Band 7 Occupational Health Nurse

Band 7 Occupational Health Nurse Telford, England

Ministry of Defence
Full Time Telford, England 41659 - 47672 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

271410

Salary

£41,659 - £47,672
Per annum, Pro Rata for Part Time

Job grade

Other
Band 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Strategic Command - Defence Medical Services (DMS)

Type of role

Medical

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

Regional Occupational Health Team, Building V6, Venning Barracks, Donnington, Telford, TF2 8LR

About the job

Job summary

Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and hardworking Band 7 Occupational Health Nurse who will be working within our Regional Occupational Health team at Venning Barracks in Donnington.

DPHC is a vibrant and fast paced organisation which aims to provide the very best primary healthcare to members of the Armed Forces and other entitled personnel. DPHC delivers a clinical service in accordance with NHS Standards and Ministry of Defence policies.

Job description

The successful candidate will be supporting the delivery of a peripatetic occupational health service within an area of responsibility. The post holder will provide specialist, person-centred care which considers safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge.

This role is offered at 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly will be considered but must fit with the business need.

Person specification

As the successful candidate your duties include but are not limited to:

The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing proactive, evidence based occupational health (OH) service.

Delivering OH care for the Defence service population, liaising with the chain of command (CoC), single services (sS) and other specialist Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) pillars.

Supporting change, monitoring and improving clinical standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research, and education thus maximising OH outputs and optimising Service Personnel’s (SP) employability / deployability.

Working in support of Commander (Comd) Defence Healthcare Recovery Group (DHRG) to manage OH services in support of the population at risk within DPHC.

Identify knowledge and skill gaps and seek clinical supervision and / or advice as appropriate to enhance learning and development.

Developing and teaching OH staff, encouraging teamwork, and create an environment in which clinical practice is fostered, evaluated, and disseminated

For full information on the job roles please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.

Qualifications

Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience. Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience, short course to master's level equivalent in relevant field

Memberships

A Registered Nurse with current registration with an appropriate governing and regulatory body (i.e. NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council))

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
  • NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
  • NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
  • NHS Core – NHSC5 – Quality
  • NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB1 – Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
  • NHS General – NHS G6 – People Management

Benefits

  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A NHS Service pension
  • Free Parking
  • Access to Gym & Nearby Shop

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

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

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

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.

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

  • NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
  • NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
  • NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement
  • NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
  • NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB1 - Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
  • NHS General - NHS G6 - People Management

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.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your current certificate of Hepatitis B, Rubella, Measles and Varicella immunity.

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

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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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 of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. 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

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 [email protected].


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team :

Further information

Please see Important Information document.

Band 7 Occupational Health Nurse
Ministry of Defence

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