Travel Clinic Nurse

FLEET STREET CLINIC – TRAVEL CLINIC NURSE Entry Level / Graduate – Permanent About Us The Fleet Street Clinic is a fully-resourced, multidisciplinary medical centre, with a long-established, well-known independent specialist Travel Clinic. We are a small, friendly team and offer a stimulating and varied working environment with plenty of opportunity for training and personal development. The travel clinic provides pre- and post-travel care to a wide range of leisure and business travellers, often supporting the news media industry working in some of the world's riskiest places. We regularly undertake special projects supporting our corporate clients, ranging from reality TV shows to onsite delivery of workplace flu vaccinations and health programmes for healthcare workers and the emergency services. About the Role We are seeking a permanent, entry-level Travel Clinic Nurse (4 or 5 days a week, to include one late shift and one Saturday clinic per month) to join our expanding team. This role is ideal for a recent Tropical Nursing graduate, or a nurse with a strong personal interest in travel and tropical health, who is looking to build a future career in Travel Medicine. No prior specific experience in travel health is required – full training and ongoing mentorship will be provided by our senior nursing team. Salary negotiable according to experience. As you develop in the role, you will be supported to gain recognised travel health qualifications (such as the Certificate in Travel Health) and to take on increasing clinical responsibility, with a clear path to progress within the clinic. Typical duties include: Providing travel health consultations, advising travellers on the full range of travel health issues, administering vaccines (including yellow fever), anti-malarial medications, supplying travel health related products and medical kits Answering emails and telephone calls from patients, managing patient appointments Working under a PGD framework to administer vaccinations and medication General adult vaccination services (e.g. HPV vaccine, shingles vaccines) Administering paediatric vaccines (e.g. meningitis, BCG, hepatitis B, varicella) Providing vaccines and blood tests for occupational health purposes, medicals and visa medicals Supporting pre-departure medicals for travellers Assembling/updating travel medical kits Working off-site on corporate projects (e.g. company health promotion/wellbeing days, group vaccination sessions, flu vaccination campaigns) Undertaking mini health screens (BP, BMI, blood sugar checks) and practice nursing services (such as wound dressings & stitches removal) Stocking clinical rooms, ordering vaccines and medicines, managing clinic stock levels Assisting other members of the clinic where required (such as doctors and front of house reception) About You: In addition to your nursing qualification (NMC registration) and entitlement to work in the UK: Recent Tropical Nursing graduate, or Practice Nursing background Prior specific experience or training in Travel Medicine is helpful but not essential – training will be provided Experience of working abroad or personal travel in developing countries is desirable We would also be interested in hearing from nurses with, or working towards, an Occupational Health qualification Genuine enthusiasm for developing a career in Travel Medicine Excellent communication and English language skills (oral and written) Computer literate Flexible, "can do" outlook How to Apply To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to jobs@fleetstreetclinic.com.