Band 5 Immunisation Nurse
Term Time Only – 24hrs per week
Proposed interview date - 10th July 2026
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Immunisation Nurse to join our School Age Immunisation Service.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team delivering high-quality vaccination programmes to children and young people across educational settings. The role is term time only and is ideal for a nurse who is passionate about public health, health promotion, and improving vaccination uptake within the community.
To be successful with this post, you must live in the UK and have a full NMC registration. You must also possess a valid driving license and have access to your own car for this role. Mileage will be paid for work-related travel.
The successful candidate will:
Deliver immunisation programmes within schools and community settings in line with national and local guidance.
Administer a range of vaccinations safely and effectively under Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and national protocols.
Support the planning and coordination of immunisation sessions.
Maintain accurate clinical records and documentation.
Provide advice and reassurance to children, young people, parents, and carers regarding vaccinations.
Work collaboratively with schools, parents, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
Contribute to health promotion and infection prevention initiatives.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
- To plan, assess, implement, and evaluate nursing interventions for the client group
- In conjunction with the Band 6 nurse, to clinically prioritise and organise the immunisation and vaccination schedule for the school year, making sure all eligible school aged children are offered the correct vaccination at the correct time
- To be responsible for immunisation sessions at school and in clinic, providing supervision for junior staff, assessing risk, and ensuring the safety of the young people
- Contribute towards the development of public health initiatives to meet the needs of identified target groups and carry out public health immunisation promotional activities through integration and effective partnership working.
- To manage Case load of schools as Named Nurse responsible for understanding the demographic of said schools.
- To plan and complete health promotion to address health equalities identified within case load.
- To work with young people, families, schools and communities to provide advice and support to children, families, schools and communities on a range of immunisation issues
- To develop and support the PSHE programmes within the school curriculum to aid the uptake of immunisation within schools and the community, building on current relationships and partnerships; To plan, deliver and evaluate vaccination sessions / health promotion / health education activities to target both local and national drivers for childhood immunisation schedules
- To ensure timely and accurate data entry to demonstrate improving data quality on the electronic system
- To professionally conduct yourself to ensure that you are an ambassador for your profession and the service that you work within and the Trust as a whole.
- The post holder is required to remain eligible for Nurse Registration through participation in appraisal, clinical supervision and continuous professional development
- To participate and contribute to the development of training programmes, protocols, care pathways, and procedures as directed by clinical lead
- To identify children and young people who need protection, which may include the interpretation of complex information about the child and family
- To be able to work unsocial hours, e.g. weekends and early evenings, and support other immunisation programmes across the trust, as required.
Communication
- To maintain excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate with a large range of people, varying the communication accordingly
- To facilitate children and young people and / or carers to engage in the immunisation and vaccination schedule
- To use negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations and seek advice and support to resolve difficulties
- To work with children/young people, carers, families, and other professionals and agencies, agreeing decisions relevant to the child/young person and family
- To attend and contribute to staff and team meetings
- To facilitate effective communication with children/young people, carers, families, and colleagues, particularly where significant barriers to understanding exist, for example, in clients with communication difficulties
- To adapt practice to meet individual child/young person circumstances with due regard for cultural, social, and linguistic differences
- To support the directorate in participating in the complaints process as directed
Analytical and Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act
- The post holder will work in a school, community or home environment assessing children, young people, and adults and deciding on the best course of action. Advice and direction will be available from the Leadership Team
- To make clinical decisions and support others to make decisions in a range of situations where there may be complex or ethical considerations, e.g. assessing capacity to consent in under 16s
- To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice where appropriate
- To work within the NMC code of conduct and within the Trust guidelines and protocols
- Be able to effectively make decisions with support regarding safeguarding children and be able to interpret the available information
Planning and Organisational Skills
- To be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable work patterns, deadlines, and frequent interruptions.
- To be responsible for the effective management of own caseload
