Are you a healthcare professional who is passionate about promoting public health, improving the immunisation rate and keen to join our team on a casual basis from March through to June this year?

About You

A highly organised person with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A nurse that can establish good communication with clients and make them feel at ease during the immunisation process. Attention to detail, familiarity with IT processes and meticulous documentation skills are necessary to ensure accurate records and adherence to legal requirements.

About Vaxicare

Vaxicare is a Qld provider of Onsite workplace vaccination services. We have been operating for over 15 years. We are a dedicated family-owned business based, working with Queenslanders and have over 30 years of medical and nursing experience! We offer one of the best rates of pay in the industry for the best nurses.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Current Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration

• Current, completed, accredited Immunisation Qualification.
  IMPORTANT NOTE:  Not just COVID Vaccination Training.
  See the recommended courses below to obtain this qualification.

• Minimum 1 year‘s experience in nursing (immunisation experience will be well regarded)

• Current CPR Certificate

Also requires

• Sound knowledge of vaccination procedures

• Ability to work as a team player and strong communication skills

• Ability to work autonomously

• Time management skills

• Computer literate

• Own car and mobile phone

• Ability to manage adverse reactions or emergencies effectively

• Current Blue Card for working with children

We need Nurse Immunisers to run Workplace Vaccination Clinics for South East Qld area including:

• Brisbane South 

• Brisbane North

• Moreton Bay

• Sunshine Coast

• Gold Coast 

• Logan Region

• Ipswich & Ipswich Hinterland

• Toowoomba & Darling Downs

Your Availability

This work offers flexibility for Nurses to fit shifts around existing commitments, best suited to RN’s who want part-time work during their time or days off.

Immunisation Courses available for RNs in Australia 

Accredited Immunisation Certificate Providers

In Queensland, it is mandatory for registered nurses (RNs) to complete an approved, accredited immunisation training course to practice as an Immunisation Program Nurse (IPN) and legally administer vaccines. This certification ensures compliance with the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 and allows nurses to work independently or within specific health programs

• Australian College of Nursing (ACN)

• Course: 347 National Immunisation Program for Healthcare Practitioners

• Cost: $500

• Format: 100% Online and self-paced

• Contact Phone: 1800 265 534

• Contact Email: immunisation@acn.edu.au

• SA Health

• Course: Understanding Vaccines and the National Immunisation Program

• Cost: $385

• Format: 100% Online and self-paced

• Contact Phone: 1300 232 272

• Contact Email: Health.ProgramSupport@sa.gov.au

• Cunningham Centre (Queensland Health)

• Course: Cunningham Centre Immunisation Course

• Cost: $800 (external rate)

• Format: Online eLearning; self-paced over approximately 130 hours

• Contact Phone: (07) 4699 8123

• Contact Email: ccnursing@health.qld.gov.au

• The Benchmarque Group

• Course: Immunisation Course for Health Professionals

• Cost: $850

• Format: Hybrid; includes online study plus a face-to-face or virtual workshop

• Contact Phone: 1300 855 568

• Contact Email: courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

• University of Melbourne

• Course: Immunisation (Nurse Immuniser) Short Course

• Cost: $907.50.

• Format: 100% Online and self-paced

• Contact Phone: (03) 9035 3821.

• Contact Email: gp-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au

• Australian Catholic University (ACU)

• Course: National Immunisation Education Program for Health Professionals

• Cost: $995

• Format: 100% Online and self-paced

• Contact Phone: (07) 3623 7276 or 1300 275 228

• Contact Email: immuniser@acu.edu.au

Tax Deductibility

• These courses are generally tax deductible if they directly relate to your current employment as a nurse and help maintain or improve your required skills.

• You must have paid the cost yourself without being reimbursed by an employer to claim it.