Job responsibilities

Duties of the role include but are not limited to:

Undertaking technical nursing treatment and procedures within your scope of practice for patients healthcare military needs including Wound care, suture removal, ECG, cytology, weight management, life style and health promotion, phlebotomy, ear care, travel health, occupation and routine immunisations inc yellow fever vaccination.
Supporting the Senior Nurse Officer in the management of patients with long term conditions and occupational screening and elements of occupational health.
Supporting the Senior Nurse Officer with tasks associated with health care governance, IPC, equipment care and stock management.
Providing support 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.
Providing professional and clinical leadership to Nurses (Locum and Students) and Medical Branch ratings working in the Treatment Room / Nursing Department, whilst maintaining and actively promoting good communication through the line management chain at all sites.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties before applying for this role.

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.

Skills

The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS 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

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 Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.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.

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Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills,knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

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.

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

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.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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 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, Smokingand the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. 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,Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

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.

The MoD 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 of all 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 MoD 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, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)

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.

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