Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6402828
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Central House
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/07/2024
Employer heading
School Age Immunisation Service Co-ordinator
Band 3
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
School Age Immunisation Service Co-ordinator Band 3
1 x 30 hrs TTO – permanent
An exciting opportunity has become available to join our high performing and passionate School Age Immunisation Service (SAIS) as a co-ordinator. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to work with our SAIS to ensure continued high uptake of school age immunisations in Stockport both in schools and in community settings. Achieving high levels of immunity against vaccine preventable diseases is vital to reduce the spread of infection and prevent outbreaks.
Main duties of the job
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· Support the gathering and cross referencing of data (classlists for schools) and produce audit reports.
Other duties will include handling telephone calls from parents/carers, communication with schools and wider team members and transporting equipment to and from immunisation sessions across Stockport.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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· Support the gathering and cross referencing of data (classlists for schools) and produce audit reports.
Other duties will include handling telephone calls from parents/carers, communication with schools and wider team members and transporting equipment to and from immunisation sessions across Stockport.
School Age Immunisation Services (SAIS) providers are commissioned by NHS England (NHSE) to deliver the school-based immunisation programmes. Home schooled children and children not in mainstream schools for other reasons are also included. Stockport’s school age immunisation service currently sits within our school nursing service who are part of the Women, Children and Diagnostics Business Group of Stockport Foundation Trust, and also part of a wider integrated children’s service with Stockport Council called ‘Stockport Family’ which is an improved way of working with children and families in Stockport. The service includes health visiting, family help and social care services.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £21.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in office/clinical administration
- Relevant further study eg administrative qualification
- Further study or short course appropriate to post eg ECDL, microsoft office systems
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of the NHS and partner agencies
- Understanding of clinical roles and working practice
- Working knowledge of the NHS information systems
- Working knowledge of types of communication and use of them
- Working knowledge of what enables good team working
- Basic knowledge of children's safeguarding
- Understanding of confidentiality
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of clerical work and working within multi disciplinary clinical teams
- Experience with data and reporting and of using and developing administrative systems and processes
- Experience of co-ordinating teams and individuals
- Experience of working with confidential information
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Team player, good organisational skills and flexible approach to work
- Able to prioritise others workload when the unforseen happens
- IT skills including microsoft office or equivalent and ability to produce spread sheets and written reports
- Able to form effective professional relationships and being self aware and know when to ask for help
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Riley
- Job title
- School Age Immunisation Service Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07808200426
- Additional information
For further information please contact
Victoria Riley
School Age Immunisation Service Lead Nurse
07808200426
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