Band 5 Practice Nurse

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

We are looking for a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic Band 5 Practice Nurse to join our primary health care team at Defence school of transport (DST), North Humberside.

This position offers 37.5 hours per week. 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.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Benefits

On-site Free Parking
Use of Gym
An NHS pension
A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity

Main duties of the job

As the successful candidate you will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team delivering general medical services and elements of occupational health to military personnel. You will be responsible to the Senior Nurse for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening and advice to patients within your professional competence. You will work within the NMC code of professional conduct and adhere to all Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards and Ministry of Defence (MOD) policies and guidelines.

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.

Date posted

19 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum (pro-rata for Part Time) *Pay award pending

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-24-0166

Job locations

Defence School Of Transport

Normandy Barracks

Leconfield

Beverley

HU17 7LX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties of the role include but are not limited to:

Providing appropriate primary health care (PHC) nursing care to the medical centre population in conjunction with the PHC team.
Triage of minor injuries/minor illness.
Vital observations and diagnostics Blood pressure (BP), pulse, oxygen saturation levels (SATS), temperature, respiration rate, blood glucose monitoring, peak flow recording.
Acting aslead nurse for the care of patients with long term conditions.
Maintaining accurate electronic and written records maintaining confidentiality of information.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities

Selection Process

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and 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

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting 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. Please make sure no personal details are included.

Additional 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.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

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 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.Please copy and paste the link below into your browser.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence 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.

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.

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.

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)

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 appropriate primary health care (PHC) nursing care to the medical centre population in conjunction with the PHC team.
Triage of minor injuries/minor illness.
Vital observations and diagnostics Blood pressure (BP), pulse, oxygen saturation levels (SATS), temperature, respiration rate, blood glucose monitoring, peak flow recording.
Acting aslead nurse for the care of patients with long term conditions.
Maintaining accurate electronic and written records maintaining confidentiality of information.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities

Selection Process

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and 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

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Additional 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.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

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)

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

Professional/ clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level.
Must be a Registered Nurse, with a live registration on Part 1 of the NMC Register and hold a valid and in date Personal Identification Number (PIN) with no restriction of practice.
Must hold in-date BLS, Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

Desirable

Mentorship Qualification
Safeguarding Level 2/3 certificates.

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.

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.

Experience

Desirable

Experience in primary healthcare, travel health, health surveillance and screening
Minimum 2 years post registration experience in addition to specified qualifications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional/ clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level.
Must be a Registered Nurse, with a live registration on Part 1 of the NMC Register and hold a valid and in date Personal Identification Number (PIN) with no restriction of practice.
Must hold in-date BLS, Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

Desirable

Mentorship Qualification
Safeguarding Level 2/3 certificates.

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.

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.

Experience

Desirable

Experience in primary healthcare, travel health, health surveillance and screening
Minimum 2 years post registration experience in addition to specified qualifications.

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.