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Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust School Aged Immunisation NurseThe closing date is 19 June 2025We are looking for Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our team in Portsmouth. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team delivering a full programme across the school year. This will incorporate HPV vaccinations to Year 8 pupils, Men ACWY and TD/IPV to year 9 pupils, MMR catch up and the Flu programme from year R to Year 11 The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly across localities during delivery of the immunisation programme if needed. This is a permanent post working 28 hours a week term-time only. All applicants must hold a Registered Childrens Nurse or a Registered Nurse qualification and able to demonstrate relevant experience with children and young people or vaccination programmes. We are looking for a nurse who is enthusiastic and highly motivated to be part of our team. You must be organised, and able to work well independently, and with others within the team. Excellent communication skills are essential to support the collaborative working with education staff and other health care professionals. Full training will be given. Car driver and owner are essential. Main duties of the jobTo be part of a team delivering the immunisation programme to school children in schools across Portsmouth, Southampton and IOW for Solent NHS Trust. You will be expected to relay key health promotion messages to children, families, and staff in education. Contribute to the planning and giving of the immunisations and rolling out the programme across the cities. You may be required to work flexible hours to ensure good coverage at times convenient to the public. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of health and social care needs of young people within schools across the cities. You will be promoting the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, identified within the defined client group and their families. To ensure positive uptake of vaccination programmes to protect the community from disease. About usHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve. Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time. Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working. Job responsibilitiesFurther information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. Person SpecificationQualificationsRegistered Nurse / Midwife RN Child / RSCN ExperienceExperience with children Community experience Child Protection Experience Inter-agency working Working with families/Family Support Experience of working in a constantly changing environment. Evidence of up to date professional development Proven experience of leadership. Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust £29,970 to £36,483 a yearbased on full time hours#J-18808-Ljbffr