Band 6 Mental Health Nurse

Ministry of Defence

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Details

Reference number

367707

Salary

£35,392 - £42,618

Per-Annum, *Pay Award Pending

Job grade

Other

Band 6

Contract type

Permanent
Overseas

Business area

MOD - Strategic Command - Defence Medical Services (DMS)

Type of role

Health Professionals

Working pattern

Full-time

Location

Mental Health Team, British Forces Cyprus, Station Medical Centre, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, BFPO 57

About the job

Job summary

We are Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our vibrant and fast paced organisation in RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

This is a full-time position, offering 37.5 hours per week, will include relocation's assistance for the successful candidate and their immediate family.

This position has a minimum tour length of 3 years.

Job description

The successful candidate will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team to provide a specialist/occupational mental health service within the Mental Health Team (MHT) Overseas catchment area of responsibility (AOR). Providing flexible and individualised care packages to meet the psychological needs of military and civilian personnel.

Person specification

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

Providing initial assessment and formulation of the mental health needs for referred patients, planning, implementing and evaluating care with a high level of autonomy.
Performing clinical risk assessments of all patients seen, for para-suicide, self-harm and risk to others; recognising nuances in presentation of ideation and intent; acting in the best interests of the patient and others to evaluate safety in the community and therapeutic risk taking.
Routinely giving advice and recommendations to medical officers about all matters of mental health, care and treatment including hospital admission advice and making recommendations on General Practitioner (GP) prescribing of medication for mental health disorders.
Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous records and clinical notes of all patient contact
Communicating, where appropriate, on occupational information via the Unit Health Committee whilst respecting the principles of patient confidentiality.

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

Desirable criteria:

Post graduate qualifications in an evidence based psychological therapy
Have post qualification experience.

Essential criteria:

Experience working within adult mental health services
Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting.
Experience in delivering National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended psychological interventions

Qualifications

Qualified in a mental health profession and with a registered professional body (ie. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or HCPC.)

Memberships

Professional registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health and Care Professions Council(HCPC)

Technical skills

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

NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
NHS Core – NHSC3 – Health, Safety & Security
NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB7 – Interventions & Treatment
NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB6 – Assessment & Treatment Planning
Knowledge and experience of providing CBT at step two level
Experience providing 1 or more psychotherapy interventions to adults

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

Knowledge and experience of providing CBT at step two level
Experience providing 1 or more psychotherapy interventions to adults

Benefits

This post attracts COLA (Cost of Living Allowance) based on personal circumstances and martial status
The post offers full relocation expenses to the successful candidate. Subject to availability
Free Parking
Access to medical centre
Gym
Swimming pool
Barbers
Dentists
Schools – primary and secondary
Clubs
Church of different faiths
NHS Pension
An inclusive working environment
Learning and development opportunities

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

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.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

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This is an established MoD post within Cyprus and any Cypriot National will not be eligible to apply as a UK based Civilian (This includes where dual nationality is held).

This posting will be for 3 years with the potential option to extend, subject to approval and policy.

This post offers full relocation allowances subject to availability. Cost of Living Overseas Allowances is payable based on personal circumstances and marital status.

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 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.

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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.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

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.

Whilst you will be a permanent member of the MOD, you will be subject to the normal overseas posting lengths and you will have an obligation to return to an MOD position in the UK after your overseas posting. This is not a Specially Recruited to RAF Akrotiri, Cyrpus position. At the end of a tour no guarantees can be given that you will return to your previous or preferred location in the UK. This may mean the mobility obligation for mobile grades may be enacted where there is no suitable post at an individual’s preferred location.

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.

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.

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.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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 need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a 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

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.