Immunisations and Healthy Population Project Officer

Are you passionate about improving health inequalities? Do you want to work within a local care partnership that is committed to improving outcomes for residents? If so, we want to hear from you to discuss an exciting opportunity for a dynamic project officer to join our friendly and dedicated team., The successful postholder will support the Public Health Improvement Programme Manager to ensure that a range of public health programmes including, but not limited to, national screening and vaccination and immunisation programmes are planned and managed effectively.

Screening and immunisation programmes are two of the safest and most cost-effective ways of protecting individuals and communities from preventable illness and disease. Nevertheless, coverage locally in Southwark for screening and several vaccine programmes has fallen below both locally and nationally agreed targets and there is unequivocal agreement that there are actions that could be taken to help increase uptake and reduce inequalities. The post holder will be responsible for taking the lead and taking an organised and structured approach to the oversight of the Southwark Immunisation programme delivery., South East London ICS covers all GP practices in the area and is overseen by a governing body, which is responsible for making decisions about healthcare. The governing body includes GPs, nurses, a hospital doctor and other healthcare professionals and patient representatives. This is supported by other prime committees including Local Care Partnership governance arrangements, which has delegated responsibility for commissioning local services

South East London ICS's key priorities include:o Providing systematic and proactive management of chronic disease to improve health outcomeso Empowering patients and encouraging self-careo Integrating models of careo Ensuring urgent care systems maximise appropriate access of care for patientso Improving access to services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent project management experience, strong communication skills, initiative and determination who can help drive change in a complicated system. An adaptive and flexible approach is essential as the post involves a significant amount of collaborative team working across several different partner organisations.

NHS South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) is the statutory body responsible for commissioning healthcare services to south east London's 1.9 million residents of the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.