Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 05 January 2026

Are you looking for a better work-life balance with nonights and no weekend shifts?

Defence Primary Health Care offers the perfect opportunity to enjoy a high-quality professional role without the unsociable hours.

You'll benefit from full-time employment NHS continuing service, and a supportive environment that values yourwellbeing.

We are seeking a dynamic, highly organised, and enthusiastic Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner to joinour vibrant and fast-paced team at the Medical Centre based at Kendrew Barracks, Oakham.

As part of a combined practice, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care and clinical leadership. The role will require occasional travel toother facilities within the group, including Garats Hayand RAF Wittering, to support service delivery.

Full-time role: 37.5 hours per week

Part-time applicants considered (must be able to workas part of a job-share to cover full-time hours)

Salary pro-rata for part-time hours

If you are passionate about providing exceptional careand want a role that supports a better work-life balance,we would love to hear from you!

As a valued member of the team you will receive access to outstanding rewards and employee benefits, including:

• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Access to the gym
• Pay as you dine facilities

The primary function of the Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within DPHC is to ensure the safe and effective delivery of nursing care. To provide effective clinical care through history taking, examination, diagnosing and prescribing to patients and to be responsible for all nursing services within the facilities.

Manage all nursing staff in collaboration with serving Military nurses and work closely with Practice Managers and General Practitioners to ensure that nurses are providing evidence-based practice and ensure preventative measures to chronic disease are identified and that active health promotion is delivered.

Mentor junior nurses, medics and healthcare assistants within the combined practice from all disciplines and assist with setting objectives and achieving good health outcomes to support the delivery of care to ensure maximum deployability across the region.

Provide visible leadership of the nursing team and ensure that there is a vision and direction for the team to work towards achieving.

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force, regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

The main duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Clinically practice as a leader, co-ordinator and supervise the nursing practice.
• Be accountable for the direction of clinical delivery including managing, motivating, supervising, and allocating resource and time to ensure optimum clinical delivery.
• Ensure maximum optimisation of staff availability and clinical delivery.
• Ensure that every patient has their needs assessed and programmes of care are designed to meet the needs of the patient and that care is delivered in line with established policies and procedure.
• Encourage and promote innovative ways of working that are supportive and achieve the goals as directed by Headquarters, Regional Clinical Director, RNA and Regional Pharmacist.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

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:

CV:

• Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and…