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 3 Healthcare Assistant 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 Wyton Medical Centre, RAF Wyton.
There may be a requirement to work at other facilities within the Varsity
Combined Practice (Bassingbourn and Chicksands) as dictated by business
needs.
The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work
flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business
needs.
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
- On-site free parking
- Access to gym
- Access to Pay
as You Dine facilities
Main duties of the job
As the successful candidate, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary
primary healthcare team, supporting the delivery of primary healthcare
nursing including elements of occupational health.
Due to the nature of the business, it would be beneficial if you have prior
experience of primary care. Please see the attached Job Description and Person
Specification for more information.
We are searching for someone who is able to work unsupervised, providing
high-quality nursing care to the medical facility population at risk holding an
individual case load, and through consultation identify, assess, and manage
the care of patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses,
and specific diseases within their level of competence.
Many of our practices are networked and linked to provide support to each
other. On occasion within your planned working schedule, you may be
requested to work at the linked practice site. In these situations, travel time
and cost will be allowed for.
Training will be provided to enable you to develop in your role.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing 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 as delegated by a registered practitioner.
- 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.
- Undertaking and assisting with
preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new
patients screening, audiometry, 24hr Blood Pressure monitoring and weight
management.
- Undertaking technical nursing
treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist healthcare needs
(e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Audiometry).
- Providing safe, evidence-based,
cost-effective, and individualised patient care as delegated, prioritising own
workload, and ensuring effective time management strategies are embedded in own
practice.
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 against the following:
CV:
Please ensure you
demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience,
qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making
sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV
prior to submitting your application.
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.
Artificial
Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all
examples and statements provided must be truthful,
factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where
plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences
of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications
may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidanceathttps://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/for
more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Artificial
intelligence and recruitment | Civil Service Careers - Artificial Intelligence and
Recruitment
At interview you
will be assessed against the following:
Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1
Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2
Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC5
- Quality
- NHS Health &
Wellbeing HWB1 - Promotion of health & wellbeing
- NHS Health &
Wellbeing HWB2 - Assessment and care planning
- NHS Information
& Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
The
interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and
clinical situation-based scenarios.
NHS Knowledge and
Skills Framework - https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf
The sift will be
completed within 10 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.
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.
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.
To be considered
for this role, qualifications and memberships 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.
This post does
not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.
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 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing 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 as delegated by a registered practitioner.
- 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.
- Undertaking and assisting with
preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new
patients screening, audiometry, 24hr Blood Pressure monitoring and weight
management.
- Undertaking technical nursing
treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist healthcare needs
(e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Audiometry).
- Providing safe, evidence-based,
cost-effective, and individualised patient care as delegated, prioritising own
workload, and ensuring effective time management strategies are embedded in own
practice.
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 against the following:
CV:
Please ensure you
demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience,
qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making
sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV
prior to submitting your application.
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.
Artificial
Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all
examples and statements provided must be truthful,
factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where
plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences
of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications
may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidanceathttps://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/for
more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Artificial
intelligence and recruitment | Civil Service Careers - Artificial Intelligence and
Recruitment
At interview you
will be assessed against the following:
Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1
Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2
Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC5
- Quality
- NHS Health &
Wellbeing HWB1 - Promotion of health & wellbeing
- NHS Health &
Wellbeing HWB2 - Assessment and care planning
- NHS Information
& Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
The
interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and
clinical situation-based scenarios.
NHS Knowledge and
Skills Framework - https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf
The sift will be
completed within 10 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.
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.
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.
To be considered
for this role, qualifications and memberships 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.
This post does
not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.
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 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.
Person Specification
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
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care
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
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
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Health and Social Care
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.
