The closing date is 10 September 2026
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
Job summary
We are looking for a public health focused nurse, midwife or other healthcare professional to join our friendly and supportive team in Essex. The team work across the county providing immunisations in schools and community settings, including BCG and Hepatitis B programmes.
If you have previous immunisation experience and have worked with a variety of ages we would love to receive your application
Please contact Nicky King on 07990 847111/email nicky.king3@nhs.netfor an informal chat. We look forward to hearing from you.
Job responsibilities
The Immunisation Nurse is responsible for the delivery of the Immunisation Programmes as delegated by the Team Lead.
- Reporting to the team lead, you will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective school age immunisation programme, under 5’s catch up programme, BCG, antenatal vaccines and any other programmes the service is commissioned to deliver.
- To be responsible for the delivery of an effective and efficient Childhood Immunisation Programme in partnership with Children’s Universal Services, schools and commissioners.
- To be responsible for collecting accurate data at each session
- To work collaboratively with the school nursing teams and child health teams in the planning and delivery of immunisation programmes in schools in order to achieve the KPIs across the programme.
- To work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all section of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion.
- To promote and monitor safe and effective practice
- To work closely with the Children Universal Service team in the planning and delivery of health promotion activities and public health initiatives in line with the School Age Childhood Immunisation Programme.
- To provide and promote access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate. To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services colleagues.
- To work in partnership with colleagues and other professionals to promote healthy lifestyles and healthy schools through health promoting activities. To provide health promotion/ education in line with the Immunisation programme.
- To work with the Children’s Universal Service Team Leaders to support children, young people and families who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk. To adhere to current Local Safeguarding Board and London Child Protection Procedures.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional who can administer vaccines under a PGD
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business puposes with a willingness to travel for work
Desirable
- Evidence of Post-Registration Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of SystmOne and other immunisation recording systems
- Knowledge of the UK vaccination schedule
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of effective team working
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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).