Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/24475/19517
Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Term Time
24 hours per week, Term-Time only.
Starting Salary £25,500 (FTE) plus Group Pension
Weekly contracted hours:
24
Location:
Walton
Closing Date:
21/06/2026
Job Category:
HCRG – Additional Clinical Services
Service type:
HCRG – Children’s Services
Business Unit:
HCRG – Surrey 0-19
Job Introduction
As a Children’s Community Immunisation and Screening Support Assistant you will be part of our Children’s Immunisation Team based within HCRG Care Group, providing a range of benefits including starting salary of £25,500 (FTE) with group pension, free tea, coffee and milk at your base location, membership of My Reward Hub with discounts and offers, access to wages when earned, online and face‑to‑face wellbeing support, eLearning and career development opportunities, and a culture encouraging ideas backed by innovation funding.
Are you passionate about making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people across Surrey? Join our friendly and dedicated Immunisation Team, where your work will help protect local communities and support children to thrive.
In this varied and rewarding role you will play an important part in delivering the school‑aged Immunisation Programme and the National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP). You will work across schools, community venues, collaborating with school nurses, educational staff, primary care colleagues, public health teams and other agencies to ensure smooth delivery of services.
The role is mobile with a designated base, travelling across the county as part of daily work.
This role is Monday – Friday and will be Term‑Time only.
Main Responsibilities
- Communicate effectively with professionals, children, young people, families and the public across diverse settings and communication needs.
- Promote vaccination and general health messages in line with the Making Every Contact Count approach.
- Support all administrative tasks before and after immunisation/NCMP sessions, ensuring accurate data entry, record‑keeping and timely submission of required statistics.
- Maintain confidentiality, consent awareness and compliance with information governance policies.
- Assist with ordering equipment, managing resources and supporting cold chain processes.
- Travel to venues, transport equipment and help with setting up immunisation/NCMP clinics.
- Maximise vaccination uptake by identifying and reducing barriers during sessions.
- Provide onsite administrative support, including school liaison, post‑immunisation support and accurate cohort data collection.
- Recognise, elevate and respond appropriately to concerns, safeguarding issues or emergencies such as anaphylaxis.
- Ensure equipment and venues are clean, safe and well maintained.
- Seek service user feedback and contribute to audits, clinical governance and service improvements.
- Participate in meetings, training, inductions and maintain 100% compliance with required quality and safety training.
- Manage time effectively, support new colleagues and act with awareness of service costs.
Ideal Candidate
- Care Certificate (or willingness to complete).
- Excellent written, verbal and telephone communication skills with a friendly, approachable manner.
- Enthusiasm for working with children and young people, with sensitivity when supporting anxious individuals.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy and organisational skills.
- Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Confident building positive professional relationships across clinical and non‑clinical settings.
- Proactive, self‑motivated and adaptable to changing service needs.
- Quality‑focused, punctual and aware of safeguarding responsibilities.
- Competent in data entry, databases and Excel.
- Able to travel as required, with patience and good sense of humour.
- Experience working with children, young people and schools.
- Experience supporting immunisation sessions.
- Knowledge of child health reporting processes (e.g. cohort data).
- Understanding of cold chain procedures.
- Experience with stock management and ordering.
- Full valid driving licence.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. We are a Disability Confident Company and provide an inclusive work environment.
All staff are subject to a safer recruitment process including disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. The company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited; by applying for this job we’ll process and hold information about you.
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