About the job

Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare Scotland and Northern Ireland (DPHC(SNI)), we are inclusive and dedicated, working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!

We are looking for an Practice Nurse (Primary Healthcare) to join our welcoming team of dedicated military and civilian healthcare professionals and administrative staff located at the Kinloss Medical Centre, Forres. 

The position is part time offering 15 hours per week. The 15 hours to be worked is negotiable Monday to Friday in agreement with the Line Manager and to align with the business need. 

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Job description

The successful candidate will be working as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team delivering primary healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health. The post holder will also be working with the Senior Practice Nurse(s) or Senior Medical Officer (SMO) within the 
medical facility (MF) as well as being responsible for the delivery of appropriate assessment treatment, screening, and advice to patients within their professional competence and in accordance with DPHC clinical guidelines and protocols.

Person specification

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

• Providing safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, and individualised patient care.
• undertaking preventative health programmes e.g., travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry. 
• Supporting the care of patients with chronic illnesses e.g., Asthma, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, and hypertension ensuring continued maintenance of the Chronic Disease Register.
• Assisting with the development of plans to meet the health needs of patients including diagnostic tests, treatment plans, health promotion and prevention.
• Anticipating likely potential physical and psychological problems caused either by the condition or by treatment.

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

Benefits

• Free Parking
• Access to Gym
• Local Amenities
• Access to NHS Pension
• A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

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 for interview.

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 your CV and that you have saved it. 

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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 contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.