Band 3 Healthcare AssistantinCambridgeshireinCambridgeshirePUBLISHED FRI 28 FEB 2025

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

Are you a motivated individual who strives to deliver excellent healthcare?

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a large organisation working as part of a professional encouraging team?

Do you want to be part of a great organisation which has great additional benefits? Look no further!

Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) are looking for a dynamic, organised, and efficient Band 3 Healthcare Assistant who will be working within our Primary Health Care team at Wyton Medical Centre, Huntingdon.

There may be a requirement to work at other facilities within the Varsity Combined Practice (Bassingbourn and Chicksands) as dictated by business needs.

The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• NHS Pension
• Free on-site parking
• Access to Gym
• Access to Pay-As-You-Dine facilities

As the successful candidate, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team, supporting the delivery of primary healthcare nursing including elements of occupational health.

Due to the nature of the business, it would be beneficial if you have prior experience of primary care. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

We are searching for someone who is able to work unsupervised, providing high-quality nursing care to the medical facility population at risk holding an individual case load, and through consultation identify, assess, and manage the care of patients with complex health needs, minor injuries, minor illnesses, and specific diseases within their level of competence.

Many of our practices are networked and linked to provide support to each other. On occasion within your planned working schedule, you may be requested to work at the linked practice site. In these situations, travel time and cost will be allowed for.

Training will be provided to enable you to develop in your role.

About us

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing high-quality person-centred primary care which always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using high quality clinical knowledge that is evidence based, with use of core healthcare guidelines as delegated by a registered practitioner.
• Being responsible for the delivery of appropriate treatment, screening, and advice to patients within their professional competence and in accordance with (DPHC) clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Undertaking and assisting with preventative health programmes such as travel and vaccination clinics, new patients screening, audiometry, 24hr Blood Pressure monitoring and weight management.
• Undertaking technical nursing treatments and procedures for patients complex/specialist healthcare needs (e.g., wound care, sutures removal, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Audiometry).
• Providing safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, and individualised patient care as delegated, prioritising own workload, and ensuring effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice.

Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further details.

Selection Process

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.

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.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsNzSV 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.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

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/application form. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS competencies:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB1 - Promotion of health & wellbeing
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 - Assessment and care planning
• NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing

The NHS competencies at interview will consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation-based scenarios.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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. 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.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative - www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsNzSV

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.

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