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Would you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly Maternity vaccination team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? This is an exciting opportunity to join a new service, where you will work as part of a dynamic team delivering a safe and effective vaccination service for pregnant women across multiple sites within the remit of Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust services.

The role of the Failsafe Officer is to facilitate the implementation, monitoring and to maintain safe and quality assured relevant vaccination programmes locally. The successful candidate will be part of a new team  and will have overall responsibility for the smooth running of the maternity vaccination programmes by undertaking a wide range of administration duties including but not limited to, co-ordinating clinics, creating and maintaining up to date spreadsheets and data input.

 Rated ‘Outstanding’ in our latest CQC review, our service consists of an acute and 2 standalone birth centres. We also have 2 community midwifery led hubs, a 24 hour Maternity Assessment Unit and are in the planning stages of an alongside midwifery unit at the RUH site. This is your chance to be part of a transforming organisation and we look forward to working with you to develop this service to a high standard.

Main duties of the job

To implement and carry out failsafe checks for the vaccination programmes under the supervision of the ANNB Screening Co-Ordinator and Newborn Screening Manager.

To maintain local and national databases with accurate data for service users and babies who refer for care and provide detailed analysis for the quarterly data submissions, Quarterly and Annual reports.

To liaise closely with the Immunisation Nurses, ANNB Screening Co-ordinator, Newborn Screening Manager and the multidisciplinary teams to ensure the smooth running of the vaccination clinics.

To order/book urgent and routine appointments via various appointment systems.

To respond to and re-direct all mail relating to vaccinations ensuring this is dealt with in a timely manner.

To arrange interpreters for families if necessary.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.