Band 5 Practice Nurse

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Band 5 Practice Nurse

The closing date is 07 August 2025

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 5 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 the Sir John Moore Barracks, Folkestone.

There is an expectation that the Post Holder may be required to work across all three sites of the Group Practice (the other sites are Chatham and Maidstone).

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

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• On-site parking

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work as part of amultidisciplinary primary healthcare team delivering primary healthcare nursingincluding elements of occupational health.
• The post holder will work with the SeniorPractice Nurse or Senior Medical Officer within the medical facility (MF).
• Depending upon qualifications and experiencethe post holder will be responsible for the delivery of appropriate assessmenttreatment, screening and advice to patients within their professionalcompetence and in accordance with Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) clinicalguidelines and protocols.
• The post holder will provide high-qualityperson-centred care which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignityusing advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based.

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular andreservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, workingtogether seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force,developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making andParliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles workingacross 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join oneof the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retainingpeople from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways ofworking as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave ofup to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn anddevelop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individualand part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or bebetter, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let'ssee where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for therole include but are not limited to:

• Providesafe, evidence-based, cost-effective and individualised patient care.
• Oncetrained and assessed competent undertake preventative health programmes e.g.travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry and cervicalcytology.
• Support the care of patients with chronic illnesses e.g. Asthma,Diabetes, Coronary heart disease (CHD) and hypertension ensuring continuedmaintenance of the Chronic Disease Register.
• Undertaketechnical nursing treatments and procedures for patients (e.g. wound care,sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs)).
• Provideassistance to the Senior Medical Officer performing minor surgery

Please refer to the attached Job Description and PersonSpecification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

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.

Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health& Wellbeing

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/watch?v=YEpdNWKQSRI

Title - NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework

Link - https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf

The sift will be completed within 10 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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 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 Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person SpecificationProvide a CV

• 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.
• Please use double spacing where possible

Registrations and Memberships

• UK Registered Nurse -on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council UK
• 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.

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrilation (AED) Infection Preventio and Control (IPC) Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult - depending on population at risk) or willingness to undertake training
• Degree, diploma or appropriate training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in a relevant area
• Be proficient in relevant IT systems subject to appropriate training being provided
• Willingness to undertake specific training to fulfil competency role (e.g. audiometry, ear care, minor illness.injury, physical assessment and history taking, travel health) and DPHC/MOD training - as appropriate

Behaviour Statement

• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearPer annum, pro-rata for part time. *Pay award pending

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