Band 6 Practice Nurse - Primary Healthcare

Posting date:	17 April 2025
Salary:	£37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£37338.00 - £44962.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	06 May 2025
Location:	Wallingford, OX10 6AA
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	K0003-25-0174

Summary

Job Purpose: Working as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team (MDT) at our Medical Centres at RAF Benson & Abingdon delivering primary healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health. Working with the Principal Nursing Officer (PNO) or Senior Medical Officer (SMO) within the medical facility (MF) and will be a focal point for Primary Healthcare nursing issues within area of practice. Working unsupervised and provide nursing care to the Medical Facility (MF) population at risk. Holding an individual case load, and through consultation identify, assess and diagnose patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses and specific diseases within their level of competence. Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to: You will provide specialist high-quality person-centred care which always Considering peoples safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based. You will be responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening and advice to patients within their professional competence and in accordance with Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) clinical guidelines and protocols. Providing expert clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and decision-making skills. Acting as a role model, delivering high quality practice and promoting clinical effectiveness in care. Will have line management, training and clinical supervision responsibilities for Military Medics, junior practice nurses, Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) and other members of the multidisciplinary team. Please see the Job description and Person specification for full details. Selection process: At application stage you will be assessed again the following: Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and previous skills and experience. 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. The selection at sift stage will be based only on your CV At interview you will be assessed again the following: You will be presented with scenerios that encompass the following framework: NHS Core NHSC1 Communication NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement NHS Core NHSC5 Quality NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 Promotion of Health & Wellbeing NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB3 Protection of Health & Wellbeing NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK2 Information Collection & Analysis NHS General NHS G6 People Management. A short presentation will be expected at interview details of which will be sent to the successful candidates prior to the interview date. The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. 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. 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. 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. 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. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. 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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. 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. 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. This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans 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.