Maternity Immunisation Nurse | Barts Health NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join our enthusiastic team as an Immunisation Nurse working in a dynamic, energetic team delivering excellent standards of maternal immunisation programmes.

In this post will work under the guidance of the Immunisation Team Lead Nurse as part of the Maternity Team

At Whipps Cross Hospital we offer flexible and family friendly working hours. Looking forward to you joining our welcoming Team

· To contribute to the delivery of a high-quality public health programme for pregnant women & birthing people in Barts Health NHS Trust.

· To take a pregnant person centred, public health approach to improve health and tackle inequalities, specifically to raise the uptake of maternal immunisations across Barts Health NHS Trust and the local community.

· To support the planning, implementation and evaluation of the immunisation programme delivery for pregnant women/birthing people within Maternity Services within the required targets.

· To provide advice, information and promote the immunisation programme to pregnant women/birthing people,

· To provide support and education to midwives and other staff.

· To maintain and update electronic records and vaccine specific data bases.

To discuss and promote awareness to expectant women/birthing people of the BCG vaccination for all eligible babies, Although this position is a 8 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 8 months.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.