Job summary
Welcome to Defence Healthcare Recovery Group (DHRG), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Occupational Health Clinician to join our encouraging and welcoming team based at Defence Medical Services (DMS) Whittington, Lichfield.
Our vibrant and fast paced organisation seeks to sustain and improve the operational efficiency of injured service personnel by supporting the delivery of a peripatetic occupational health service.
The vacant post is part time working 32 hours per week.
This role is
peripatetic and cannot be delivered using public transport. Due to this a full UK driving licence is required for this position.
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
- Professional registration fees re-imbursed
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Main duties of the job
As a qualified
occupational health clinician, the successful applicant will act as a subject
matter expert in the delivery of occupationally focused primary healthcare to
UK Reserve Forces personnel to the whole multidisciplinary team. The successful
applicant will lead and support the planning, development, and delivery of
services including occupational medicine assessments, health surveillance and
force health protection measures. This includes liaising with single and joint
service working groups and forums.
The post holder
will provide leadership, line management and professional supervision to a
national team of Band 6 nurses delivering occupationally focused primary
healthcare to United Kingdom (UK) Reserve Forces personnel. They will be
provide direction and support to the refinement of the nursing role with the
Reserve Forces Practice as well as being key to governance and delivery of a
unique occupationally focused healthcare service.
To aid the planning, development, and delivery of services
including occupational medicine assessments, health surveillance and force
health protection measures. This includes liaising with single and joint
service working groups and forums.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not
limited to:
- Hold a high level of communication skills and contribute to
the wider development of others by presenting at conferences and publication of
articles in the professional press.
- Demonstrate innovative and motivational leadership, acting
as a role model and developing teamwork within the organisation.
- Clearly communicate Occupational Health (OH) guidance to
employers both verbally and in written/electronic formats, in accordance with
current MOD regulations and best practice.
- Provide subject
matter expertise to the multidisciplinary team with regard to the planning and
delivery of occupationally focused healthcare to the Reserve forces.
- Identify knowledge and skill gaps and seek clinical
supervision and / or advice as appropriate to enhance learning and development.
- Participate and lead in healthcare governance activities
that improve the quality of healthcare and the effectiveness of their own and
others practice. Monitoring the effectiveness of all clinical practices
through the quality assurance strategies, such as the use of audit and peer
review.
- Encourage and evaluate feedback from stakeholders (e.g.
service personnel, Chain of Command (CoC) or other clinicians) to enhance
service delivery.
- Ensure patient safety and confidentiality is maintained and
meets United Kingdom Strategic Command (UK Strat Com) and Defence Primary
Healthcare (DPHC) policy and guidance.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job
Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in
further details.
Selection Process
At application stage you will be assessed against your CV.
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.
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.
At interview you will be assessed against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Further Information
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. 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.
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 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.
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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.
For information on our complaints procedure, please see attached Important Information document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not
limited to:
- Hold a high level of communication skills and contribute to
the wider development of others by presenting at conferences and publication of
articles in the professional press.
- Demonstrate innovative and motivational leadership, acting
as a role model and developing teamwork within the organisation.
- Clearly communicate Occupational Health (OH) guidance to
employers both verbally and in written/electronic formats, in accordance with
current MOD regulations and best practice.
- Provide subject
matter expertise to the multidisciplinary team with regard to the planning and
delivery of occupationally focused healthcare to the Reserve forces.
- Identify knowledge and skill gaps and seek clinical
supervision and / or advice as appropriate to enhance learning and development.
- Participate and lead in healthcare governance activities
that improve the quality of healthcare and the effectiveness of their own and
others practice. Monitoring the effectiveness of all clinical practices
through the quality assurance strategies, such as the use of audit and peer
review.
- Encourage and evaluate feedback from stakeholders (e.g.
service personnel, Chain of Command (CoC) or other clinicians) to enhance
service delivery.
- Ensure patient safety and confidentiality is maintained and
meets United Kingdom Strategic Command (UK Strat Com) and Defence Primary
Healthcare (DPHC) policy and guidance.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job
Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in
further details.
Selection Process
At application stage you will be assessed against your CV.
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.
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.
At interview you will be assessed against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Further Information
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. 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.
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 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.
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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.
For information on our complaints procedure, please see attached Important Information document.
Person Specification
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration with an appropriate governing and regulatory body, such as: National Midwifery Council (NMC).
Experience
Essential
- Current and in-depth clinical and management experience within Occupational Health. (Practitioner level)
- Evidence of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the workplace. (Practitioner level)
- Current certificate of Hepatitis B, Rubella, measles, and Varicella immunity.
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.
Licences
Essential
- A full UK driving Licence is required for this position.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and completed or working towards postgraduate training in Occupational Health, or other relevant field of practice. (Practitioner level)
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
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration with an appropriate governing and regulatory body, such as: National Midwifery Council (NMC).
Experience
Essential
- Current and in-depth clinical and management experience within Occupational Health. (Practitioner level)
- Evidence of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the workplace. (Practitioner level)
- Current certificate of Hepatitis B, Rubella, measles, and Varicella immunity.
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.
Licences
Essential
- A full UK driving Licence is required for this position.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and completed or working towards postgraduate training in Occupational Health, or other relevant field of practice. (Practitioner level)
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).
