Overview
Contract Type: 22.5 hours to be worked over 3 days
Salary: £28,860 – £31,671 per annum pro rata – includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
Partner Org: Royal Surrey County Hospital
Job overview
Vaccination Failsafe Officer
Band 4
22.5 hours to be worked over 3 days
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a band 4 administrator to support the delivery of our maternity vaccination programme within our CQC Outstanding maternity service.
You will join a diverse multi professional team that take pride in team work and delivering truly individualised compassionate care. You will be responsible for all administration related to the maternal vaccination programme of Flu, Pertussis and RSV vaccines to pregnant women and ensuring all aspects of care relating to the administration, ordering and recording of vaccinations is undertaken.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team delivering a flexible, safe, and effective vaccination service for pregnant women and service users at Royal Surrey Hospital.
The maternity services offers various vaccinations to pregnant women during the course of their pregnancy. The post holder is responsible for all administration relating to the offer and administration of maternity vaccinations.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will have overall responsibility to provide efficient and effective administration of the maternal Flu, Pertussis and RSV vaccination programmes. They will maintain oversight of vaccination appointments, ordering of and ensuring adequate stock levels of vaccines available, complete GP reporting for administered vaccines and monthly returns for vaccinations given.
They will be responsible for ensuring all those eligible for the vaccination programme are offered the relevant vaccine and will coordinate all clinics to ensure coverage, capacity and timeliness of vaccination.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A-levels or equivalent experience
- NVQ 2 in Office Administration or equivalent experience
- ECDL or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of organising own workload and leading where appropriate
- Experience of working spreadsheets and data entry
Desirable criteria
- Previous healthcare experience
