Community Staff Nurse Immunisation Team

Community Staff Nurse - Wakefield Immunisation Team

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Job is based in Wakefield and requires travel in and around the surrounding area.

Do you have a passion for working with children and young people to improve immunisation outcomes? If so, join the Wakefield School Aged Immunisation Service (SAIS), as we deliver and develop the service within the West Yorkshire Vaccination and Immunisation Collaboration (WYVIC).

You will be part of an innovative, dynamic, fun and supportive team of Nurses, Immunisation Support Workers and Administrators working collaboratively to deliver immunisations to the children and young people of Wakefield. The team are dedicated to improving immunisation rates across the area including children who are hard to reach or no longer in mainstream education.

As a SAIS Nurse you will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to have positive conversations regarding immunisations with young people, parents, and school-based staff; be flexible to change and able to work across the district at our immunisation sessions held within school settings and designated community clinics. Excellent communication skills are a must.

You must be RN qualified and have current NMC registration.

Closing: 11th January 2026

Shortlisting: 12th January 2026

Interviews will be held at Tuscany Way, Normanton on Tuesday 20th January 2026.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of the school aged immunisation programme and at times respond to disease outbreaks.

The service delivers vaccines across the district in a variety of settings including mainstream schools, SEN schools, Pupil referral units and community clinics.

You will be responsible for maintaining the safe storage, transportation, and administration of vaccines in accordance with the cold chain and Trust guidance.

Promoting vaccine uptake by providing information to parents and children as well as gaining consents is a key responsibility of this role.

This position is mainly school and office based but in school holidays you will be involved in clinics around the area in local family hubs.

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
• We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Sue Pickering

Job title:

Immunisation Team Lead
Email address:
Telephone number:

Kelly Riddles
Assistant Immunisation Team Lead

Entry level

Full-time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care