# Vaccination lead for flu > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/vaccination-lead-for-flu/9f27f300-bbfa-4429-872c-5d8d1b640b19 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/vaccination-lead-for-flu/9f27f300-bbfa-4429-872c-5d8d1b640b19.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 p.a. inc. - **Contract type:** 4 months (It is a four month secondment from mid September 2026 to mid January 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (may need to come in on some weekends and might have to start early and finish early at times to capture staff working nights.) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-30T08:30:46.116Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Vaccination_lead/Vaccination_lead-v8155766 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8155766?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This  is an important role in the Trust as the person will be responsible for leading the flu vaccination campaign across the Trust. They will be responsible for ensuring all peer vaccinators are competent and have all had the correct training. They will be responsible for ensuring vaccination records are kept up to date on both RAVS as well as v-track at all times. They will need to be enthusiastic about the role and are able to have difficult conversations with staff about vaccinations and the need to be vaccinated to keep their colleagues and our patients safe during the winter season. ### Main duties of the job The main duties of the job are: - deliver flu vaccinations across the trust and do so flexibly to ensure all staff have access - to lead on the vaccination campaign across the trust - to ensure all staff information is up to date by working with the informatics team and using both v-track and ravs to track vaccines - to employ bank staff to cover any gaps in the rota - to meet the requirements of NHS England  and improve the uptake of vaccinations across the trust by at least a further 5% on top of last year's uptake. - to ensure all peer vaccinators have had the right training, have signed off competencies and compliant with the pgd - ensure that vaccinators on long stay wards are signed off so that the trust can improve vaccination uptake within long stay elderly patients. - to work with the vaccination lead for maternity - to maintain the database. - to direct any admin as required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values ### Education **Essential** - Relevant professional qualification (pharmacist or nurse) ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of the flu vaccination programme - Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience in project management - Significant experience of forging and maintaining strong working relationships at all grades - Experience in leading and managing complex change projects ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Taking initiative Demonstrable analytical, numeric and critical reasoning skills and capable of effective problem solving - Ability to develop constructive working relationships with staff and managers at all levels - Resiliance for people refusing the vaccine ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 233.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498610) - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.