Army - Nurse Summariser

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff.

This is a Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) as an Army Nurse Summariser in Directorate Army Recruiting (DAR). Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to the Army Top Level Budget currently reviewing the outputs they require to be delivered by the civilian workforce in its future structure. This post is being filled through fair and open competition and so the successful candidate may be offered this post on a permanent basis once the future structure of the Top Level Budget (TLB) is known and if the post endures. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end 23 months after that date.

The Band 6 Nurse Summariser will provide clear visible professional advice to the Recruitment Partnership Programme (RPP) and the Medical Branch within DAR under the direction of the Band 7 Team Leader. They will ensure professional clinical delivery within the Nurse Summarising Team. The post-holder will work to ensure that all applicants' Digital Medical Records, currently held on the Defence Recruitment System (DRS), are transferred and summarised onto the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) in accordance with set time frames and protocols.

The Nurse Summarising (NS) Hub, part of Directorate Army Recruiting (DAR) was established in April 23 as part of the Medical Improvement Programme. The NS Hub supports the collection and transfer of medical information for those wishing to join the British Army, which supports the Army's recruiting effort as one of our highest priorities.

This is an autonomous role underpinned by Healthcare Governance requiring scrutiny of Primary Healthcare Records (PHCR) alongside recruitment medical assessments. Successful candidates will be involved in service improvements and the delivery of audit data to support the team. Prior knowledge of summarisation and/or Primary Healthcare/Occ Health is desirable but not essential.

All applicants must hold a current Nursing Midwifery (NMC) registration and pin number and maintain the Code of Professional Conduct and standards, as well as Ministry of Defence (MOD) Policies and Guidelines at all times.

• Be responsible for your own day-to-day allocated workload, summarising medical notes, identifying any issues and actioning within your own scope of practice and expertise.
• Working with a focus to effectively and efficiently Nurse Summarise each applicant's Digital Medical Record (DMR) in order to meet the demands of the Recruit Allocation Plan (RAP).
• Complete nurse summarising to a standardised process, succinctly and in an easily usable format to support the delivery of Initial Medical Assessments at Basic Training (BT) and required medical intervention at Regional Reserve Units.
• Engage in audits and reviews of the NS process, to include Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) these will be prioritised by the NS Lead.
• Ensure that medical confidentiality is maintained at all times for all information obtained during the course of employment and beyond.
• Provide positive, professional, accountable practice.
• Attend all training that is required for the NS Hub and lead with any training that is within scope of practice.
• Establish and maintain effective written and verbal communication within the team.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective and individualised nurse summarising.
• Use initiative and creativity to resolve issues that might arise and require onward reporting to NS Lead.
• Undertake defined projects as agreed with NS Lead to support the delivery of high quality clinically effective NS.
• Deputise for NS Lead at multi-stakeholder meetings and provide updates on the NS Hub operation.
• Take part in audits and initiatives within the NS Hub, in partnership with the DAR and RPP partners.
• Develop good working relationships and maintain effective communications with internal and external partners.
• Work independently to meet projects reporting timelines.

Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please indicate that your vacancy is being handled by Resourcing Team 1.

• Registered Nurse with live registration on Part 1 of the NMC Register and hold a valid and in-date Personal Identification Number (PIN) with no restriction of practice.
• Evidence of postgraduate qualification in Nursing.
• Evidence of up-to-date knowledge base of professional and specialist issues.

• Knowledge and experience of working within Occupational Health / Primary Healthcare in the MOD.

At application you will be asked to provide details of your job history and relevant qualifications. At application you will be assessed against the following NHS Technical competencies:

• NHS Core 2 - Personal and People Development.
• NHS Core 5 - Quality.
• NHS Core 1 - Communication.

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.