Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are aninclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to ourentitled personnel.

Are you a motivated individual who strives todeliver excellent healthcare?

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to joina large organisation working as part of a professional encouraging team?

Do you want to be part of a great organisationwhich has great additional benefits? Look no further!

DefencePrimary Health Care (DPHC) Central and Wessex region are looking for a dynamic,organised, and efficient Band 5 Practice Nurse who will beworking within our Primary Health Care team at Abingdon Medical Centre (Dalton Barracks).

Abingdon Medical Centre is asatellite clinic of Benson Medical Centre and whilst the majority of the timeAbingdon will be the base station for this role there may be requirement forthe successful applicant to work from Benson Medical Centre as required.

Main duties of the job

As the successful candidate, you will work as partof a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team, leading the delivery of primaryhealthcare nursing including elements of occupational health.

Due to the nature of the business, it would bebeneficial if you have prior experience of primary care. Please see theattached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

We are searching for someone who is able towork unsupervised, providing high-quality nursing care to the medical facilitypopulation at risk holding an individual case load, and through consultationidentify, assess, and manage the care of patients with complex health needs,minor injuries, minor illnesses, and specific diseases within their level ofcompetence.

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 and Preceptorship will be provided todevelop your skills and knowledge to work effectively in our teams.

We welcome applications from newly qualifiedRegistered Nurses at the start of their Nursing career, please see detailsbelow.

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

Asthe successful candidate your duties include but are not limited to :

• Providing specialist high-qualityperson-centred primary care 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 ofappropriate treatment, screening, and advice to patients within theirprofessional competence and in accordance with (DPHC) clinical guidelines andprotocols
• Providing safe, evidence-based, efficient,and individualised patient care
• Undertaking preventative healthprogrammes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry.
• Undertaking technical nursingtreatments and procedures for patients complex / specialist healthcare needs (,wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Cytology, Audiometer,Ear Care)
• Providing specialist advice andsupport to patients, their families and other healthcare professionalsfollowing assessment, diagnosis and through treatment

Please see the attached Job Description and PersonSpecification for additional job duties and responsibilities.

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

NHS Core

NHS Health & Wellbeing

NHS Information & Knowledge

Further informationrelating to the KSF Competencies and Levels can befound here : NHS KSFand development review process (

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, qualifications, and memberships in your CV and that you upload it when requested as you will be unable to attach it at a later stage.

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

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

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

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

The successful candidate will be required toprovide evidence of the following :

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 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.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following into your browser or search Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

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Registrations and Memberships

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Provide a CV

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Registration details

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