Registered Healthcare Professional - Vaccination

Registered Healthcare Professional - Vaccination

Thisrole forms an integral part of the COVID Vaccination Campaign for the GP Practices in Surrey Heath.

As aRegistered Health Care Professional confident in working with immunisations,the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering a safe and effective service for the mass delivery of vaccinations for both influenza andthe COVID-19 vaccine(s). The post holder will undertake activities such as:clinical assessment for eligibility and consent, dilution and drawing up of the vaccine from multi-dose vials, administering the vaccine, post vaccineobservations support, management of the cold chain and maintenance of relevant clinical records.

In particular, the post holder will be responsible for

Theconfiguration of the vaccination pod and vaccination station or mobilevaccination equipment.

Supporting with planning for the clinical session or patient caseload.

Conducting clinical assessments in line with vaccine eligibility and consentrequirements.

Thereview of complex medical histories and potential adverse reactions.

Preparation of the vaccine prior to administration in line with training andbest practice guidance.

Administration of the vaccine using the National Protocol or Patient Group Direction.

Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills,maintaining role-based training and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.

We are Surrey Heath Community Providers Limited, which is a federation of 7 GP practices across 10 sites, covering a population of over 104,000 patients across Surrey Heath. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200 members of staff across our clinical and corporate support teams. Our services include Surrey Heath Primary Care Network, Primacy workflow management and Upper Gordon Road Surgery.

As a GP Federation and Primary Care Network, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners, in the provision of community based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of primary care services in Surrey Heath and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do,and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected, at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable.

Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling supported and cared for.

Please see Supporting Documents for full Job Description, List of Responsibilities and Person Specification.

• Clear communicator with excellent oral, writing, and presentation skills.
• Effective skills in communicating complex and sensitive information and in difficult situations, requiring empathy, reassurance, persuasion and influence.
• Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
• Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
• Flexible approach to work and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness.
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
• Ability to work in a variety of settings and to travel to vaccination settings / sites.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.

• Educated to degree level (level
  5) in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in…