Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visitors
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (0.6 WTE)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-NM12969
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community- Lambeth and Southwark
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 p.a inclusive of HCA (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Staff Nurse - Childhood Immunisation Catch Up
Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Evelina London Children’s Community Services is seeking a qualified nurse or health visitor to join the Under-5 Childhood Immunisation Catch-Up Team. This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to public health by supporting a team that plays a vital role in improving childhood immunisation uptake in the community.
The Immunisation Coordinator will handle matters regarding childhood immunisation for children aged 0-5 years. They will be responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and delivering the childhood immunisation programme as part of the catch-up project. They will require working strategically and effectively with commissioners, GP practices, external agencies and other stakeholders.
The post holder will provide a service which includes vaccination, health promotion, support and advice to families with children under 5 years of age. They will deliver immunisation workshops to parents and families at the Children’s Centre. The post holder will work as part of the Immunisation team, liaising and collaborating with GP practices, statutory and voluntary agencies as appropriate. They will provide a safe, effective, and high-quality service to clients, using research-based evidence to inform practice within agreed-upon professional standards.
This role will play a key part in the safe delivery of the 0-5 catch-up vaccination project.
Closing Date: 29th June 2025
Interview Date: 9th July 2025
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a service which includes the following;
To screen clients to ensure their inclusion for immunisation/vaccination programmes meets the required criteria in the Patient Group Direction (PGD).
To follow up on immunisation defaulters and offer opportunistic immunisation at home or children’s centres as required.
To promote the vaccination of children under the age of 5 to both large groups and on an individual basis at the children’s centres, family homes, and health centres across Lambeth and Southwark as required.
To ensure that the Cold Chain is adhered to throughout the process.
To comply with the medicine’s management standards throughout the process, including awareness of contraindications to vaccination.
To support the parent/carer’s sensitivity to ensure their inclusion complies with equal opportunities and diversity.
To work in partnership with parents/carers, involving them in decisions about their children’s vaccinations.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
When you join us, you become a valued member of the Evelina London community and can access the wider Evelina and Nightingale education academies. Choosing us as your employer affords you opportunities to be part of a Trust which recognises the value of sharing expertise, research and education between community and acute services.
Working with us you will have access to numerous benefits:
- A mobile device, android phone and personal protection device whilst in practice allowing the service to work more flexibly and staff to achieve a better work/life balance
- Access to the Evelina Eranda Rothschild Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship programme provides education, training and mentorship to nurses and midwives who have an idea for a project which will improve patient experience. Open to all grades of nursing staff.
- A year long preceptorship programme
- A robust safeguarding supervision and managerial supervision framework.
- Access to our HEI partners e.g. Kings College London for Masters level education opportunities and more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To prepare and administer the vaccine safely and competently in accordance with professional accountability, Trust/national standards and guidelines.
To assess and engage professional judgement to ensure parent/carer consent is informed in accordance with national and local policy/guidelines.
To maintain accurate and contemporaneous documentation to ensure timely and effective communication. In accordance with local and NMC code.
To ensure confidentiality in accordance with policy and demonstrate understanding of specific issues relating to children and families.
To undertake interventions as delegated by the Immunisation Coordinator e.g. immunisations and health promotion advice.
To be aware of the deviations from the norm in health and behaviour and to intervene to protect vulnerable children by prompt action, by referral and working with other colleagues and agencies as part of a specialist team. Examples include Child Abuse Interventions, Special Needs Assessment and Referral.
Please see attached Job Description for full details of Duties and Responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Current NMC registration
- Professional updating
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship Qualification
- RSCN
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration nursing experience
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate keen interest in public health and working in the community
- Experience of delivering Health Promotion
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with children
- Experience working in the community
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills- written and verbal.
- Ability to Use Microsoft Applications (Word and Excel)
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multi- disciplinary team.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs.
- Effective time management skills and ability to organize and prioritise workload for self and others.
- Ability to immunise safely child
- Able to travel across a range of community settings with equipment and mobile devices
- Ability to work under pressure
- Evidence of being a team player and able to work collaboratively
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding Children
Desirable criteria
- Ability to facilitate group work with parents
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
- Taiwo Muibi
- Job title
- Interim Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07767618813
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