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Job reference: 046639
Salary: Band 3 (£20,907 - £22,820)
Job closing date: 17/03/2021
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Dumfries & Galloway (various sites)
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: Various
Job posted date: 08/03/2021
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Department: Immunisation Team

Job Advert

Are you a Healthcare Support Worker looking to develop your skills?  Would you like to be part of a new team focusing on immunisation and vaccination programmes across Dumfries & Galloway?

As well as welcoming applications from within Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions, and from across Health and Social Care, we are also encouraging individuals with backgrounds in personal care for others, beauty, sports or veterinary industry that can demonstrate on their application transferable skills to apply for the role.

About the Role

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are working in innovative ways to ensure we can provide the best possible support for our community.  With that in mind, we are developing our Immunisation Team.  This new team will support vaccination and immunisation programmes across Dumfries & Galloway, including Covid-19 vaccinations.

 As part of this exciting new development, we are recruiting for a team of Healthcare Support Worker Vaccinators who meet the current National (UK ) Immuniser Training Standards’ to provide additional support within our Immunisation Team.  This is a great opportunity to develop additional skills and to work in a friendly, welcoming team dedicated to providing vaccines to our community.

As a Healthcare Support Worker Vaccinator in this team, you will:

  • Receive full training on safely and effectively administering vaccinations
  • Following training, will be working as a Band 3 HCSW in the team
  • Work in a multi professional team across the Health Board area


Find out more

For more information on the team and these roles, please visit www.nhsdg.co.uk/work-with-us-immunisationteam. 

Closing dates for these posts will be on the Wednesday 17th March 2021. Interviews will take place on the Tuesday 30th March 2021.


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