Clinical Nurse Specialist Immunisation and Vaccination

Clinical Nurse Specialist for Immunisation and Vaccination Band 7

Main area Specialist Nurse Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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1583-ZK-B

Site Sceptre Point Town Preston Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/09/2026 23:59

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

The key purpose of the role is to lead the development and delivery of an evidenced based seasonal vaccination programme across Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

The primary focus of this role will be the delivery of staff and patient flu vaccination programmes and COVID-19 vaccinations for patients. The scope of the role may, however, be extended in accordance with national, regional, and local priorities and service requirements.

The post holder will be operationally responsible for the seasonal vaccination team and will be the Trust subject matter expert in the delivery of any vaccination related programmes.

The post holder will also be expected to provide support to the Physical Health and Professional Practice portfolio work streams as directed by line manager.

We are looking to appoint an experienced nurse working in the field of immunisation and vaccination to clinically and operationally lead our seasonal vaccination programmes across LSCFT for both staff and patients. This post holder will need to be innovative, flexible and an experienced leader with good project management skills to be able to actively plan, implement and deliver set programmes of work related to immunisation and vaccination and wider portfolio work as required.

Oversee the development and delivery of the Trust's seasonal vaccination programmes that are culturally sensitive and person centred.

Continually review the delivery plan to ensure optimum delivery and identification of lessons learned.

Responsible for supporting alongside Network leads the annual identification of the number of peer vaccinators that the Trust requires and ensuring evidenced based training programmes and supervision are in place to support them to participate effectively in delivering vaccinations across the Trust.

Responsible for ongoing development of the seasonal vaccination service and lead the development of relevant policies, standard operating procedures and guidance related to service.

The clinical and managerial supervision of the vaccinators within the service and clinical supervision to peer vaccinators supporting the campaign.

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