Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Part Time Civilian Medical Practitioner

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Job summary

We are Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), and we are looking for a hardworking, Part Time Civilian Medical Practitioner to join our medical team. We are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel!

The role of DPHC is to provide and commission a safe, effectual, and efficient healthcare service for entitled personnel contributing to the maximisation of Service personnel fit for task as agreed with the single Services. We achieve this through the provision of an occupationally aware primary healthcare service which embraces dental, rehabilitation and mental healthcare services.

This is a fixed term appointment (FTA) working 14.5 hours a week until 30th September 2023.

Does this sound like the role for you?

Benefits:

Civil Service Pension
Free parking
Inclusive working environment

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be providing primary and occupational Healthcare in line with General Medical Council Standards to ensure that the organisational and Principal/Senior Medical Officers (SMOs) objectives are achieved to optimise patient care.

The Post Holder may have direct Line Manager Responsibilities and will participate in the mentoring of junior personnel, helping to ensure that their training needs, as defined in the Practice Development Plan, are met and that any shortfalls are identified and addressed appropriately.

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

22 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£74,959 to £89,051 a year Pro rata for Part Time, Pay award pending

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

13 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-22-5402

Job locations

Alexander Barracks

Brookwood

Woking

Surrey

GU24 0QQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties will include, but are not limited to:

Provide general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.

Maximising the levels of health, well being and employability of Service personnel to ensure the needs of the single Services are met.

Undertaking mandatory medical examinations and provide appropriate occupational healthcare and advice, and all supporting administrative duties.

Appropriately supervising the management of communicable diseases, including monitoring and reporting through single Service chains.

Providing primary care emergency treatment to any patient who may require this within the Establishment.

Please refer to the attached Terms of Reference for a full list of duties.

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.

The interview will be based on the following behaviours:

Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating & Influencing
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Deleivering at Pace

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.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

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 The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-forveterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans<a/>

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-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Civilian Medical Practitioner in the DPHC. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to the incumbent currently working Part Time on another project and will be returning Full time to the position at the end of this period. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end 13 months after that date 30th September 2023 OR will end on . You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.

If you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for an advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 3 years). At the end of the posting you will return to your previous MoD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for further information.

If you are transferring to MoD from another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further information.

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 by 31st December 2022. 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.