Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive and dedicated
organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
Are you a motivated individual who strives to deliver excellent healthcare?
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a large organisation
working as part of a professional encouraging team?
Do you want to be part of a great organisation which has great additional
benefits? Look no further!
Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) are looking for a dynamic, organised, and
efficient Band 3 Healthcare Assistant who will be working within our Primary Health
Care team at Colchester Medical Centre. As part of the Colchester Group Practice you
may be required to cover occasional clinics at the Military Corrective Training Centre
(MCTC).
There may be a requirement to work at other facilities within the Colchester
Combined Practice (Woodbridge & Wattisham) 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. Does this sound like 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
- Free on-site 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 pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further details.
Selection Process
The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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 the CV section of the application form.
- To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, 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 guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/
At interview you will be assessed against the following:
NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:
- 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
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Additional Information
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.
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.
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.
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.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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.
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.
For details on our complaints procedure, please see the Important Information document attached.
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 pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further details.
Selection Process
The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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 the CV section of the application form.
- To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, 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 guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/
At interview you will be assessed against the following:
NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:
- 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
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Additional Information
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.
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.
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.
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.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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.
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.
For details on our complaints procedure, please see the Important Information document attached.
Person Specification
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3 Health and Social care or equivalent.
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.
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience working in hospitals, nursing homes or primary care.
- Understanding and knowledge of military and National Health Service policies, Clinical Governance.
- Completed a course and have experience of phlebotomy (blood-taking).
Person Specification
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3 Health and Social care or equivalent.
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.
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience working in hospitals, nursing homes or primary care.
- Understanding and knowledge of military and National Health Service policies, Clinical Governance.
- Completed a course and have experience of phlebotomy (blood-taking).
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.
