Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Team Leader to join our existing Immunisation Team. This leadership role requires a motivated professional with excellent communication skills. They will support service change and development to ensure a robust service that will deliver the countywide BCG Programme and School Aged Immunisation Programmes. You will work closely alongside the Head of School Aged Immunisations to develop and improve the Immunisation Service.



The person we are looking for should be someone who has the innovation and vision to support the fast changing programmes. You will need to be able to share this vision and support the Immunisation Team delivering these programmes whilst undertaking team leader duties in relation to managing staff and developing and enhancing our School Aged Immunisation Service to ensure we have a safe and effective delivery model.



You will be providing supervision and teaching the staff, assessing risk and ensuring the safety of the young people and employees.



We are looking for applicants who can work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service, this will include the requirement to be able to work the occasional evening and weekend.



The purpose of this post is to support the Head of School Aged Immunisations in managing to deliver the Commissioned BCG Programme and School Aged Immunisation Programmes seamlessly to children and young people in the 0-19 age range, and their families.



This will include assisting and supporting in all day-to-day management of a group of staff, including clinical professionals and support staff, partnership working and liaising with other organisations.



This will also include personnel, financial and information management, as well as day to day co-ordination of the service to ensure continuity and the most effective use of resources to meet the needs of the countywide service.



The post holder will work in collaboration with the Head of School Aged Immunisations to ensure alignment of professional priorities with the organisational priorities and core business



Deliver operational management for the Immunisation Team assuming continuous responsibility for appropriate allocation of workload and effectively manage the team through supervision processes



Provide strong professional leadership



Ensure effective performance management of the Team



To act as an exemplary role model providing the highest standards of evidence based clinical practice, promoting and monitoring safe and effective practice



We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.



Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:



72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.



76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.



81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.



This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.



To be responsible for the leadership of the Immunisation Team working in conjunction with the wider operational team

To be professionally accountable for the work delegated to other members of the team and be responsible for supervising their practice. To review, appraise and provide clinical supervision, performance management, professional conduct, grievance and disciplinary management, recruitment and selection with support from Head of School Aged Immunisations.

The post holder will have a clinical responsibility for the Immunisation Team acting as a resource for the Immunisation Team when required for all school aged programmes and the countywide BCG programme

The post holder will provide countywide clinical professional leadership and expertise, providing specific advice including safeguarding and direct clinical decision making (patient and service specific) on all relevant matters to ensure high quality of services provided

To analyse and ensure the delivery of operationally efficient and effective services through demand and capacity management and effective clinical triage.