Job summary Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel. We are looking for a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic Band 6 Intergrated Care Centre Dispensary Manager to join our primary health care team at Munster Barracks, Catterick. This position offers 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken. Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you Benefits On-site Free Parking Use of Gym An NHS pension A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity Main duties of the job As the successful candidate you will be the Dispensary Manager within the Catterick Combined Medical Practice and act as the professional lead and line manager for the 4 Pharmacy Technicians (Band 5s) that currently work across the 2 sites. This will be until the Catterick Integrated Care Centre (CICC) is complete and on one site in 2026 after which all Dispensary staff will be at the new site with minimal, if any, time at legacy locations. About us 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. Date posted 09 December 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum - Pro rata for part time Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Job share Reference number K0003-24-0337 Job locations Munster Barracks Cambrai Lines Catterick Garrison DL9 3PZ Job description Job responsibilities Duties of the role include but are not limited to: Supporting the Regional Pharmacist in the ongoing development of the new Dispensary at the Catterick Integrated Care Centre (CICC). Managing the repeat prescribing and reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates. Responsible for the generation and collation of reports on own practice and that of team on service delivery and local and national targets, and monthly reporting to Healthcare Governance and other relevant Meetings. Working closely with the Regional Pharmacist to contribute towards the development and delivery of Head Quarters DPHC Pharmacy Strategy. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills: NHS Core NHSC1 Communication NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement NHS Core - NHSC6 - Equality and Diversity NHS General - NHS G6 - People Management NHS Health and Wellbeing - HWB10 - Products NHS Information and Knowledge - NHS IK3 - Knowledge and information resources. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included. Additional Information 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. 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.Please copy and paste the link below into your browser. Defence Medical Services - YouTube 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. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. 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. 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-sgdmsresourcingteammod.gov.uk. Job description Job responsibilities Duties of the role include but are not limited to: Supporting the Regional Pharmacist in the ongoing development of the new Dispensary at the Catterick Integrated Care Centre (CICC). Managing the repeat prescribing and reauthorisation process by reviewing requests for repeat prescriptions and medicines reaching review dates. Responsible for the generation and collation of reports on own practice and that of team on service delivery and local and national targets, and monthly reporting to Healthcare Governance and other relevant Meetings. Working closely with the Regional Pharmacist to contribute towards the development and delivery of Head Quarters DPHC Pharmacy Strategy. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities Selection Process The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills: NHS Core NHSC1 Communication NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement NHS Core - NHSC6 - Equality and Diversity NHS General - NHS G6 - People Management NHS Health and Wellbeing - HWB10 - Products NHS Information and Knowledge - NHS IK3 - Knowledge and information resources. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included. Additional Information 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. 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.Please copy and paste the link below into your browser. Defence Medical Services - YouTube 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. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. 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. 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-sgdmsresourcingteammod.gov.uk. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Diploma or equivalent management experience in leadership and mentoring. Registrations and Memberships Essential Registration with GPHC. Provide a CV Essential Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question as you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Diploma or equivalent management experience in leadership and mentoring. Registrations and Memberships Essential Registration with GPHC. Provide a CV Essential Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question as you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services) Address Munster Barracks Cambrai Lines Catterick Garrison DL9 3PZ Employer's website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)