To provide a safe, professional and effective Immunisation and Vaccination Programmes to internal and external clients.
Providing clinical services to support the delivery of the MFT Health and Wellbeing agenda.
To continually review and evaluate working practices to ensure best practice and clinical standards are maintained
Professional accountability for delivering high standards of clinical care.
Maintain EHW records in line with the Data Protection Act, Caldecott principles and local protocols.
Administration of an Immunisation and Vaccination programme in line with Department of Health Guidelines, the Green Book, Patient Group Directives, Trust Policy and local EHW procedures/protocols.
Assessing and interpreting the Immunisation and Vaccination requirements for different client groups.
Provide clinical services to support the Management of inoculation injuries in line with Department of Health Guidelines, Trust Policy, and local EHW protocols.
Assessing risks of an employee contracting a blood borne virus following an exposure incident and liaising with specialist teams for high risk incidents regarding treatment plans.
Support the delivery of the seasonal influenza vaccination programme, delivering clinics across the Trust or in specific external locations e.g. external client premises.
Undertake the role of ‘Duty Clinician/Coordinator’, which can include activities such as management of inoculation injuries, attending outbreak meetings, skin assessments, responding to management/employee queries, escalating queries that fall outside the remit of clinical adviser to EHW Adviser.
Provide clinical advice whilst supporting managers, employees and Infection Prevention Team during ‘outbreak’ situations in line with Trust Policy and local protocols.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Hamilton Job title: Clinical Services Team Manager Email address: Louise.Hamilton@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 276 4289
Teisha Leitch, EHW Advisor, teisha.leitch@mft.nhs.uk.
