Band 5 Nurse General Practice; GP

Band 5 Nurse General Practice (GP)

The closing date is 10 March 2026

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 a Nurse looking for a captivating role, working alongside the military, that offers numerous benefits and opportunities for career development in a phenomenal team?

If so, then we would love to hear from you!

This is a part time role, offering 22.5 hours per week, covering Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, working as part of the Colchester Group Practice based at Merville Barracks.

There may be a requirement to provide cover at other facilities within the Colchester Combined Practice (Wattisham & Woodbridge) and The Military Correctional Training Centre (MCTC) if necessitated by business needs.

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

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing appropriate Primary Health Care (PHC) nursing to the medical facility population at risk in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team.

You will be responsible for the delivery of appropriate assessment; planning, implementation and evaluation of care needs, medical screening and advice to patients within their professional competence in line with current policy, guidelines and utilising agreed evidence based practice.

As the successful candidate, your duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining written and/or electronic records in accordance with best practice and with regard to confidentiality in line with the NMC Standards for Record Keeping, Defence Medical Services (DMS) policy and local guidelines.
• For patients with relatively stable health needs, provide appropriate assessment of their needs, developing individual plans of care. Implement and evaluate individual planned programmes of care.
• Triaging and treating minor injuries/illness as per agreed evidence based practice, Patient Group Directions (PGD) and adhering to agreed policies and guidelines.
• Provision of technical nursing treatments e.g. Venepuncture, Electrocardiograms (ECGs), Eye and Ear Care, Wound Management/Dressings, Suture Removals, assisting the Medical Officer with Minor Surgery.
• Administering immunisation and monitor medications consistent with Surgeon General Policy Letters (SGPL), Director General Army Medical Services (DGAMS), Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) policy, Patient Group Directions (PGDs), standards, and legislation.

For further details, please see the attached Terms of Reference.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

CV:

• 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 attached for more information on appropriate & inappropriate use.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK1 Information Processing
• NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB5 Provision of Care

The interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation-based scenarios.

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.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

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…