Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Band 8a Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our vibrant and fast paced organisation here at the Regional Medical Centre based in RAF Cosford.
The successful post-holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team and will
be accountable for the direct delivery of autonomous advance primary healthcare
nursing including elements of occupational health.
Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Benefits:
- Free Parking
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
- Onsite Cafe and Restaurant
- Access to a gym
- Inclusive working environment
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide highly
specialised high-quality person-centred care which always considers peoples
safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence
based.
The post holder will plan and manage
complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and
management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations;
making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and
clinical outcomes.
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 of the role include but are not limited to:
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be
based on you application form. Please ensure that you demonstrate that you hold
all of the required skills, qualifications and memberships in your application.
At interview you
will be tested against the following technical skills:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing-HWB3 Protection of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
At interview, you will also be required to make a presentation on the following subject: 'How will you interlink your clinical practice with the GP's and how will you develop Advanced Nursing Practice within Defence Primary Healthcare?'.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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.
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.
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.
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, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
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-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include but are not limited to:
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be
based on you application form. Please ensure that you demonstrate that you hold
all of the required skills, qualifications and memberships in your application.
At interview you
will be tested against the following technical skills:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing-HWB3 Protection of Health & Wellbeing
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
At interview, you will also be required to make a presentation on the following subject: 'How will you interlink your clinical practice with the GP's and how will you develop Advanced Nursing Practice within Defence Primary Healthcare?'.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
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.
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.
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.
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, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
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-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC Register.
- Current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Advanced Practice, or relevant higher-level degree plus PG Diploma in Advanced Practice in Primary Healthcare at level 7, or successful accreditation with the Royal Collage of Nursing (RCN).
- Registered Non-Medical prescriber.
- Relevant teaching qualification or can demonstrate equivalent level of competency.
- Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
- Quality improvement methodology or willingness to undertake training
- In date for Adult Life Support/Immediate Life Support ALS/ILS, 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 IT systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
- In-depth knowledge in the field of Primary Healthcare.
- Meet Advanced Nurse Practitioner requirements and to include level 8 high intensity interventions (see NICE guidelines for descriptors of behaviour change interventions).
Desirable
- Extensive experience of leading and promoting health and well-being clinics i.e. smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol misuse, sexual health, and cervical screening.
- Extensive experience of providing care to patients with chronic illnesses e.g. Asthma, Family Planning, Diabetes, CHD and hypertension ensuring continued maintenance of the Chronic Disease Register.
- Demonstrate a high level of knowledge in relation to pattern of disease/disorder, markers of condition progression and range of treatment available at each stage of disease or condition.
- Evidence of completion of study in minor illness minor injury and history taking.
- Experience of managing and developing a nursing team.
- Experience of having provided mentorship and/or coaching to other staff.
- Evidenced of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the workplace.
- Evidence of strong teaching background.
- Evidence of practical contributions to the development of a specific service area within the past 2 years.
- Experience in primary healthcare, occupational health, military occupational health and musculoskeletal medicine.
Person Specification
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC Register.
- Current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Advanced Practice, or relevant higher-level degree plus PG Diploma in Advanced Practice in Primary Healthcare at level 7, or successful accreditation with the Royal Collage of Nursing (RCN).
- Registered Non-Medical prescriber.
- Relevant teaching qualification or can demonstrate equivalent level of competency.
- Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
- Quality improvement methodology or willingness to undertake training
- In date for Adult Life Support/Immediate Life Support ALS/ILS, 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 IT systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
- In-depth knowledge in the field of Primary Healthcare.
- Meet Advanced Nurse Practitioner requirements and to include level 8 high intensity interventions (see NICE guidelines for descriptors of behaviour change interventions).
Desirable
- Extensive experience of leading and promoting health and well-being clinics i.e. smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol misuse, sexual health, and cervical screening.
- Extensive experience of providing care to patients with chronic illnesses e.g. Asthma, Family Planning, Diabetes, CHD and hypertension ensuring continued maintenance of the Chronic Disease Register.
- Demonstrate a high level of knowledge in relation to pattern of disease/disorder, markers of condition progression and range of treatment available at each stage of disease or condition.
- Evidence of completion of study in minor illness minor injury and history taking.
- Experience of managing and developing a nursing team.
- Experience of having provided mentorship and/or coaching to other staff.
- Evidenced of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the workplace.
- Evidence of strong teaching background.
- Evidence of practical contributions to the development of a specific service area within the past 2 years.
- Experience in primary healthcare, occupational health, military occupational health and musculoskeletal medicine.
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).
