Maternity BCG, Immunisation Nurse​/Midwife Band 5

Maternity BCG, Immunisation Nurse/ Midwife Band 5

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Job Overview:
Would you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly maternity vaccination team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? This is an exciting opportunity to join a new service supporting the neonatal vaccination service within the maternity setting. You will work as part of a dynamic team delivering a safe and effective vaccination service for pregnant people across multiple sites within the remit of Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust services.

We are looking for nurse/midwives with an interest in Public Health who are keen to work with us to ensure we have a universal offer in place for vaccinations given within maternity services. Leading on the vaccination service for the delivery of influenza, covid, pertussis vaccinations in pregnancy and the BCG vaccination for newborns, they will in future support the roll out of the Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ in our latest CQC review, our service consists of an acute and 2 standalone birth centres. We also have 2 community midwifery‑led hubs, a 24 hour Maternity Assessment Unit and are in the planning stages of an alongside midwifery unit at the RUH site.

Main duties of the job:

• Observe the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of professional standards that nurses, midwives and nursing associates must uphold in order to be registered to practise.
• Competent in all aspects of immunisation including knowledge of contraindications to specific vaccines and the recognition and treatment of anaphylaxis.
• Commitment to providing non‑discriminating and non‑judgemental care.
• Perform robust health pre‑assessments including previous reactions to vaccination, immunisation history.
• Address any concerns and ensure consent and clinical assessment is completed and recorded within maternity records prior to vaccination.
• Escalate any concerns where necessary, to appropriate health care professional to gain further advice and support.
• Assume responsibility for the safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with the Trust Policies and Statutory Rules and Regulations.
• Ensure that vaccine batch numbers are recorded under the correct patient, documented in the handheld notes, patient electronic record and national database.
• Be sufficiently flexible to change and develop practice in light of knowledge gained through reflection, research and audit.
• Ensure attendance at NHS England immunisation meetings and keep up to date with best practice.

Qualifications:

• NMC Registered Nurse/Midwife (Essential).
• Anaphylaxis training (Desirable).
• Manage and prioritise own workload.
• Ability to work as part of a team and actively participate in team meetings.
• IT literate.
• Phlebotomy skills.
• Experience in administration of vaccination/IM medication (Desirable).
• Involvement with the immunisation programme (Desirable).

Applicant requirements:

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download:

• Immunisation nurse/ Midwife (PDF, 337.3KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)

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