Band 5 Practice Nurse Primary Healthcare

Job summary

Here at DefencePrimary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive and dedicated organisationworking to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a motivatedindividual who strives to deliver excellent healthcare?

Are you looking foran exciting opportunity to join a large organisation working as part of aprofessional encouraging team?

Do you want to bepart of a great organisation which has great additional benefits? Look nofurther

Defence PrimaryHealth Care (DPHC) Central and Wessex region are looking for a dynamic, organised,and efficient Band 5 Practice Nurse who will be working withinour Primary Health Care team at Halton Medical Centre.

This position offers hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Benefits

An NHS Pension Free Parking Access to Gym Local Amenities

Main duties of the job

As the successfulcandidate, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcareteam, leading the delivery of primary healthcare nursing including elements ofoccupational health.

Due to the natureof the business, it would be beneficial if you have prior experience of primarycare. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for moreinformation.

We are searchingfor someone who is able to work unsupervised,providing high-quality nursing care to the medical facility population at riskholding an individual case load, and through consultation identify, assess, andmanage the care of patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses,and specific diseases within their level of competence.

Manyof our practices are networked and linked to provide support to each other. Onoccasion within your planned working schedule, you may be requested to work atthe linked practice site. In these situations, travel time and cost will beallowed for.

Training andPreceptorship will be provided to develop your skills and knowledge to workeffectively in our teams.

We welcomeapplications from newly qualified Registered Nurses at the start of theirNursing career. Please see details below.

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

As the successfulcandidate your duties include but are not limited to

Providing specialist high-quality person-centred primarycare which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity usinghigh quality clinical knowledge that is evidence based, with use of corehealthcare guidelines. Being responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening,and advice to patients within their professional competence and in accordancewith (DPHC) clinical guidelines and protocols Providing safe, evidence-based, efficient, and individualised patientcare Undertaking preventative health programmes such as travel andvaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry. Undertaking technical nursing treatments and procedures for patientscomplex/specialist healthcare needs (, wound care, sutures removal,Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Cytology, Audiometry, Ear Care) Providing specialist advice and support to patients, their families andother healthcare professionals following assessment, diagnosis and throughtreatment

Please see theattached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties andresponsibilities.

The selection atsift stage will be based on your CV and Application form. At interview,you will be tested against the following NHSCompetencies:

NHS Core - NHSC1 Communication Level 2 NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development Level 2 NHS Core NHSC3 Health Safety & Security Level 3 NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement Level 2 NHS Core - NHSC5 Quality Level 2 NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity Level 2 NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health and WellbeingLevel 2 NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning Level3 NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3 Protection of Health and WellbeingLevel 2 NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment and Treatment PlanningLevel 2 NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing Level1 NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection &Analysis Level 1

Further information relating to the KSF Competencies and Levels can be found here: NHS KSF and development reviewprocess (

The Interview willconsist of a Mix of direct questions and Clinical Situation based Scenarios.

To be eligible 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/ application form 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. Please upload your CV when requested as you will be unable to attach it at a later stage

Please ensure you have read all the details in the important information link prior to applying

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Additional Information

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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 copy and paste the link below to see our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

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.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

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.

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.

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 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, 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 .

Person Specification

Registration details

Essential

Please provide your membership registration number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

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.

Experience

Essential

Willingness to undertake specific training to fulfil competency for role (, audiometry, ear care, minor illness/injury, physical assessment and history taking, travel health) and DPHC/MOD training as appropriate. To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT ) systems subject to appropriate training being provided. Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through training.

Qualifications

Essential

Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level. Registered Nurse on Sub-Part 1 RNA /RN(A) of the Nursing and Midwifery Register Current Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council A Driving Licence is required as staff may be required to work at different sites across DPHC CWX and some of our sites are in remote locations without access to a regular bus services. Must be in date for Basic Life Support (BLS) Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult)

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