Band 6 Primary Care Nurse (Civilian)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Assess the needs of patients against a recognised model of care, implement and evaluate care ensuring patients receive care according to practice guidelines and delegate care accordingly; this includes prioritising treatment and care.

The delivery of minor injuries care, advice and treatment.

To advise patients, carers and families on the promotion of health and prevention of illness.

Lead and deliver health promotion clinics i.e. smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol misuse, sexual health

Deliver nurse-led clinics and chronic disease management within Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) Protocols and Guidelines.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for role requirements in further detail.

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

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

Please ensure the required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your application.

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

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) unrestricted registration
• Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures underpinned by theory.
• A Registered Nurse with professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma, supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses.
• 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.

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

Further Information

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.

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.

Travel to interview costs will not be reimbursed.

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.

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.

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.

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 additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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 in to your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures underpinned by theory. A Registered Nurse with professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma, supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses.
• 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

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current, unrestricted registration on Nursing & Midwifery Council Register.

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

Winchester Medical Group

Winchester

Hampshire

SO22 6NQ

Employer's website

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