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Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare Scotland and Northern Ireland (DPHC(SNI)), we are inclusive and dedicated, working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are looking for an Practice Nurse (Primary Healthcare) to join our welcoming team of dedicated military and civilian healthcare professionals and administrative staff located at the Leuchars Medical Centre, St. Andrews.
The position offers 37.5 hours per week. The salary will be pro rata where the part time hours are undertaken and applications for part time or job share to cover these hours are welcome.
Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Job description
Person specification
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately in order to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment programs that promote health and wellbeing.
- Conducting and supporting health promotion activities as dictated by Line Management.
- Ensuring infection control policy is implemented and maintained within the facility
- Acting as Health Promotion Lead for Leuchars Medical Centre
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
Qualifications
Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult – depending on population at risk) or willingness to undertake training.
Memberships
Current registration with the NMC.
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB4 Enable Health & Wellbeing Needs
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB5 Provision of Care
Benefits
- Free Parking
- Access to Gym
- Access to Shop and Dining Facilities
- Eligibility to Defence Discount Card / Blue Light Card
- Training opportunities with up to £330 towards continued professional development (CPD)
- Access to NHS Pension
- A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
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Selection process details
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 for interview.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it.
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Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
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.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
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. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity 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.
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.
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Kirsten McArthur
- Email : KIRSTEN.MCARTHUR473@mod.gov.uk
- Telephone : 0300 165 5188
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-SGDMSResourcing@mod.gov.uk
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