Job summary
Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) are looking for a Part Time Band 6 Practice Nurse. The post requires someone with clinical dedication and an excellent team focus, who can adapt to a new organisational culture whilst still adhering to the highest standards of professional practice. If you are looking for a new challenge, this could be the job for you!
Please note this position advertises 18.5 hours per week and the salary will be pro-rata for the hours worked.
Please note this role is conducted across 3 sites; therefore, there is an expectation to use personal transport between the sites.
Benefits:
- NHS Pension
- Free Parking
- Access to the gym
Main duties of the job
As the successful Practice Nurse, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team
delivering general medical services and elements of occupational health to
military personnel and entitled civilian personnel.
You will work unsupervised and will be responsible for the delivery of appropriate
assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care needs, medical
screening and advice to patients within their professional competence.
You will work
within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct and
adhere to all NMC standards and Ministry of Defence (MOD) policies and
guidelines.
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 include but are not limited to:
- Assessing the needs
of patients against a recognised model of care, implementing and evaluating care, ensuring patients receive care according to practice guidelines and
delegate care accordingly; this includes prioritising treatment and
care.
- Delivering minor injuries
care, advice and treatment.
- Leading and delivering health promotion clinics i.e. smoking cessation, weight management,
alcohol misuse, sexual health.
- Delivery nurse-led clinics
and chronic disease management within Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC)
Protocols and Guidelines.
For full list of duties and responsibility please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Selection Process:
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.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours and Technical Skill:
- 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 HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Further information:
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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 ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. 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.
The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, patients and service users. MOD policy remains aligned with the government position that vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others from the risk of getting seriously ill/dying from COVID-19 and reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 to others. We therefore encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Detail concerning the options available for vaccination against COVID-19, along with information on risks and side effects is available from: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines - NHS (www.nhs.uk) to enable individuals to make an informed decision.
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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assessing the needs
of patients against a recognised model of care, implementing and evaluating care, ensuring patients receive care according to practice guidelines and
delegate care accordingly; this includes prioritising treatment and
care.
- Delivering minor injuries
care, advice and treatment.
- Leading and delivering health promotion clinics i.e. smoking cessation, weight management,
alcohol misuse, sexual health.
- Delivery nurse-led clinics
and chronic disease management within Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC)
Protocols and Guidelines.
For full list of duties and responsibility please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Selection Process:
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.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours and Technical Skill:
- 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 HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Further information:
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.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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 ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. 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.
The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, patients and service users. MOD policy remains aligned with the government position that vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others from the risk of getting seriously ill/dying from COVID-19 and reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 to others. We therefore encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Detail concerning the options available for vaccination against COVID-19, along with information on risks and side effects is available from: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines - NHS (www.nhs.uk) to enable individuals to make an informed decision.
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.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- In date Basic Life Support (BLS), Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult); willingness to fulfil training updates as required.
Experience
Essential
- Experienced and competent in history taking and physical assessment and the triage & treatment of minor injury/illness, immunisation, venepuncture, ear care, audiology, travel medicine, wound care, cervical screening; willingness to undertake specific training to fulfil competency for role and DPHC/MOD training as required.
- Supporting Learning and Assessing with experience providing mentorship and/or coaching to other staff.
Memberships and Licences
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current, unrestricted registration on Nursing & Midwifery Council Register.
- Current UK valid driving licence to allow travel between the 3 sites of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- In date Basic Life Support (BLS), Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult); willingness to fulfil training updates as required.
Experience
Essential
- Experienced and competent in history taking and physical assessment and the triage & treatment of minor injury/illness, immunisation, venepuncture, ear care, audiology, travel medicine, wound care, cervical screening; willingness to undertake specific training to fulfil competency for role and DPHC/MOD training as required.
- Supporting Learning and Assessing with experience providing mentorship and/or coaching to other staff.
Memberships and Licences
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current, unrestricted registration on Nursing & Midwifery Council Register.
- Current UK valid driving licence to allow travel between the 3 sites of this role.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
