Band 8A Senior Specialist Nurse FTA

Job summary

The Civilian Occupational Health Nurse plays a vital role within the Department of Occupational Medicine, providing expert occupational health guidance to RAF Recruitment & Selection. Working autonomously within professional competence, the post holder delivers clinical assessments, advises on candidate medical fitness, supports appeals and reviews, and contributes to ministerial correspondence. The role also includes advising on medical risks for candidates considered for executive medical waivers and supporting continuous improvement of departmental policy and clinical standards.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Within your area of competence and specialist qualification, provide advice to RAF Recruitment & Selection on the occupational aspects of recruiting.
• Provide advice to the Contractor staff on the Medical Fitness of candidates referred by them.
• Provide response to appeals by candidates against decisions made on Medical Fitness.
• Contributing to the medical elements of responses to ministerial correspondence, enquiries, appeals, medical change of circumstances, branch/trade reviews for potential candidates utilising current policy and department guidelines.
• Advice to the Executive on medical risks in those candidates who do not meet normal entry standards but are being considered for executive waiver of medical standards.
• Contribute to service and policy improvement initiatives.
• Liaise with other MOD or external agencies in support of department and recruiting objectives.
• Work autonomously and where appropriate refer to, or seek support and guidance, in more complex occupational health issues from a relevant clinician as required.
• Participate in clinical supervision and provide other Nurse and Midwifery Council (NMC) registered professionals with support towards revalidation.
• Specific responsibility for supporting clinical assessment activities of the department providing immediate support to boarding staff with clinical investigation of candidates (eg. taking bloods and ECG’s), clinical guidelines/protocols and standards and review of blood results.
• Assisting with the professional, personal training and development of the DOM staffs, relating to, clinical and medical activities.

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This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Occupational Health Nurse in the Recruiting and Selection Department Of Occupational Medicine. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due approved funding. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end 23 months after that date. You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.

If you are a permanent MOD civil servant and are found successful for an advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 3 years). At the end of the posting, you will return to your previous MOD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties, then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for further information.

If you are transferring to MOD from another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan, you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed between all parties, then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further information.

Person specification

Experience

• Appropriate clinical skills and experience to provide medical oversight of other staff.
• A proven history of working collaboratively within teams.

Desirable

• Previous Ministry of Defence (MOD) Experience working as a general nurse or specialist occupational health nurse.

Membership

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Proof of NMC validation and revalidation required at interview.

Qualifications

• A qualification in Occupational Health

(Evidence of qualifications will be required at interview. All qualifications/licenses declared must be valid at point of application and are in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted)

Person Specification

• Reliable professional judgement
• Empathy and interpersonal skill
• Attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A commitment to undertake continuing professional development throughout their career.
• Good people skills, including the ability to form strong working relationships with the existing Service Entry Medical Department, military, and non-military partners.
• Ensure professional development and core competencies are maintained in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• A current, satisfactory in date annual appraisal in line with the requirements of the NMC.
• Ability to interpret medical guidelines, clinical standards, and laboratory results.

Qualifications

A qualification in Occupational Health
Evidence of qualification/Licence/Membership will be required at interview.
All qualifications/licences/memberships declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Memberships

Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Proof of NMC validation and revalidation required at interview.
Evidence of qualification/Licence/Membership will be required at interview.
All qualifications/licences/memberships declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £55,690, Ministry of Defence contributes £16,133 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Discover My Benefits:

Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD:

https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances.

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.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

When choosing your Behaviour 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.

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and personal Statement and the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating and influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a quality service
• Making effective decisions
• Delivering at pace

At interview, you will be assessed against your CV and personal Statement and the following Success Profiles Behaviours

• Leadership
• Communicating and influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a quality service
• Making effective decisions
• Delivering at pace

Should a high number of applications be received, an initial sift will be carried out on the Leadership behaviour.

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.

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 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 mitigation’s can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

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 the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Wg Cdr Daniel Ashdown
• Email : Dan.Ashdown407@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please see Further Information document attached.

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