About the job

Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive and welcoming organisation, dedicated to providing care to our service personnel!

Are you a hard working Band 6 Physiotherapist looking for an exciting new challenge?

Look no further.

We have an exciting new opportunity here at the Neptune Medical Centre, HM Naval Base Clyde. Please note that this is a part-time role which is for 19 hours per week.

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist you will be supporting the DPHC in providing healthcare to military personnel at Neptune Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility (PCRF) which includes undertaking highly skilled exercise-based work in the musculoskeletal and sports injury area with the aim of returning the individual back to full fitness for their job role.

Job description

Our chosen candidate will set out to ensure the provision of a comprehensive and professional physiotherapy/rehabilitation service for entitled personnel.

This will include undertaking highly skilled and specialist work in the musculo-skeletal/sports and training injury area including group therapy.

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.

Person specification

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Performing highly skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients referred by Consultants, General Practitioners and other Healthcare Professionals with diverse presentations and complex and acute/chronic physical conditions and sports injuries.  To use clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
• Formulating, develop and deliver a specialised individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
• Communicating effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have barriers to communication e.g., English as their second language.
• Participating in the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) scheme and be responsible for complying with agreed development programmes, including attendance at appropriately planned and selected post-graduate courses.
• To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment, patient appliances and aids, attaining competence prior to use. Including the identification and reporting of work service requirements and repair needs within the department.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see attached the Terms of Reference document.

Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension scheme
• A diverse and inclusive working environment
• Pay as you dine facilities
• Free Parking
• Access to Gym, Dining Facilities, Shop
• Eligible for Defence Discount Card / Blue Light Card
• CPD Scheme - up to £330 per training year

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.

Desirable skills/experience

Relevant experience in the assessment and treatment of musculo-skeletal disorders, sports injuries and orthopaedic conditions

Further information:

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.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held at Neptune Medical Centre, HM Naval Base Clyde on a date to be confirmed.

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 ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it.

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

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

• NHS Core - NHSC1: Communication
• NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement    
• NHS Core - NHSC5: Quality
• NHS Core - NHSC2 – Personal & People Development    
• NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 – Assessment & Treatment Planning    
• NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB7 – Interventions & Treatment    

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 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. 

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.

Please be aware that MoD medical roles based in Scotland will be aligned with the Agenda for Change NHS Pay Scales and Bands for England and Wales.

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.

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.

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.