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 looking for an
exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits
and opportunities? If
the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Band 6
Practice Nurse to join our supportive and welcoming team here at the Regional Medical Centre, RAF Cosford.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare
team, leading the delivery of primary healthcare nursing including elements
of occupational health.
This post offers 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part
time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Benefits
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- Access to learning and development tailored to your role
- NHS Pension
- Free parking
- Reduced gym membership
- Dining facilities including Starbucks, Greggs and the Mess Restaurant
- Defence Discount Card which offers discount in many shops and
on-line shopping
Main duties of the job
You will be working with the Senior Practice Nurse or
Senior Medical Officer within the Medical Facility (MF) and will be a focal
point for Primary Healthcare nursing issues within area of practice.
You will be able to work unsupervised and will be
providing nursing care to the MF population at risk. You will hold an
individual case load, and through consultation, identify, assess and diagnose
patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses and specific
diseases within your level of competence.
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
Duties of the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing safe, evidence-based, cost-effective and individualised patient
care.
- Undertaking preventative health programmes e.g. travel and vaccination
clinics, new patients screening, audiometry.
- Managing the care of patients with chronic illnesses e.g. Asthma, Diabetes,
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and hypertension ensuring continued
maintenance of the Chronic Disease Register.
- Undertaking health and well-being clinics (e.g. smoking cessation, weight
management, alcohol misuse) using health promotion, health education,
screening and therapeutic communication skills.
For a full list of responsibilities please ensure you read the attached job description and person specification document before applying for this role.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held at on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
At interview, you
will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC4 _ Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB1 - Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube
channel for on 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
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into
account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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.
The Ministry of
Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for
its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking,
protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting
those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment
policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and
chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working
environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local
guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel,
contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking,
considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be
aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence
Establishments.
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.
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.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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.
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
Duties of the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing safe, evidence-based, cost-effective and individualised patient
care.
- Undertaking preventative health programmes e.g. travel and vaccination
clinics, new patients screening, audiometry.
- Managing the care of patients with chronic illnesses e.g. Asthma, Diabetes,
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and hypertension ensuring continued
maintenance of the Chronic Disease Register.
- Undertaking health and well-being clinics (e.g. smoking cessation, weight
management, alcohol misuse) using health promotion, health education,
screening and therapeutic communication skills.
For a full list of responsibilities please ensure you read the attached job description and person specification document before applying for this role.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held at on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
At interview, you
will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC4 _ Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB1 - Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube
channel for on 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
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into
account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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.
The Ministry of
Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for
its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking,
protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting
those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment
policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and
chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working
environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local
guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel,
contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking,
considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be
aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence
Establishments.
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.
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.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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.
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
Registration details
Essential
- A Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register. Current registration with the NMC.
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in relevant area.
- Professional and specialist knowledge in primary healthcare acquired through post graduate degree/diploma or actively working towards this OR can demonstrate equivalent level of competence and experience.
- Quality improvement methodology or willingness to undertake training.
- Must be in date for Basic Life Support (BLS) Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult depending on population at risk) or willingness to undertake training.
- To be proficient in relevant IT systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Desirable
- Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
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.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Person Specification
Registration details
Essential
- A Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register. Current registration with the NMC.
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in relevant area.
- Professional and specialist knowledge in primary healthcare acquired through post graduate degree/diploma or actively working towards this OR can demonstrate equivalent level of competence and experience.
- Quality improvement methodology or willingness to undertake training.
- Must be in date for Basic Life Support (BLS) Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult depending on population at risk) or willingness to undertake training.
- To be proficient in relevant IT systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Desirable
- Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
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.
- Please use double spacing where possible
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).
