Band 7 Occupational Health Clinician or Nurse

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
Manage own clinical caseload and proactively support the Service Person (SP) through their clinical pathway in accordance with best practice, current legislation, and Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) policy. Participate in clinical supervision provided by clinical lead and engage in Performance Appraisal Development Review (PADR). Provide clinical advice and training on the clinical value of Occupational Health (OH) to other members of the multidisciplinary team, and external agencies / organisations as requested.

Line management responsibilities. Please refer to the attached

Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties. Selection Process:
The sift will be completed within
10 working days of the Final date to receive applications. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. At application stage you will be assessed against the following:
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. 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. 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the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.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 at https:// for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. At interview you will be assessed against the following: NHSC1 - Communication NHSC2 - Personal and People Development NHS HWB2 - Assessment and Care Planning NHS HWB7 - Interventions and Treatment NHS G6 - People Management Candidates will be required to deliver a 15 minute presentation on How I apply structured strategies to promote team cohesion, support personnel, engage patients, and effectively manage interpersonal dynamics and conflict.

The presentation should demonstrate the candidates approach to communication, leadership, patient engagement, team work, and managing challenging interpersonal situations within a professional healthcare setting. A single PowerPoint slide may be used but you will not be disadvantaged if you choose not to present with a slide. The interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation-based scenarios.

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. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. 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. 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. This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.  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…