1. Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS)
PONN Paula Dalton-Kirby
Nurse Recruiting Assistant for CNR-HQ

2. Defence Nursing Services
Working Together

3. What is a Defence Nurse?
Defence Nurses are highly qualified and skilled healthcare professionals who deliver the very best nursing care wherever they are working; be it the most arduous and challenging of operational environments or more traditional clinical settings

4. Defence Nursing Groups
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS)
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC)
Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS)

5. Why do we need the Royal Navy
Defending our Island
Defending our seas
Protecting our fishing grounds
Protecting our merchant ships
Helping to tackle international smuggling, terrorism and piracy
Humanitarian and relief aid

6. Why do we need Nurses in the Royal Navy?

7. QARNNS

8. What specialities do we require?
Emergency Nursing
Medical or Surgical Assessment
Operating Theatres
Trauma Orthopaedics
Intensive Care
Primary Care
Community Mental Health (No availability at the current time)
Ophthalmology
Infection Control

9. What are my Options? Nursing Officer (Adult)
Registered Nurse (Adult or Mental Health)
Student Nurse
RNR Nurse (Adult):
Registered –West Coast Scottish Initiative

10. RN Registered Nurse

11. Entry Requirements for Qualified Nurse
Registered Nurse RN
years of age (17 ½ for Student Nurses)
Degree in Adult or Mental Health Nursing
Registered with the NMC

12. What can we offer you
Offer you a position 6 months prior to qualifying (pending registration)
12 month rotation and preceptorship package
Competency training (cannulation, male catheterisation, etc)
Continuing Professional Development (Prep for Mentorship module, etc)
Specialist training

13. Entry Requirements for Nursing Officer
20 – 38 years of age
5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above in 5 Subjects including Maths and English
Degree Adult Nursing
Registered with the NMC
CV to be sent for approval to NMD team

14. What can we offer you
Offer you a position 6 months prior to qualifying (pending registration)
12 month rotation and preceptorship package
12 months leadership pathway
Competency training (cannulation, male catheterisation, etc)
Continuing Professional Development (Prep for Mentorship module, etc)
Specialist training

15. The Differences GCSE requirements for Officer
Both routes you will have a newly qualified preceptorship periods
In the first 12 months you will not be utilised operationally but may be involved in Maritime exercises to learn what it is like to be a nurse on board a ship.
To apply as Nursing Officer you will need to have recent examples of having responsibilities, organisational skills and examples of being in a team
Newly qualified Nursing Officers will start their careers working in Plymouth Ministry Defence Hospital Unit (MDHU). 
Rating newly qualified nurses and more qualified nurses may start their careers at Royal Centre Defence Medicine Birmingham, Portsmouth or Plymouth MDHU.
Joining as a rating Naval Nurse will not prevent you from applying to Nursing Officer later in your career.
As a Nursing Officer after being qualified a year you work on more leadership skills to be able to be responsible for a division of junior rank ratings – reports, welfare.

16. How much will I get paid? Royal Navy
You may still apply pending registration
Starting salaries as follows:
Nursing Officer £ 31,300 - £32,149 (Depending on Experience)
Registered Nurse £ 29,402 - £35,357 (Depending on Experience)
Student Nurse £ 14,492 (after 26 weeks £ 17,945)
Specialist pay for Competent Nurses (£1,733) and Qualified Nurses (£ 3,690)
Allowances when overseas
A non-contributory pension scheme
Qualified Specialist nurses may be eligible for a golden hello of £20,000

17. What initial Military Training will I do?
Royal Navy
10 Weeks at HMS Raleigh for Ratings
10-15 at BRNC Dartmouth for Officers.
Leadership skills
Discipline, Ethos and Values
Service Knowledge
Field Craft
Fitness
Weapons handling and CBRN

18. Where can you be deployed and in what roles
Role 3, Primary Casualty Receiving Facility
200 Medical Staff
100 Beds
A+E
10 x ITU
20 x HDU
4 x Theatres
70 x Ward beds
CT Scanner
Xray department
Labs

19. Where can you be deployed and in what roles
Role 2A, Commando Forward Surgical Group (CFSG)
Rapid deployability
Damage control surgery
A+E
Theatre
Air Evacuation section
6 hour Ward

20. Why should I join? Royal Navy Career security
Free medical and dental care
Subsidised food and accommodation
Welfare/allowance/education packages
Sponsored academic and clinical CPD
38 Days Paid Annual Leave
Royal Navy and RNR
No grade/band trap
Camaraderie / Social Opportunities
Ceremonial events
First class sporting facilities
Paid expenses
Travel opportunities
Variety, Challenge, Adventure and Fun

21. Why do we need the Royal Navy Reserves
Royal Naval Reserves is a part time force of civilian volunteers
Provide extra support to the Royal Navy
Tension
Humanitarian crisis
Conflict

22. Why do we need QARNNS Reservists
Support the QARNNS in operations to provide extra expertise

23. How the Reserves operate
As an integral part of the Royal Navy
On a part-time basis
Attend their local RNR unit one night per week

24. RNR Nurses
RNR
UNITS

25. Entry Requirements for Reserve Nurse
years of age
Adult Nursing Degree
Registered with the NMC
All CV’s to be sent to NMD Recruiting team

26. How much will I get paid? RNR
Paid on an hourly rate for the commitment you give
Given a bounty each year based on if you show a full commitment

27. Advantages of Reserve Service
Part-time role delivering full-time benefits
Pay and allowances including an annual tax-free bounty
Vibrant social life
Continuing professional development
Adventurous training
Personal challenge

28. How reserve service advance your career
Management and leadership experience
Competency training
Specialist training
Educational development
Broaden your clinical experiences

29. What initial Military Training will I do?
RNR
2 Weeks basic training at HMS Raleigh (first year)
Two weeks exercise per year
3 training weekends per year with other RNR Medical Branch
Attend the training evening per week at your local RNR unit

30. Can I Join? All Nurses Physically fit Medical and Security clearance
Nationality & Residency rules
Registration with NMC

31. How do I Join? Apply on line www.royalnavy.mod.uk
Or call
Expression of Interest Form
You will be invited to Attend Local AFCO
Requirement to pass:
Recruit Test
Medical
pre-Joining Fitness Test
Interview / Specialist Interview

32. Contact Us Contact the Royal Navy 08456 07 55 55 www.royalnavy.mod.uk
PONN Paula Dalton-Kirby QARNNS
Nurse Recruiting Assistant for CNR-HQ
Tel:

33. Websites: www.qarnns.co.uk

34. Have you got what it takes?
QARNNS Royal Navy / RNR
Have you got what it takes?