Immunisation Team Assistant Sutton & Merton | Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

To assist in the planning, preparation and delivery of school, community and home immunisation services To encourage children, parents/carers to participate in the immunisation programmes in line with the Department of Health policy. To ensure children and parents/carers have adequate evidence based information to allow them to make an informed choice regarding immunisations.

To participate in the school immunisation programme ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to enabling safe effective administration of immunisations in the school setting.To prepare and assist with immunisation satellite clinics held within the Trust.

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Immunisation Team Assistant - Sutton & Merton

This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills and experience within the Immunisation team, you will play a key role in the day to day administration of the immunisation programme.

You will be responsible for providing clerical and administrative support and will be expected to work on our patient records database i.e. System One & our e consent system.

You will also be required to travel to local schools across Sutton & Merton on occasion.

Experience with MS Office Suite is preferred.

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.