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Band 5
Part-time, Annualised hours

Immunisation Nurse (Uckfield)

Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustUckfield£32,073 - £39,043Closes 27/09/2026

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Band
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Part-time, Annualised hours
Hours / week
14
Posted
17/09/2026
Closes
27/09/2026

Sponsorship verdict

This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.

NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.

Role summary

This role involves delivering immunisation services within schools and community settings, focusing on national vaccination programmes like HPV, Teenage booster, and nasal flu. The nurse will be responsible for clinical delivery, patient safety, and providing specialist advice on immunisation issues. It requires working 14 hours per week on an annualised contract, across 42 weeks a year, and involves travel between various sites.

Essential criteria

  • RN/M qualification / degree or diploma
  • Evidence of a range of clinical competencies

Desirable criteria

  • Completion of Immunisation training that reflects HPA standards
  • Post registration experience
  • Experience in a community setting
  • Experience of working with children/young people
  • Skills and Knowledge
  • IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
  • A clear understanding of the role of immunisations and public health
  • Good communication and negotiation skills
  • Demonstrates competency in managing and administering immunisations
  • Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
  • Ability to travel between sites, care owner/driver, with access to a vehicle for work purposes
  • RN/M qualification / degree or diploma
  • Evidence of a range of clinical competencies
  • Completion of Immunisation training that reflects HPA standards
  • Post registration experience
  • Experience in a community setting
  • Experience of working with children/young people
  • Skills and Knowledge
  • IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
  • A clear understanding of the role of immunisations and public health
  • Good communication and negotiation skills
  • Demonstrates competency in managing and administering immunisations
  • Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
  • Ability to travel between sites, care owner/driver, with access to a vehicle for work purposes

Useful to know

Band 5 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.

This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.

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Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Immunisation Nurse (Uckfield)

The closing date is 27 September 2026

Job summary

Our innovative and dynamic Immunisation teams are dedicated to improving immunisation uptake and delivering the national evidence-based Schools' Immunisation Programmes. We are hiring a registered nurse to work 14 hours per week, on an annualised contract, working 42 weeks a year. The applicant must a full UK driving license and access to a car during their working day.

The role encompasses responsibility for clinical delivery of vaccinations and patient safety, specialist advice on immunisation issues, and the opportunity to develop skills in both independent and team working.

We welcome applicants who can demonstrate a willingness to work flexibly and cooperatively with colleagues both within their own team and the wider multidisciplinary teams across the whole SCFT area. You will need to be motivated, conscientious and committed to supporting us to maintain high vaccination coverage across Sussex.

The team visits several schools across the county every day, so you would be likely to visit a different school each day during school term time and carry out catch-up clinics during the school holidays. We currently offer HPV and Teenage booster vaccinations in secondary schools and nasal spray flu vaccinations to eligible cohorts within schools. We al

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