Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of health promotion/education and public health school-age immunisation programme.
- Promote and facilitate collaborative working between team, schools and other educational institutions and families in the delivery of the immunisation programme.
- Ensure the necessary requirements for storing and transporting immunisations, and the procedures for collecting and delivering vaccinations to the site.
- Assist in identifying home-schooled children and those in Pupil Referral Units.
- Maintain databases to ensure records are kept up to date and documents are prepared for school visits.
- Adhere to the Standard Operating Procedure for School Immunisation (SOPs).
- First point of contact for all administrative tasks.
- Responsible for maintaining the cold chain, ordering, and arranging transport of vaccinations to site.
- Actively and constructively contribute to team meetings.
- Undertake other duties commensurate with the level of this position.
Experience/Skills
- GCSE level of education or equivalent with a minimum of grade ‘C’ in both English and Maths.
- Working in a community setting (schools) and/or working with children & young people (desirable).
- Prioritise and manage own workload without supervision.
- Assertive, team player and critical thinker.
- Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
- Excellent IT Skills.
- Must be able to drive (Desirable).
- Excellent organisational skills.