Job overview
Vaccinations are the safest and most effective way of protecting individuals and communities from vaccine preventable diseases. Working for the School Aged Immunisation Team allows for you to work as part of a team supporting and promoting the importance of vaccines who are passionate to protect this age group and offering support to the Integrated Vaccination Service across the Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Clinical Supervisor to support the management of the Community Vaccination Service, focusing on the School Age Immunisation Service (SAIS). The CVS team is part of the Integrated Vaccination Service and provides all school age children in Dorset their immunisations as per the UK Health Security Agency schedule, immunisations take place at a school or community clinic. The outreach teams also delivers vaccines to care homes and housebound patients. You will be supporting the management of a team of nurses and administrators on a day-to-day basis, ensuring all clinics and sessions are staffed appropriately and safely. The role will be based in the West of the County, with the team having three bases across Dorset and admin bases at various locations and there may be occasions to support across the County.
Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Please ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.
Main duties of the job
Working within The School Aged Immunisation Service/CVS and Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust offers an exciting opportunity as we are looking at new and diverse ways at ensuring we are meeting the needs of our youngest populations and engaging with them. You will be part of this journey with a team of caring compassionate nurses and admin staff.
To support any immunisation service developments are delivered consistently pan Dorset in collaboration with the Clinical Lead and Matron.
To support the management of the school aged immunisation programmes, ensuring that requirements are supported and in place to allow for set time scales.
To have oversight of the Outreach Team based in The West
To support with the development and implementation of innovative ways of working in the delivery of school based immunisation programmes in conjunction with the Clinical Lead, Matron, Senior Managers and Project Managers as appropriate
To develop and support effective partnerships with external agencies e.g other provider units, Local Authorities, Schools and on occasion, PCN's and Care Homes.
Exploring the data for uptake figures and working in partnership with schools who have low uptake and how this can be improved.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application. As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Information Technology
Essential
- Confident in the use of computer systems, spread sheets, databases, data collection and coordination, word processing and report writing
Job specific experience
Essential
- Job specific experience
- Experience as a registered practitioner at Band 5 level
- Demonstrates expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical assessment, treatment and evaluation
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and audit
- Evidence of and ability to actively research for the potential to improve quality and customer care, seeking new ideas and methods to improve health care
- Evidence of Risk management skills
- Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting clinical governance objectives
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of health policy and its application in practice
- Experience of interdisciplinary working
- Able to demonstrate innovation and effective use of resources
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Registered practitioner to degree / diploma level supplemented by diploma level specialist training and / or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively, and supervise others’ work.
- Demonstrable ability to evaluate data and produce reports using Microsoft Word and Excel
- Experience of planning and organising complex activities such as organising own time and that of junior staff and learners, planning off duty rota and undertaking discharge planning involving co-ordination with other agencies.
Desirable
- Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
Personal qualities/attributes
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively at different levels of an organisation in both verbal and written form, for example with staff, patients, visitors or external organisations in the exchange of sensitive or contentious information, which will require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills
- Able to assess situations where there is potentially conflicting information and be able to make a judgement on an appropriate course of action
- Experience of planning and organising complex activities such as organising own time and that of junior staff and learners, planning off duty rotas, involving co-ordination with other agencies and planning for sudden, unforeseen circumstances
Supervisory/management experience
Essential
- Previous clinical people supervision/ management experience
- Able to act as a clinical supervisor
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This advert is for School Age Immunisation Service Team Lead with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust in Kings Park Hospital. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £39959.00 to £48117.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Aug 2026.
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