Vaccination & Immunisation/Health Protection Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
We offer a truly exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses to join us in our newly established community based Health Protection Service. Working primarily in a vaccination & immunisation role you will also enjoy the benefits of gaining experience in our developing wider Health Protection model. These posts will be of interest to highly motivated nurses who can demonstrate a positive and enthusiastic commitment to population health protection. Successful applicants will work flexibly across the Health Board providing the highest standard of vaccination, immunisation and testing services to both our general public and also our staff who live and work in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Main duties of the job
As one of our Vaccination & Immunisation/Health Protection Nurses you will undertake the administration of vaccinations, immunisations and testing in a wide variety of locations across the Health Board and including as a lone worker when required. Such settings will include all key health and Social Care sites; community vaccination and testing centres; a wide range of Primary Care and community clinic locations as well as Care Homes. We also offer a service to our housebound patients and clients.
Our programmes of work will target all population ages from our very youngest citizens right through to the young at heart. The overseeing of population health checks, ensuring patients are signposted according to local pathways along with duties aligned with the work of the overarching Health Protection function are all important elements of the role.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job responsibilities
Working very flexibly right across the footprint of the Health Board, and as and when service demand within vaccination and immunisations changes, post-holders will be required to support a wide range of evolving service priorities. As a member of the team you will also be key in supporting our response to outbreak testing and mass immunisation programmes as needed.
The Vaccination & Immunisation/Health Protection Nurse will work alongside our many key partners and stakeholders, including our Specialist Immunisation Team and Public Health colleagues, in order to meet Welsh Government targets for immunisation. This will require post-holders to have a demonstrably positive approach to making every client contact count.
Travel to other locations across the Health Board in a timely manner, sometimes at short notice, will routinely be needed. There will also be a requirement for some work at weekends and Bank Holidays.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Live UK NMC Registration
Experience
Essential
- General awareness of the staff flu programme and wider immunisation agenda
Desirable
- Previous experience of providing immunisation, vaccination or antigen testing services
Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel throughout the Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB region in a timely manner, often at short notice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
CF45 4SN
