Band 5 Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

As the successful candidate your duties include but are not limited to:

Providing specialist high-quality person-centred primary care which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using high quality clinical knowledge that is evidence based, with use of core healthcare guidelines.

Being responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening, and advice to patients within their professional competence and in accordance with (DPHC) clinical guidelines and protocols

Providing safe, evidence-based, efficient, and individualised patient care

Undertaking preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry.

Undertaking technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist healthcare needs (e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Cytology, Audiometry, Ear Care)

Providing specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following assessment, diagnosis and through treatment

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

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Competencies:

NHS Core - NHSC1 Communication Level 2

NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development Level 2

NHS Core NHSC3 Health Safety & Security Level 3

NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement Level 2

NHS Core - NHSC5 Quality Level 2

NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity Level 2

NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health and Wellbeing Level 2

NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning Level 3

NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3 Protection of Health and Wellbeing Level 2

NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment and Treatment Planning Level 2

NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing Level 1

NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis Level 1

Further information relating to the KSF Competencies and Levels can be found here: NHS KSF and development review process (scot.nhs.uk)

The Interview will consist of a Mix of direct questions and Clinical Situation based Scenarios.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, qualifications, and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it using your surname then first name prior to submitting your application.

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

The successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of the following:

Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level.

Registered Nurse with live registration on Part 1 Subsection 1 (RN1/RN(A)) of the UK NMC register.

Applicants with NMC PIN in Progress (NMC PiP)

As part of the MOD standard pre-employment checks proof of NMC Registration and PIN number is required. Applicants who can demonstrate that they have successfully completed their Nursing Degree (Adult) Level 6 or Nursing Diploma (Adult) Level 5; but are awaiting their PIN number are eligible to apply for this post.

If successful applicant(s) will start as a pre-registered nurse AfC Band 3 until NMC Registration is confirmed and received. One receipt of PIN pay will be adjusted to AfC Band 5. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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

Due to the high interest in these roles only the top 8 candidates that score over the quality line will be offered an interview.

We are currently unable to open documents saved in the docx format. If your CV is in this format, please re-save in a different format prior to uploading. Should you submit in the docx format, your CV may not be considered for the vacancy.

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.

Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.

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.

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.

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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.

Please ensure you have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 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 Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
• Willingness to undertake specific training to fulfil competency for role (e.g., audiometry, ear care, minor illness/injury, physical assessment, and history taking, travel health) and DPHC/MOD training as appropriate.

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.

Qualifications

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.

Behaviour Statement

Essential

• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Benson Group Medical Centre

Dalton Barracks

Abingdon

Oxfordshire

OX13 6JB

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)