Band 6 Practice Nurse
The closing date is 09 June 2026.
At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.
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 Bramcote Medical Centre, Nuneaton.
The vacant post is Part time Fixed Term, working 30 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
* Free parking
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team delivering primary healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health.
The post holder will work alongside the Band 6 Practice Nurse and Senior Medical Officer within the medical facility (MF) and will be a focal point for Primary Health Care nursing issues within area of practice.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force, regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you’ve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
* Undertake preventative health programmes e.g., travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry.
* Undertake technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients with complex/specialist healthcare needs e.g., wound care, sutures removal, electrocardiogram ECGs, cytology, audiometry, ear care.
* Be able to assess critically and re‑evaluate the clinical situation as the patient's condition or needs change.
* Have direct responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporate the issues and recommendations made.
Person Specification
* 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
* Registered Nurse.
* Professional and specialist knowledge in primary healthcare acquired through postgraduate degree/diploma or actively working towards this and can demonstrate equivalent level of competence and experience in clinical assessment and diagnosis.
* Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
* Must be in date for Basic Life Support (BLS) Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Safeguarding Level 3 (Children and Adult depending on population at risk) or willingness to undertake training.
* Minimum of 3 years post registration experience working within Primary Healthcare.
* Experience in occupational health and military occupational health and musculoskeletal medicine.
Registration and Memberships
* Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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.
Provide 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.
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)
£38,682 to £46,580 a year Pro Rata for part time* Pay award pending
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