Navy Command Nurse 2 Survival and Thermal Medicine - NHS Analogue Band 5

Job description

Job summary

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for todays challenges and tomorrows opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navys readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

You'll be based at the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM), the Royal Navys centre of excellence for occupational health. It provides world-class advice, training, and research to optimise operational capability in every environment. INM combines scientific expertise with practical support, ensuring personnel remain healthy, safe, and effective wherever they serve.

This position is advertised at 37.5 hours per week.

Job description

The Survival and Thermal Medicine Department are looking for a dynamic, organised and efficient Band 5 healthcare professional to work within the STM team delivering specialist testing in the Exertional Heat Illness, Rhabdomyolysis, Cold Injury and Fitness Anthropometry clinics.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team comprising of doctors, nurses and scientists, delivering basic nursing care to patients arriving for their appointments as well as routine organisation of the clinic. The post holder will work closely with the departmental Lead Nurse, have opportunity to support research trials and studies ensuring highly ethical research standards, and take part in delivering training and teaching to both medical and non-medical personnel.

What you'll be doing
Pre-assessment medicals comprising of basic observations and ECG
Supporting patients through assessment
Phlebotomy
Clinical stock rotation and ordering
Supporting research projects

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Person specification

To be successful with your application, you'll need to meet the following essential criteria:

Registered Nurse (Adult) on Nursing and Midwifery Council Register
Competent in phlebotomy, performing ECGs and basic observations
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Good IT skills

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates:

In date for Basic Life Support (BLS), Anaphylaxis, Automated External Defibrillation (AED), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Safeguarding Level 2 (Children and Adults) or willingness to undertake training.
Previous Military, Defence or Occupational Health experience desirable but not essential.

Behaviours

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

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

• Professional Values
• Leadership, Management and Team working
• Nursing Practice and Decision Making
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service
NHS pension
Personal & professional development
Alternative working patterns for many roles
Access to a confidential, professional support service
Discount schemes
Bicycle / season-ticket loans
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Special paid leave to volunteer (up to 6 days a year)

Discover My Benefits:

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https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/

In Navy Command we believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and youll be supported through your learning journey and your career. This can include working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking an apprenticeship as part of your role.

Youll have access to a variety of qualifications pathways ranging from GCSE/A-Level equivalent all the way up to masters degree, depending on your role, your previous skills and your experience. Some qualifications even include on-the-job training which means minimal disruption to your working day but maximum impact.

This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances.

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.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence
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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.

At application stage, candidates will be assessed against CV, as well as the following Civil Service Behaviours:

• Working together
• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

At interview you will be assessed against the following Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for Competence for registered nurses (Adult)
Professional Values
Leadership, Management and Team working
Nursing Practice and Decision Making
Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Standards for competence for registered nurses

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.

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. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.

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.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The surveyis 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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo an enhanced (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security 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
Open to UK nationals only.

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 the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :

• Name : [email protected]
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]

Further information

Please see Further Information document attached.

Attachments 20260413 - Navy Command Candidate Application Guide-O Opens in new window (pdf, 1595kB) Further Information - External (5) Opens in new window (docx, 39kB) Ministry of Defence Revised Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) (12) Opens in new window (pdf, 298kB) How to Complete a CV (2) Opens in new window (pdf, 104kB)