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Job overview

Senior Immunisation Nurse BCG - Permanent 37.5 hours per week (All year round)  - Southwest London (Wandsworth, Merton Sutton, Richmond, Kingston and Croydon)

This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills and experience in Paediatric BCG within our Immunisation team.

As Senior Immunisation Nurse you will be responsible for planning and staffing for the sessions in the BCG programme and supporting Immunisation nurses in the course of their work.  The role also includes being able to assess and understand the pre-requisites of giving an immunization, understanding the contra-indications, the aftercare and the relevant advice to give to the parents/carers. You must be able to provide support, mentorship, guidance and supervision to junior nursing staff and administrative staff members of the Immunisation service.

You will be required to be flexible. When not working with the BCG Service, you may be required to support the School immunisation teams or the Hepatitis B team. 

Main duties of the job

This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge skills and experience with infants and children within our Immunisation team.

The established team is expanding with the immunisation service needs. Your role will be one of the  senior nurses for community based Paediatric BCG immunisation service.

As the Senior Immunisation Nurse, you will be responsible for planning and staffing for BCG  immunisation sessions or school school/Hepatitis B team when not working with BCG service and will be supported by the Immunisation lead.
This will include being able to assess infants and children and understand the pre-requisites of giving an immunisation, understanding the contra-indications, the aftercare and the relevant advice to give to the young person.

In order to give your application the best opportunity,  please ensure that you address all the requirements of the person specification when writing your supporting statements.

Working for our organisation

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible. Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’ by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users. 

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.