Defence Business Services (DBS) - Band 5 Registered Nurse

Job summary

Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference?

Would you like to work for the Ministry of Defence?

Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry. DBS delivers large scale administration and smaller specialist services to enable the wider MOD to focus on its core aims, maintaining the UK’s Defence and Security. Services include Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement.

• Our Vision - To support UK defence customers with outstanding service every time.
• Our Mission – Together we will proudly support Defence, continuously improving and delivering flexible, timely, sustainable and value for money services that underpin the whole force and enhance operational capability.

DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience. We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible to you and offer a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Where your role permits, we support a blended working approach alternatively known as hybrid working.

Come and join the DBS community today!

We offer two part time positions with the following employment hours:

Position 1: Shift working, earlies or lates as part of a rota (07.00 – 22.00) 4 shifts per week- 33.5 hrs per week – 2 x 8.25 / 2 x 8.5-hour shifts

Position 2: Nights (21.30 – 08.00) 31.5 hrs per week – fixed 10.5-hour shifts x 3 per week

Job description

1. The Primary Level Nurses are to provide high quality nursing care and are to assist in identifying and addressing the health and social care of a wide variety of service users.

2. They are to ensure that all relevant legislation, such as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and guidance are adhered to. In addition, Primary Level Nurses must adhere to the NMC’s Codes of Practice. They must comply with the requirements of the Medicines Act 1968, guidelines from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and the requirements of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

3. The Primary Level Nurses' principal duties include but are not limited to the following;

3.1 to carry out duties as requested by the Nurse Unit Manager;

3.2 to ensure that all Care Staff on the Nursing Unit receive formal supervision at least 6 times per year, to include all aspects of practice, philosophy of care in the home and career development needs;

3.3 to attend meetings as determined by the Nurse Manager;

3.4 responsibility for stock control of medical supplies within the Nursing Unit and notifying the Nurse unit Manager of any items that need re-ordering;

3.5 to initiate a full assessment of the nursing and care needs of the Residents on admission to the Nursing Unit;

3.6 to design and implement a Care Plan for each Resident of the Nursing Unit, based on the initial assessment, and evaluate on an “as and when” basis but, as a minimum, monthly;

3.7 to carry out all relevant forms of care, treatment and therapy as agreed within each Resident’s Care Plan. Care and treatment shall meet the parameters of written policies and procedures;

3.8 to liase with other nursing staff, therapists, medical colleagues and other disciplines as necessary so as to ensure the continuity of Residents' care throughout their stay in the Nursing Unit and possible discharge;

3.9 to establish and maintain good communications with Residents, their relatives and other visitors to the Nursing Unit;

3.10 to provide emergency first aid to Staff and Residents of IPPH( Ilford Park Polish Home)

3.11 to provide ad-hoc medical observations on all Residents of IPPH, including but not limited to the taking of blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature and respiration when required and requested by IPPH Care Managers;

3.12 to provide on-going medical support to all IPPH Residents, including but not limited to the monitoring of blood sugar levels of diabetics when required and requested by IPPH Care Managers;

3.12 all new admissions are formally reviewed after a trial period of 4 weeks. Primary Level Nurses shall be actively involved in this review;

3.13 Primary Level Nurses shall be involved in producing and implementing Action Plans related to the discharge of Residents from the Nursing Unit. Discharge can mean either external transfer or transfer from the Nursing Unit to Residential care;

3.14 to ensure that the supervision and safe custody of Residents' property is in accordance with IPPH security instructions;

3.15 to participate fully in a Key Worker scheme;

3.16 to serve and assist Residents at mealtimes;

3.17 to prepare and provide snacks and beverages to Residents as required;

3.19 to be aware of individual responsibility towards the Health and Safety of IPPH Staff and Residents.

Person specification

• Registered Nurse: (RGN/RN/RNLD/RMN) with an active NMC PIN.
• Skills: Strong clinical knowledge related to ageing, dementia, and complex comorbidities.
• Leadership: Experience in supervising junior staff and working collaboratively in a team.
• Values: Compassionate, patient-focused, and committed to dignity and person-centred care.

Qualifications

Professional/ clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level

Memberships

Memberships: Registration to the nursing and midwifery council - active

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

• 25 days paid annual leave rising to 27 days after 5 years and 31 days after 10 years reckonable service in addition to 10.5 days for Public, Bank and Privilege Holidays (pro rata for part time)
• An opportunity to be considered for Reward & Recognition
• Family friendly policies including parental leave and adoption leave
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Professional and personal development of skills
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Minimum of 15 days special leave in a rolling 12 month period for volunteer reserve commitments
• Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days per year
• Access to the NHS pension scheme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

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.

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.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

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. 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.

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.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.

Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the following success profile elements:

Primary: Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions

Secondary: Career - Previous Skills

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a Personal Statement in no more than 500 words detailing the following:

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.

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV, Statement of suitability and the following Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

In the rare case where individuals have exact matching scores, the order of merit will be determined based on the behaviour scores at interview in the following order:

1. Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions
   
2. Career - Personal Statement
   
3. Behaviour - Communicating and Influencing
   
4. Behaviour - Managing a Quality Service

If candidate scores are still exact, the merit order will then be determined on the sift score in the below order or priority:

1. Career - Job History
2. Career - Qualification Details
3. Career - Previous Skills
4. Career - Personal Statement
5. Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions
6. Behaviour - Communicating and Influencing
7. Behaviour - Managing a Quality Service

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn’t always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months.

Application sifting to take place week commencing: Mid to Late June 2026

Interviews are currently taking place via the following method: Face to Face

Interviews will be conducted week commencing: June 2026 ( subject to change)

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews, We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk.

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 - GOV.UK

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

To assist with your application please find attached -

DBS Candidate Information Guide - Working for Defence Business Services - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

(26) UK Ministry of Defence: Life , LinkedIn

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 counter-terrorist 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).

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 :

• Name : Tracy Madden
• Email : tracy.madden101@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : 01626353961

Recruitment team

• Email : DBS-EnhancedRecruitmentTeam@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact DBS-EnhancedRecruitmentTeam@MOD.gov.uk in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

Attachments

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