Locality Lead Immunisation Nurse - Derbyshire

The Locality lead Nurse works as a member of the Immunisation Team to support the safe delivery of large-scale programmes within community and educational settings in accordance with Department of Health Green Book against Immunisation and Local Services Specifications. To work closely with and supporting the Clinical Lead in all the work on the National schedule vaccinations for Children, and work with outbreaks in the community setting. Providing Support to clinical teams. The role will involve close working relationships with IntraHealths Lead and Deputy Immunisation nurse. Our work takes place in a variety of settings, including schools, clinics, and community venues to deliver the National Childhood Immunisation Programmes and Various other Immunisation contracts. May be required to attend Contract meetings with Commissioners and keep them informed of clinical developments within the contract.Main duties of the job

• To support and supervise immunisation teams, ensuring a safe and effective service using service user feedback to improve patient experience.
• Monitor quality, compliance, and performance reporting risks to the Operations Manager Clinical/deputy lead nurse.
• Provide support to staff within the IntraHealth Immunisation Teams to deliver an equitable and quality service to children, young people, and families.
Promote and support an effective team ethos with excellent communication skills, so that team objectives are understood and achieved. To support, influence and improve the quality of the learning environment by providing support and supervision as well as educational and professional development for the team. Support and deliver aspects of clinical education, staff induction and support assessment of learners and clinical staff, to ensure that the workforce has the required training, skills and competencies to deliver the immunisation programme.
• Ensure that the service delivered meets the requirements of the national and local safeguarding agenda.
  
  IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.
We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since the company was founded in 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), nurses, pharmacists, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support. We operate NHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.