a positive difference to the long term health of children and young people of Lincolnshire? if so read on!
This role provides an opportunity to directly support the Public Health agenda across Lincolnshire, protecting our children and young people from preventable diseases.
LCHS School Aged Immunisation Service is commissioned to deliver all vaccinations to the school aged population across Lincolnshire. An exciting opportunity has now arisen for a skilled, motivated individual with relevant experience to support service delivery of these programmes.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the team you will be expected to work flexibly across the county to deliver the immunisation and vaccination programme under the direction of the Professional Advisor for School Aged Immunisations.
You will be expected to deliver vaccinations in line with local and national policies and procedures aligned with the contracted service offer.
You will be responsible for using evidence based practice to plan and deliver the programme in a variety of settings for children and young people ensuring that you keep practice up to date.
This post requires that you have the ability to travel between locations countywide to carry out your work and to attend training and meetings; daily access to transport is therefore essential.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1.To deliver the immunisation and vaccinations programme in a variety of clinical/non clinical setting, ensuring all eligible children and young people have access to relevant immunisation programmes and work towards optimum uptake, taking into account any additional needs identified and referring to the appropriate professionals and agencies.
2. To undertake stock rotation and stock checking in line with policy and ensure storage/refrigeration policy and procedure is complied with to protect the cold chain.
3. To safely transport vaccines from base to setting location following policy and procedure
4. Work collaboratively with schools to support the delivery of the immunisation and vaccination programme
5. Use evidence based practice to deliver, enhance and develop care
6. Be aware of local and national drivers which develop/enhance/impact on care delivery
7. Adhere to the relevant practitioner Code of Professional Conduct being conversant with the scope of Professional Practice. Demonstrate professional conduct, preserve client’s rights including confidentiality and promote mutual respect amongst colleagues
8. Maintain and record accurate documentation and correspondence in line with trust guidance regarding interactions between clients, colleagues and other agencies in the appropriate legal records and formats
9. Maintain competency and take opportunities for personal
development in role through undertaking appropriate mandatory and supplementary/additional training.
10. Work within national and local policies, procedures and guidelines, implementing change in practice as required/directed by Professional Advisor School Age Immunisations.
11.To demonstrate responsibility for own development and to maintain a Personal Development Portfolio for providing evidence of development and revalidation to provide and participate in clinical supervision and appraisal
12. Apply appropriate communication and interpersonal skills to achieve maximum comprehension for clients and their families. Where English is not first language or understanding is limited or required in a different mode, interventions sought to optimise the exchange of relevant information and maximise understanding e.g. translator services, resources for the visually impaired, hearing impaired.
13. To participate in the learning environment for non-registered, pre and post registration students.
14. Maintain own health and safety and that of others by own work activity. Attend statutory health and safety training and identify any work-related risks to the Immunisation Pathway Lead and report in accordance with the Trust’s Risk Management Policy and associated procedures.
15. Participate in audit as required and provide data and information as requested.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered practitioner, with current NMC or HCPC registration
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in relevant setting
Desirable criteria
- Safeguarding experience
- Community Experience
- Post registration experience
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Multi-agency work experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience with working with children and families
- Knowledge of the childhood immunisation programme
Specific requirements
Essential criteria
- Computer skills
- Flexible working
- Professional approach
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Systmone
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Acts as a role model for best practice in the delivery of nursing care, promoting a professional and positive working environment (We act)
- Effective communication skills, collaboration and interpersonal skills, engaging with all colleagues and people who use our services (We listen)
- Demonstrates a positive and enthusiastic approach to their work in order to maintain high morale and motivation within the workplace (We care)
- A reflective practitioner able to promote improvements in practice and services (We Improve)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Claire Stubbs
- Job title
- Clinical Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07891499673
- Additional information
Katie Baker- Senior Immunisation Nurse [email protected]
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