Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
Working as part
of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team (MDT) at our Medical Centres at RAF Benson & Abingdon delivering primary
healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health.
Working with
the Principal Nursing Officer (PNO) or Senior Medical Officer (SMO) within the
medical facility (MF) and will be a focal point for Primary Healthcare nursing
issues within area of practice.
Working unsupervised and provide nursing care to the Medical Facility (MF)
population at risk.
Holding 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.
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- You will provide
specialist high-quality person-centred care which always
- Considering peoples safety, privacy and dignity
using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based.
- You will be responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment,
screening and advice to patients within their professional competence and in
accordance with Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) clinical guidelines and
protocols.
- Providing expert clinical advice, leadership and
support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and
demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and
decision-making skills.
- Acting as a role model, delivering high quality
practice and promoting clinical effectiveness in care.
- Will have line management, training and clinical
supervision responsibilities for Military Medics, junior practice nurses,
Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Please see the Job description and Person specification for
full details.
Selection process:
At application stage you will be assessed again the following:
- Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and previous skills and experience.
- 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.
- The selection at sift stage will be based only on your CV
At interview you will be assessed again the following:
You will be presented with scenerios that encompass the following framework:
- 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 & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3 Protection of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management.
A 15-20 minute presentation
will be expected at interview. Details of which will be sent to the
successful candidates prior to the interview date.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
When choosing your 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.
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.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
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.
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
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.
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 Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
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.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans 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.
