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Band 6 Practice Nurse with Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services) in Devonport
At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel. Are you a Band 6 Practice Nurse looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at HMS Drake, Devonport. The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Benefits Access to learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity NHS Pension Free on-site parking Access to Gym The Primary Care Nurse will work as part of a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team delivering general medical services and elements of occupational health to military personnel and entitled civilian personnel. The Primary Care Nurse is responsible for the delivery of appropriate assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care needs, medical screening and advice to patients within their professional competence. This role is critical in the delivery of Defence Primary Healthcare. About us Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to: Managing the care of patients with chronic illnesses e.g. Asthma, Diabetes, Coronary heart disease and hypertension ensuring continued maintenance of the Chronic Disease Register. Undertaking technical nursing treatments and procedures within your scope of practice for patients complex/specialist healthcare needs (e.g. wound care, sutures removal, Echocardiograms, Cytology, Audiometry, Ear Care) at site. Perform and supervise tasks required for the general running and administration of the Treatment Room, ensuring care delivery in accordance with national, Service policy and protocols; whilst matching care provision to the needs of the Service. Have direct responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporate the issues and recommendations making effective use of the electronic Human Resources (eHR) system at both sites. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties. Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills- NHS General NHS G6 People Management NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security NHS Core NHSC5 Quality NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please see the link to 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. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. 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 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 expenses for the interview. When choosing your Technical Skills examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected. 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. 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. 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. 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. The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility. 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 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 Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use ofall tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,https://www.gov.uk/government/news/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 dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk. For details on our complaints procedure, please refer to the attached Important Information.