Band 6 Practice Nurse

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 12 May 2025

Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 6 Practice Nurse 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 professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high-quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote, Nuneaton.

The vacant post is part time working 25 hours per week.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits

Access to learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
NHS Pension
Free parking
Cafe
Mess restaurant

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team, delivering primary healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health. Working alongside another B6 Practice Nurse and the Senior Medical Officer within the medical facility (MF), they will act as a focal point for Primary Health Care nursing issues within the area of practice.

We are searching for someone who can manage an individual case load, and through consultation identify, assess, and diagnose patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses, and specific diseases within their 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 youve 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

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Pro-rata. *Pay award pending.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-25-0199

Job locations

Gamecock Barracks

Bramcote

Nuneaton

Warwickshire

CV11 6QN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

Providing specialist high-quality person-centred care which always considers peoples safety, privacy, and dignity. Using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based and cost-effective.
Undertake preventative health programmes e.g., travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening and Audiometry.
Manage 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.
Action technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients with complex/specialist healthcare needs (e.g., wound care, sutures removal, electrocardiogram (ECGs), Cytology, Audiometry and Ear Care.
Carry out health and well-being clinics (e.g., smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol misuse) using health promotion, health education, screening, and therapeutic communication skills.
Planning, managing and completing episodes of care by working in partnership with others, delegating and referring (as appropriate) to optimise health outcomes and resource use. Providing direct support to patients and clients.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

At application stage you will be assessed again the following:

Experience:

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and previous skills and experience.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

At interview you will be assessed 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 NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis

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

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.

When choosing your Behaviour/Technical Skills examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

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

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.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

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.

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.

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 post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

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.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

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-SGDMSResourcing@mod.gov.uk.

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. 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.