About the job

Job summary

Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) has an exciting and unique role available for a Band 6 Nurse. We have an inclusive working environment and offer many great benefits! We are a dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our hardworking personnel.

We are looking for an organised, motivated and supportive Band 6 Nurse to join our excellent team at Kentigern House.

If you think this is the role for you, we would love to hear from you!

Job description

As the Band 6 Nurse, you will act as a clinical and educational resource to colleagues, Civilian Medical Practitioners and Medical Officers and patients from both the regular and volunteer reserve forces (VRF).

Under supervision of medical officers/civilian medical practitioners within the practice, you will deliver care within the boundaries and scope of practice in line with the competencies expected of a Band 6 National Health Service (NHS) Practice Nurse as outlined by Royal College of Nursing Key Success Factors (RCN KSF). The primary focus is on occupationally focused primary care including supporting occupational grading, force preparation and demobilisation, and health surveillance for a local population of regular personnel as well as providing support to VRF personnel across the region.

Person specification

The successful candidate will have significant experience as a primary care nurse including the management of minor illness and supporting the management of chronic disease. Experience in travel medicine and/or occupational health would be an advantage.

Duties of the role will include but not be limited to:

• Planning and co-coordinating care for individuals and groups based on Joint Defence policies, single Service (sS) policies and Force Health Protection Instructions.
• Supporting clinics to medical centres in the Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) Region as requested by the Practice Manager where clinical need and facilities allow, balancing workload against patient need, ensuring effective management of clinical time.
• Receiving, evaluating, and advising on requests for occupationally focused healthcare from members of the VRF and Reserve Unit chains of command.

Providing direct care to include:

• Planning and delivering vaccinations.
• A range of procedures including audiometry, venepuncture, BP management, urinalysis, blood glucose testing, peak flow technique, spirometry, pregnancy testing, cervical screening, wound management, taking swabs.

The attached Terms of Reference must be read prior to applying to fully understand all the responsibilities of this exciting role.

Benefits

• A NHS pension.
• Free Parking.
• Access to Dining Facilities.
• Access to Exercise Facilities.

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Selection process details

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

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.  This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments.  Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

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.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.  

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.

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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

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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.