School Administration Assistant

The Immunisation Service provides school-based immunisations in all primary and secondary schools across Coventry & Warwickshire.

The opportunity has arisen for motivated administration staff to provide support to our Coventry Immunisation & Vaccination team. You will visit Primary and secondary schools with the Nursing Team offering clerical and admin support to ensure smooth running of the sessions.

Applicants will need to have good organisation, literacy and numeracy skills, experience of using Excel spreadsheets, demonstrate good communication skills and be able to work independently and as part of a team.

You must like working with children and be comfortable working within a large busy school setting.

There will be substantial access to children’s information so therefore an enhanced Disclosure and Barring check will be required.
- To be responsible for the administration of immunisation sessions at school and in clinic, assessing risk, and ensuring the safety of the young people
- To participate and contribute to the development of training programmes, protocols and procedures as directed by the senior admin lead
- To work with young people, families, schools and communities to provide advice, and to support the immunisation nurse professionals on a range of immunisation issues
- To identify children and young people who need protection, which may include the interpretation of complex information about the child and family
- To professionally conduct yourself to ensure that you are an ambassador for your role and the service that you work for within and the Trust as a whole.
- To be able to work unsocial hours, e.g. weekends and early evenings, and support other immunisation programmes across the trust, as required.

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**:

- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- 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 group

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.

During vaccination sessions communication with children and young people with regard to their paperwork

To participate in Immunisation and Vaccination team meetings and contribute to the development of the service.

The post holder will respond to queries from staff in an appropriate manner, and with reference to Data Protection and in accordance with Trust procedures.

Communicate with Immunisation and Vaccination team, staff within schools, children, Trust staff and visitors.

Basic, sensitive, complex and contentious information may be communicated.

The post holder may experience language barriers.

Verbal, phone and written communication will be used.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.