Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), Central and Wessex region, we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic General Practitioner (GP) known as a CMP, you will be working within our Primary Healthcare team, located at Abingdon Medical Centre, Dalton Barracks.
Does this sound like the role for you? Do you want work life balance? The successful post holder will be
responsible for providing primary and occupational healthcare in line with GMC
Standards to ensure that our objectives to optimise patient care are met,
supporting DPHC in delivering a safe and effective service.
You will gain access to
the additional benefits of a competitive salary, paid holiday entitlement and
numerous opportunities for continuous professional development.
This position offers 30 hours per week. These are to be worked over three days and one of the days must be a Friday.
Benefits:
- Free parking
- Access to gym
- NHS Pension
- Inclusive working environment
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a highly
motivated CMP who will be responsible for delivering a clinical service to entitled
personnel. You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team. The successful
post holder will be an efficient and supportive asset to the team
The successful postholder will be responsible for providing primary and occupational healthcare in line with GMC Standards to ensure that our objectives to optimise patient care are met, supporting DPHC in delivering a safe and effective service.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Providing general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.
- Maximising the levels of health, wellbeing 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.
- Providing appropriate preventative medical advice to both individuals and Chain of Command.
- Providing primary care emergency treatment to any patient who may require this within the Establishment.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further
information.
SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview,
you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
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 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.
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 note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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.
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
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-for-veterans/>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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Providing general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.
- Maximising the levels of health, wellbeing 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.
- Providing appropriate preventative medical advice to both individuals and Chain of Command.
- Providing primary care emergency treatment to any patient who may require this within the Establishment.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further
information.
SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview,
you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
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 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.
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 note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
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.
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
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-for-veterans/>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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) General Medical Council (GMC), and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.
- Holding a current Licence to practice
Desirable
- To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Experience
Desirable
- Occupational health experience and in particular military occupational health.
- Musculoskeletal medicine
- (where appropriate) Experience of Armed Forces Medicine, relevant to the single Service environment, i.e. Underwater and Diving Medicine, Aviation Medicine.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) General Medical Council (GMC), and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.
- Holding a current Licence to practice
Desirable
- To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Experience
Desirable
- Occupational health experience and in particular military occupational health.
- Musculoskeletal medicine
- (where appropriate) Experience of Armed Forces Medicine, relevant to the single Service environment, i.e. Underwater and Diving Medicine, Aviation Medicine.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
