Immunisation Nurse for Maternity Services

You will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team providing professional leadership, support and specialist knowledge in relation to Pregnancy immunisations and BCG immunisation. You will have responsibility for leading the National Immunisations in Pregnancy Programmes and BCG Immunisations programme and to develop and implement systems to evaluate and facilitate service changes.,

• Promote collaborative working partnerships and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure professional and clinical standards are maintained and developed in response to new evidence
• Act as a supportive professional role model for nursing, providing care for women in line with current evidence, vaccination policies and guidelines in accordance with the NMC Code
• Manage the immunisation team for maternity services
• Maintain awareness of national developments within pregnancy and BCG immunisation and disseminate such information
• To assess, implement and evaluate the Pregnancy and BCG Immunisation programmes in line with the service specification.
• In conjunction with the screening team, develop an environment which supports the value of the vaccination programme for pregnant women.
• To act as an advocate for those women in the care pathway.
• To ensure that vaccines are stored and used in accordance with the organisational policies and guidance.
• To promote health education for the woman and her family at all times. To undertake opportunistic approach to delivering the programme as necessary.
• Complete and maintain electronic and any written records as required.
• To provide support for Midwifery members of staff and colleagues, regarding the programme
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential." Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.