Is it necessary to get a tetanus vaccine for a cut on the finger?

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Yes, certainly you should have tetanus booster shot as early as possible. Also, does wound appears infected, is there a large wound, any pus or redness, etc.? If yes, then needs antibiotics like capsule Augmentin (Amoxicillin and Clavulanic acid) 625 mg three times a day for five days along with some antacids like tablet Pan DSR (Pantoprazole and Domperidone) before breakfast once a day. If not then you can simply apply some Mupirocin ointment twice daily for 3 to 4 days.

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Yes, it will be effective. It appears he has prescribed you the antibiotics, although I am not able to read all the medicine, the first one is Cefixime. I think you can have those. I will spend some more time with prescription and try to decipher it.

Leg and groin pain is not related to it. And absolutely no need to worry. Likelihood of acquiring tetanus is less although remotely, you were vaccinated and immunity tends to persist in the blood. Also, since it was a clean metallic lid, it is less likely to carry tetanus spores. So no need to worry so much and have vaccination to be on safer side.

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Vaccination is usually safe and it can cause you pain at injection site, some fever, body aches. If some serious reaction is to occur it will occur immediately but is rare. Delayed reactions will be mild. Third medicine is probably Paracetamol. I do not think there is need of any medicines other than antibiotics especially if the wound is large or infected. No harm in applying Mupirocin ointment which is antibiotics ointment. So I think you can wait for having those medicine. If possible, you can upload the photo of the wound.

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It includes antibiotic Cefixime, Chymotrypsin (a digestive enzyme), Paracetamol probably for pain or fever. These three are safe.