1. Nursing in the Royal Navy Nursing, Medical, Dental Recruiter
PONN Nick Goodchild
Nursing, Medical, Dental Recruiter
Royal Navy

2. What the Royal Navy Do?

3. What is a Naval Nurse?
‘Caring for Extraordinary People In Extra Ordinary Places’
Highly motivated
Skilled not only clinically, but in Leadership and Management
Versatile and adaptable
Leaders

4. Where we work? HMNB Clyde HMS Queen Elizabeth RCDM DMG South West

5. DMG Mission Statement
“To provide highly capable secondary care personnel for operations and to deliver the Role 4 patient pathway in order to support the physical and moral components of fighting power.”
Achieved through:
Clinical Training
Military Training
Adventurous Training
Contingency Specific Exercises

6. “Noah Built the Ark Before it Rained !”

7. Role 1 Primary Health Care Sickbays Medical centres Mental Health
Emergency Action
Medical Receiving Station

8. Role 2- Damage Control Surgery
Role 2 Afloat
Commando Forward Surgical Group

9. Role 3-Primary Casualty Receiving Facility
RFA ARGUS
150 Medical Staff
100 Beds
A+E
10 x ITU
20 x HDU
4 x Theatres
70 x Ward beds
CT Scanner
Xray department
Labs

10. Newly Qualified? Apply now! Competency based interview & presentation
12-18 month preceptorship program with rotation
On going education
Advancing Practice

11. Specialities Emergency Care Intensive Care Primary Health Care
Theatre Nurses
Mental Health
Burns and Plastics
Infection Control
Opthalmic nurses

12. Mental Health/Primary Care
Community Based
Occupational health related
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Alcohol and Substance Misuse

13. What else do we do?

14. OP GRITROCK Oct 2014 –Apr 2015

15. Follow us! @QARNNS @RoyalNavy @RNJobsUK Royal Navy Recruitment
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service
Journal of the Royal Navy Medical Services

16. QUESTIONS!