Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an
inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our
entitled personnel.
Are you a motivated individual who strives to
deliver excellent healthcare?
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join
a large organisation working as part of a professional encouraging team?
Do you want to be part of a great organisation
which has great additional benefits? Look no further!
Defence
Primary Health Care (DPHC) Central and Wessex region are looking for a dynamic,
organised, and efficient Band 5 Practice Nurse who will be
working within our Primary Health Care team at The David Stone Medical Centre,
located at Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton, Carterton OX18 3LX
The
medical centre is a mixed practice that meets the needs of both Serving
Personnel and their families. The patient population is in the region of 5500
This
position is available with 37.5 hours per week
We
offer the following employee benefits:
- Free Parking
- Access to a Gym
- An inclusive working environment
- Learning and development opportunities
Main duties of the job
As the successful candidate, you will work as part
of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team, leading the delivery of primary
healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health.
Due to the nature of the business, it would be
beneficial if you have prior experience of primary care. Please see the
attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
We are searching for someone who is able to
work unsupervised, providing high-quality nursing care to the medical facility
population at risk holding an individual case load, and through consultation
identify, assess, and manage the care of patients with complex health needs,
minor injuries, minor illnesses, and specific diseases within their level of
competence.
Many
of our practices are networked and linked to provide support to each other. On
occasion within your planned working schedule, you may be requested to work at
the linked practice site. In these situations, travel time and cost will be
allowed for.
Training and Preceptorship will be provided to
develop your skills and knowledge to work effectively in our teams.
We welcome applications from newly qualified
Registered Nurses at the start of their Nursing career, please see details
below.
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
As the successful candidate your duties include but are not
limited to:
- Providing
specialist high-quality person-centred primary care
which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using high quality
clinical knowledge that is evidence based, with use of core healthcare guidelines.
- Being
responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening, and advice to
patients within their professional competence and in accordance with (DPHC)
clinical guidelines and protocols
- Providing
safe, evidence-based, efficient, and individualised patient care
- Undertaking
preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new
patients screening, audiometry.
- Undertaking
technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist
healthcare needs (e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs),
Cytology, Audiometry, Ear Care)
- Providing
specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare
professionals following assessment, diagnosis and through treatment
Please see the attached Job Description and Person
Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account 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.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please
ensure you demonstrate
that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications
and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no
personal details are included.
Please
see the link to our Youtube
channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on
answering behaviour
based
questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations
from work, volunteering
or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word
limit.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
Please copy and paste the link into your browser.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension
scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement
to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the
continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People
Development
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health Safety &
Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and
Diversity
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion
of Health and Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2
Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3
Protection of Health and Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6
Assessment and Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS
IK1 Information Processing
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS
IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
Further information
relating to the KSF Competencies and Levels can be
found here: NHS KSF
and development review process (scot.nhs.uk)
The Interview will
consist of a Mix of direct questions and Clinical Situation based Scenarios.
We
encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against
COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached
further information document for full details.
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. This role does not meet that category and we
will not sponsor a
visa.
It 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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans
initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser
or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.
Please
ensure you have read all the details in the important
information link prior to applying.
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
As the successful candidate your duties include but are not
limited to:
- Providing
specialist high-quality person-centred primary care
which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using high quality
clinical knowledge that is evidence based, with use of core healthcare guidelines.
- Being
responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening, and advice to
patients within their professional competence and in accordance with (DPHC)
clinical guidelines and protocols
- Providing
safe, evidence-based, efficient, and individualised patient care
- Undertaking
preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new
patients screening, audiometry.
- Undertaking
technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist
healthcare needs (e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs),
Cytology, Audiometry, Ear Care)
- Providing
specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare
professionals following assessment, diagnosis and through treatment
Please see the attached Job Description and Person
Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account 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.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Please
ensure you demonstrate
that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications
and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no
personal details are included.
Please
see the link to our Youtube
channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on
answering behaviour
based
questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations
from work, volunteering
or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word
limit.
https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
Please copy and paste the link into your browser.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension
scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement
to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the
continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People
Development
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health Safety &
Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 Quality
- NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and
Diversity
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion
of Health and Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2
Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3
Protection of Health and Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6
Assessment and Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS
IK1 Information Processing
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS
IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
Further information
relating to the KSF Competencies and Levels can be
found here: NHS KSF
and development review process (scot.nhs.uk)
The Interview will
consist of a Mix of direct questions and Clinical Situation based Scenarios.
We
encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against
COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached
further information document for full details.
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. This role does not meet that category and we
will not sponsor a
visa.
It 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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans
initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser
or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.
Please
ensure you have read all the details in the important
information link prior to applying.
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
- Professional/ clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered Nurse on Sub-Part 1 RNA /RN(A) of the Nursing and Midwifery Register
- Current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- (UK) Driving Licence is required
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Applicants with NMC PIN in Progress (NMC PiP)
Essential
- As part of the MOD standard pre-employment checks proof of NMC Registration and PIN number is required. Applicants who can demonstrate that they have successfully completed their Nursing Degree (Adult) Level 6 or Nursing Diploma (Adult) Level 5; but are awaiting their PIN number are eligible to apply for this post.
- If successful applicant(s) will start as a pre-registered nurse AfC Band 3 until NMC Registration is confirmed and received. One receipt of PIN pay will be adjusted to AfC Band 5. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional/ clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered Nurse on Sub-Part 1 RNA /RN(A) of the Nursing and Midwifery Register
- Current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- (UK) Driving Licence is required
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Applicants with NMC PIN in Progress (NMC PiP)
Essential
- As part of the MOD standard pre-employment checks proof of NMC Registration and PIN number is required. Applicants who can demonstrate that they have successfully completed their Nursing Degree (Adult) Level 6 or Nursing Diploma (Adult) Level 5; but are awaiting their PIN number are eligible to apply for this post.
- If successful applicant(s) will start as a pre-registered nurse AfC Band 3 until NMC Registration is confirmed and received. One receipt of PIN pay will be adjusted to AfC Band 5. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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).
