Nursing Officer
As a Nursing Officer, you’ll join Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS), leading a team providing medical support to Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel on shore and at sea, in the UK and around the world. As part of your training, you’ll work at sea within the 100-bed primary casualty receiving facility (PCRF) on board RFA Argus. You may train as part of a surgical team on shore, developing the skills you’ll need to work in hostile environments. In peacetime, you’ll work in MOD hospital units in, for example, Plymouth, Portsmouth or Birmingham and in medical centres around the UK and overseas. Alongside your clinical work, you’ll be responsible for managing and mentoring junior nurses and medical assistants. During your career, you’ll have the opportunity to carry out specialist courses in areas such as intensive care, operating theatres, emergency medicine, orthopaedics, primary care and mental health, which we will pay for. Even on a short commission, you’ll gain clinical and management experience which few civilian nurses could imagine. Naval nursing offers extraordinary challenges and responsibilities, but with opportunities and rewards to match.
Click here to download a complete job description of this role. Nursing Officer Pay Admiralty Interview Board Royal Navy Career guide
Qualifications
Are you right for this role?
You should be
You should have the following qualifications
You must be a registered nurse withat least two years’ post-registrationexperience. A further professionalqualification will be an advantage.
You must be aged between 21 and 48.
You should like
- Working as Part of a Team
- Helping People
- Working in Challenging Environments
- Responsibility and Decision Making
You should have these skills
- Highly Organised
- Approachable
- Compassionate and Caring Nature
- Decisive
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