Job summary
Are you looking for a better quality of life, no nights and no weekends. Then Defence Primary Health Care is the place for you. We can offer full time employment with all benefits of NHS continuing service without the unsociable element offering a better work life balance.
We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Senior Practice Nurse who actively demonstrates effective decision making and projects personality and character to motivate, guide and support members of the multi-disciplinary team to achieve desired end results.
This is a permanent full time role offering 37.5 hours per week. Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits:
- Inclusive working environment
- NHS Pension
- Free parking
- Access to gym
- Pay-As-You Dine facilities
Main duties of the job
The primary function of the Band 7 Senior Practice Nurse within DPHC is to ensure the safe and effective delivery of nursing care. To provide effective clinical care through history taking, examination, diagnosing and prescribing to patients. Band 7 Senior Practice Nurse is responsible for all nursing services within the facilities. Our facilities are currently networked and you will manage all nursing staff in collaboration with serving Military nurses and work closely with practice managers and General Practitioners to ensure that nurses are providing evidence based practice and ensure preventative measures to chronic disease are identified and that active health promotion is delivered. You will mentor junior nurses, medics and Healthcare Assistants within the network from all disciplines and assist with setting objectives and achieving good health outcomes to support the delivery of care to ensure maximum deployability across the region.
You provide visible leadership of the nursing team and ensure that there is a vision and direction for the team to work towards achieving.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities of the role:
- Accountable for the direction of clinical delivery including managing, motivating, supervising, and allocating resource and time to ensure optimum clinical delivery.
- Line management of civilian and military healthcare staff (where applicable).
- Ensures maximum optimisation of staff availability and clinical delivery.
- Will be expected to travel to other sites as required.
- Collaborates with the RNA to ensure that the appropriate professional and managerial structures exist to support delivery of service and are in line with DPHC vision and nursing agenda.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
You will be assessed against the following Skills Framework:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHSCore NHSC3 - Health, Safety and Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 -Quality
- NHS Core - NHS6 - Equality and Diversity
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly will be considered, in the case of a job share this will need to make
up the full time hours taking into account the business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities of the role:
- Accountable for the direction of clinical delivery including managing, motivating, supervising, and allocating resource and time to ensure optimum clinical delivery.
- Line management of civilian and military healthcare staff (where applicable).
- Ensures maximum optimisation of staff availability and clinical delivery.
- Will be expected to travel to other sites as required.
- Collaborates with the RNA to ensure that the appropriate professional and managerial structures exist to support delivery of service and are in line with DPHC vision and nursing agenda.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
You will be assessed against the following Skills Framework:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHSCore NHSC3 - Health, Safety and Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 -Quality
- NHS Core - NHS6 - Equality and Diversity
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly will be considered, in the case of a job share this will need to make
up the full time hours taking into account the business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Advanced Practice Nurse Qualification / post graduate diploma in Advance Practice or successful accreditation with the Royal Collage of Nursing (RCN) or actively working towards this and can demonstrate equivalent level of competence and experience in clinical assessment and diagnosis)
Experience
Desirable
- Experience at Agenda for Change (AfC) 6 or equivalent working within Primary Healthcare.
- Valid Driving Licence.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Advanced Practice Nurse Qualification / post graduate diploma in Advance Practice or successful accreditation with the Royal Collage of Nursing (RCN) or actively working towards this and can demonstrate equivalent level of competence and experience in clinical assessment and diagnosis)
Experience
Desirable
- Experience at Agenda for Change (AfC) 6 or equivalent working within Primary Healthcare.
- Valid Driving Licence.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
