Band 5 Registered Nurse

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

We are Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) and we are searching for a professional, motivated Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our encouraging and friendly team at DMRC Stanford Hall, Stanford on Soar, Loughborough.

DMRC is an inclusive and dedicated organisation working hard to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!

This post offers 37.5 hours per week, if this sounds like a role for you, please apply.

Benefits

  • NHS Pension
  • Inclusive working environment
  • Free parking
  • Gym access
  • On site shop

Main duties of the job

DMRC Stanford Hall is a part of Strategic Command. The Unit provides a rehabilitation service for the Defence Medical Services (DMS). Within DMRC rehabilitation teams include Complex Trauma, Neurological Services, Force Generation (Spines and Upper Quadrant, Specialist Rehab, Lower Limbs) and Pain Management Service. Patients seen at DMRC have a variety of conditions and are rehabilitated by a consultant led interdisciplinary team (IDT). This role is to deliver and co-ordinate safe nursing care to patients with complex needs.

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.

Date posted

09 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per annum, pro-rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-23-0414

Job locations

DMRC Stanford Hall,

Stanford on Soar

Loughborough

LE12 5QW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

  • The successful candidate will be expected to work unsupervised on the Ward as per the rotational shift pattern as and when required.

  • Carrying continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs and provide a range of clinical and management services.

  • Be able to work unsupervised to provide appropriate standards of nursing care
  • Undertaking technical nursing treatments for patients with complex/specialist healthcare needs e.g. complex wound care, IV administration, and spinal care.
  • Actively support and contribute to Practice Development Plans.
  • Co-ordinate care of patients, referring to and liaising with other agencies and disciplines

Please pay particular attention to the dedicated Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

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.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

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.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

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.

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

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

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.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV.

At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework, and Civil Service Behaviours -

  • NHS Core - NHSC3 - Health, Safety & Security
  • NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
  • NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
  • NHS Core - NHSC6 - Equality and Diversity
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Leadership
  • Working Together
  • Making Effective Decisions

More information on Civil Service Behaviours can be found by copy and pasting the following link in to your browser: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/behaviours

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. 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 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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250 word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube- If you're seeing this on NHS Jobs, please copy and paste the following link in to your web browser www.youtube.com/@dms_milmed

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

  • The successful candidate will be expected to work unsupervised on the Ward as per the rotational shift pattern as and when required.

  • Carrying continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs and provide a range of clinical and management services.

  • Be able to work unsupervised to provide appropriate standards of nursing care
  • Undertaking technical nursing treatments for patients with complex/specialist healthcare needs e.g. complex wound care, IV administration, and spinal care.
  • Actively support and contribute to Practice Development Plans.
  • Co-ordinate care of patients, referring to and liaising with other agencies and disciplines

Please pay particular attention to the dedicated Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

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.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

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.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

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.

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

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

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.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV.

At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework, and Civil Service Behaviours -

  • NHS Core - NHSC3 - Health, Safety & Security
  • NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
  • NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
  • NHS Core - NHSC6 - Equality and Diversity
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Leadership
  • Working Together
  • Making Effective Decisions

More information on Civil Service Behaviours can be found by copy and pasting the following link in to your browser: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/behaviours

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. 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 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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250 word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube- If you're seeing this on NHS Jobs, please copy and paste the following link in to your web browser www.youtube.com/@dms_milmed

Person Specification

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration

Qualifications

Essential

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

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 ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
Person Specification

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration

Qualifications

Essential

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

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 ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

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).

Additional information

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

DMRC Stanford Hall,

Stanford on Soar

Loughborough

LE12 5QW


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

DMRC Stanford Hall,

Stanford on Soar

Loughborough

LE12 5QW


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Sister Hannah Thompson

hannah.thompson201@mod.gov.uk

Date posted

09 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per annum, pro-rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-23-0414

Job locations

DMRC Stanford Hall,

Stanford on Soar

Loughborough

LE12 5QW


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