Improving 0-5 Immunisations Uptake Officer - Preston

Job Introduction

As an Improving 0-5 Immunisations Uptake Officer, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team within CHIS (Child Health Information Service) to create and implement a role to improve immunisation uptake and reduce health inequalities in areas of low immunisation uptake. The role will support provision of health protection for the wider population due to good vaccine coverage, resulting in good herd immunity. The role will drive the increase in uptake of 0-5 immunisations over the next two years in line with NHS England Vaccination Strategy, particularly in place/PCNs/areas of lower uptake/population groups vulnerable to non-participation.

The Improving 0-5 Immunisations Uptake Officer will be a link between CHIS and other agencies e.g. LA (Local Authority), ICB (Integrated Care Board), 0-19 providers and third sector organisations. They will provide training and accurate information for community group leaders. The role will improve awareness of and engagement in, all 0-5 immunisations amongst parents, carers and community leaders and seek to understand why the local eligible population may choose not to accept the offer of 0-5 immunisations in order to inform and improve future commissioning and service provision.

The role will work to reduce non attendance at appointments and reduce the incidence of vaccine preventable disease and disease outbreaks.

Main Responsibility

• Use data from the CHIS system to identify areas of lower uptake.
• Work with system colleagues and community leaders where the population is vulnerable to non-participation.
• Improve awareness of immunisations and access to immunisation programmes – offering information in accessible formats.
• Provide important interface between healthcare professionals and community hubs/groups.
• Use local reports e.g. Health Equity Audits/Insight work to understand barriers to immunisations for communities.
• Coordinate system colleagues/community leaders and other agencies to develop local knowledge and facilitate local engagement.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the 0-5 immunisation schedule and department protocols in supporting individuals.

For a full list of responsibilities please see attached the Job Description.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience
• Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis.
• Basic knowledge of project principles
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Skills for manipulating information.
• Skills for communication on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written communication skills.
• Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily.
• Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet deadlines
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise.
• Project management skills.
• Ability to work without supervision. Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.

Desirable

• Experience of work to improve health outcomes
• Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters. Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills.

Package Description

As a Improving 0-5 Immunisations Uptake Officer you’ll be part of our valued team.

You will feel valued as an Improving 0-5 Immunisations Uptake Officer within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £26,500 with group pension
• Home based but would be required to travel to Preston or other Lancashire Hubs on occasion
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a number of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK\’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We\’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website\’s privacy policy.

Attached documents

• Band 6 School Nurse Job Description.pdf