Army Healthcare Profession Engagement Officer

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB SUMMARY

This role is a job share (2.5 - 3 days per week), team manager with specific responsibilities for Professionally Qualified (PQ) Officers and Trainees into the Army Medical Services (AMS). This role will work alongside a small team of AMS Officers and Soldiers and Civilian staff.
Sitting under the Corps’ Col AMS, in HQ AMS at Camberley, this role is required to brief Colonel AMS, Head AMS and Master General AMS, as well as liaison across the Defence Medical Services (DMS) profession of Healthcare and Medical capability (HMOC).
Corps engagement and Recruiting are significant areas of interest across the Corps, and both policy and management of these areas is something that requires knowledge of the internal workings of the AMS, the DMS deanery and of National Governing Bodies and University programmes. This role is required to inform Pers Pol in the Cadet and Bursar space, as well as Army Recruit and Initial Training Command (ARITC) and Medical Entry Stds – acknowledging many Professional entrants may be above the standard entry age.
Engagement also requires an understanding of the application process, Army Officer Selection Boards (AOSB), and eventually Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) initial training. Awareness of the demands of the balance between academic/professional study and the joining process would be the ideal.
Training in IT and Army recruiting software and communications will be provided.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Professional Healthcare & Regulatory Engagement Officer is the lynchpin job assuring the future of the AMS, by recruiting and nurturing the best of the best Professionally Qualified medical, nursing and allied health professional individuals to work within the LAND operating arena.
An individual with DBS is essential as this role engages closely with bursars and cadets within sixth forms, universities and University Officer Training Corps.
Walking these potential AMS Officers of the future through the Recruiting and prolonged Phase 1 trg pathway requires a very particular skill set. Linking in to the Royal Colleges of Med, Dent, Nursing and Vets – and aligning with both Army Pers Pol / ARITC and DMS Pol (Unified Career Management (UCM) Med) for a seamless functionality will always be the challenge.
Organisational skill is required to ensure Boards are run in accordance with sS Pol and aligned to Career Management (both Army Personnel Centre (APC) and UCM), as well as Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for entry into training pathways which may be up to 7yrs in length, owned by the External providers and the Defence Medical Academy (DMA).
As such the skill required are:
Leadership & Communication
Change management
Value for money
Decision making whilst seeing the bigger picture.

BEHAVIOURS

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

The post does not offer relocation expenses.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
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. Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us
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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

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