201368 (MG) Senior Immunisation Nurse Specialist

Main base:  Waverly Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG.  Office is re-locating to Mainpoint, 102 West Port, Edinburgh, EH3 9DN 

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following link: https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking and dynamic Senior Immunisation Nurse Specialist to join our Health Care Public Health Division within the Directorate of Public Health and Health Policy.  We are seeking an individual who is committed to embedding public health principles into local delivery of immunisation programmes, including tackling inequalities in immunisation and working to increase uptake of vaccinations across the population of NHS Lothian. 

The post-holder will join the Public Health Immunisation Team and will provide highly specialist immunisation advice to Allied Professionals in relation to complex clinical cases.  The focus will include responding to complex clinical queries, complaints and supporting management of adverse incidents.    

The postholder will act as a key liaison between clinical staff and management, providing leadership, support and expert guidance to support the delivery of safe, high quality and effective immunisation programmes.  The postholder will work closely with other Allied Professionals, the four Health and Social Care Partnerships, a range of internal teams and groups, community and voluntary sector and national partners. 

The successful candidate will have sound clinical expertise and experience, strong communication skills and have a passion for supporting the public health leadership of our immunisation programmes whilst working in an evolving and dynamic immunisation landscape.    

The postholder will provide line management to the Immunisation Nurse Specialist. 

The main departmental office base is presently at Waverly Gate but we are moving before the end of the year to offices at West Port.  NHS Lothian currently operates an agile working model supporting a blend of working at home and days on site each week.  The ability to work flexibility and from various locations throughout Lothian are also essential.

The department of Public Health and Health Policy aims to improve and protect the health of people in Lothian as part of a whole system approach to public health in Scotland.  The department is organised around Population Health, Healthcare Public Health and Health Protection as the three domains of public health. 

There is a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary public health reflected in the range of staff within the department. 

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Norma Millar - email norma.millar@nhs.scot

The use of the term Senior or Junior in this post refers only to the level of experience and responsibility required for this post rather than age.   As such, applications from people of all ages are welcomed, subject to meeting the relevant criteria. 

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.